Cake stool
designed 2008; manufactured 2013
- Medium
- soft toys, steel, canvas
- Measurements
- 55.0 × 120.0 cm diameter
- Place/s of Execution
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Edition
- ed. 106/150
- Inscription
- stitched on the underside of a paw of one of the soft toys: CAMPANA (underlined) / Cake Stool # 106/-150
- Accession Number
- 2013.939
- Department
- International Decorative Arts
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Gordon Moffatt AM and Jacqueline Moffatt, 2013
© Courtesy of Estudio Campana
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Drawing inspiration from Brazilian street life and carnival culture, the Campana brothers combine found objects – such as scraps of wood, furry toys and fabric offcuts – with advanced technologies to create a vibrant, energetic and definitively Brazilian approach to design. Central to their practice is the importance of materials, and their unexpected combinations transform modest found items into works that celebrate the discarded and mundane. Their designers are instilled with the spirit of contemporary Brazil, which the brothers refer to as ‘zest for life’.