cobogo bricks and campana brothers’  tablesbrazilian designers fernando and humberto campana have created the ‘cobogó’ table (first presented at the salone del mobile di milano 2009). the italian gallery plusdesign showed them at object rotterdam.

 

‘cobogó’, 2009

 

 

 

the ‘cobogó’ is a common ceramic perforated tile used in many brazilian buildings, mainly in the 20th century with the modernist movement in architecture.

 

cobogo bricks and campana brothers'  tables ‘cobogó’, 2009

 

 

 

the cobogo plays the role of a bricks on a wall, as to allow air circulation and sunlight inside homes, a thermal comfort solution.

 

cobogo bricks and campana brothers'  tables shadows of ‘cobogó’ table

 

 

 

like many of campana brothers’ pieces, this is an attempt to subvert its regular usage that transposes it to a completely new environment. the result is a horizontal top for a delicate floating dining table.

 

cobogo bricks and campana brothers'  tables detail of ‘cobogó’

 

cobogo bricks and campana brothers'  tables detail of ‘cobogó’

 

cobogo bricks and campana brothers'  tables detail of ‘cobogó’

 

cobogo bricks and campana brothers'  tables cobogó brick

 

 

 

the word itself is an acronym for ‘coimbra’, ‘boeckmann’ and ‘góis’, their creators.  it was patented in 1929.

 

cobogo bricks and campana brothers'  tables