Designed by the Campana Brothers the stunning 39Blow Up39 is a series of items that uses strips of wire to create containers. The designers Humberto Campana lawyer and Fernando Campana architect have been working together in San Paolo since 1983 in the field of artistic design. They came into the limelight in 1989 with the furniture exhibition provocatively entitled quotGli inconfortabiliquot The Inconsolable a political manifesto rather than functional objects. Their radical point of view is strengthened by the use of poor materials and industrial rubbish. Hand made products represent the possibility of social redemption in a poor country. Their intention is however to find a way for Brazilian design avoiding European colonisation. In Italy they participated in the quotViaggio in Italiaquot exhibition at Abitare il Tempo in Verona in 1994 and in 1995 at the exhibition organised at the Brazilian Consulate in Milan quotIl Brasile fa anche designquot. In 1997 they designed lights for O Luce. Some of their pieces appear in the International Design Year Book of 1997 edited by Philippe Starck. 1810 mirror polished stainless steel Dimensions 64.5 x 67.5 h14.5 cm Year of Design 2004