Campana brothers showcase design "through contamination" in the Design Museum's Objects of Desire exhibition
In this exclusive video by Dezeen, the Design Museum curator Kathryn Johnson discusses the work of the Campana brothers, currently featured in the Design Museum's exhibition Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924 ? Today.
The designer duo's Cartoon Chair and Cabana cabinet are included in the exhibition as examples of contemporary surrealist design, alongside over 350 artworks, objects and photographs documenting the relationship between surrealism and design.
The Design Museum curator Kathryn Johnson discusses the work of the Campana brothers, currently featured in the Design Museum?s exhibition Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924 ? Today. #ObjectsOfDesire is on at the Design Museum until 19 Feb. pic.twitter.com/bXxoiQk1go
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Johnson described how the blurring of boundaries was key to the brothers' work.
"We interviewed the Campana brothers for a book published alongside this exhibition," said Johnson.
"They said, people think things need to be very rational, but there's a better way to construct things, through contamination."
" [It's] letting different genres of design and different ideas merge into the other and seeing what comes out."
The cabinet was designed by the brothers for Edra
Describing the Cabana cabinet, Johnson said "although technically it's a cabinet, it looks like so much more."
"It has this incredible presence. It's covered with raffia so that you have to rea...
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