Furniture

— Espinho furniture

I do not know who the client is, even when I design a piece of furniture for a certain client. The one who pays for the work, for the design or the one who buys the furniture.

But there are always others, there are always those who use, who see, who frequent and inhabit our objects, our spaces, the furniture we design, and who are also clients. And there’s me who am also a client, especially when I design, when I produce or when I deliver and place in some house, in some place, that is not mine. Design, architecture has an added responsibility, it plays with the anticipation of the values more than with the shapes.

Material
Carvalho e Panga-panga

Measures
1,20 x 1,20 x 0,45m

Furniture / bar

— Edson furniture

Material
Cerejeira e faia

Measures
2,30 x 1,05 x 0,65m

Furniture / bar

— Esteira bar

Material
Faia

Measures
1,20 x 1,00 x 0,60m

Furniture

— Simão furniture

I like the furniture to take on people’s identity, face, their story. I like it to be treated as if it were part of the family, as some clients, friends and people who are very loyal to these ideas and wishes, to these attempts at resolving or solving certain problems say.

I like that loyalty which is reciprocal, even when it is acquired by strangers, who I later get to know and “adapt” on site, changing the position or even when, years later, I am called to do some repair or restoration work.

I like that aging and the stories that those old pieces of furniture tell us, and sometimes I’m held hostage. Sometimes I am left dreaming in those pieces of life that design also created.

Material
Olho de perdiz e pau ferro

Measures
2,00 x 1,32 x 0,50m

Furniture / bar

— Vasco bar

Sometimes I am asked for a singular, unique object, but with a defined purpose! I wonder why not a sculpture, a work of art, an event? But no, it’s about a piece of furniture, with a function and a certain utility!

To that extent I do not talk of art, because art is not “useful”. It serves no purpose and for that reason alone its presence is indispensable for humanity. What would be of man without art? Without art there would be no humanity. Not so with furniture items, they can always be others, what we look for in them is never what they hold but only the desire for intelligence that they sometimes hide.

Material
Pau rosa e chapa de ferro

Measures
0,85 x 2,00 x 0,40m

Furniture

— Tottem

Material
Mutene e pau cetim

Measures
1,90 x 0,90 x 0,60m

Sometimes, I am faced with the need for a piece of furniture to be more that a piece of furniture, to be a brand, an identity or even a symbol. The world of Architecture and Design today is faced with this new reality! Distinct performances are required of buildings, ranging from the construction of symbols to the search for communication and definition of a language. But generally, in the construction of this show, the essence of Architecture and Design is lost, which is the relation, the intimate relation between space and person, between the object and man! Therefore, I like to touch objects, I like to tease out the contrast, to provoke emotions, sensations and feelings … something physical and carnal, even if it hurts! The idea is not to watch a show, but to participate…to be involved, to be a part.

Furniture

— Carrilho furniture

Material
Pau rosa

Measures
2,25 x 2,25 x 0,45m

Furniture

— Azevedo TV furniture

Material
Mutene  e olho de perdiz

Measures
2,28 x 1,00 x 0,40m

Furniture

— Azevedo furniture

Material
Mutene, pau ferro e olho de perdiz

Measures
2,15 x 1,80 x 0,40m

Furniture

— António+Moldura furniture

Material
Mirto e panga-panga

Measures
2,20 x 1,20 x 0,40m