Poltrona Chifruda, de Sérgio Rodrigues, presente no Quarto Suna Reveev assinado pelo Osvaldo Segundo & Arquitetos Associados-CASACOR Santa Catarina 2021 / (Fabio Jr. Severo/CASACOR)
60 years ago, after deciding to hold an exhibition in his gallery, Oca, to promote furniture as a work of art, the master of Brazilian design
Sergio Rodrigues presented, almost as an experiment, a chair that broke with the pragmatism of “ form and function” of the current design.
The Aspas armchair was informally named Chifruda , due to its large headboard. Sergio Rodrigues wanted to show with the Chifruda project the great skill of his artisans in handling leather and wood, and he took the opportunity to design perhaps
the most disruptive of his creations . Sinuous lines that distantly refer to traditional furniture and wild things. Complexly machined oval sections, sophisticated fittings necessarily adjusted by hand and elements reminiscent of the Viking civilization were some of the ideas that permeated Sergio's imagination when creating Chifruda.
Over time, the piece became a symbol of Brazilian postmodernism and marks an important movement in the history of national architecture and design: encouraging architects of the period to design furniture. The piece, which was the main object of the exhibition “ Furniture as an art object”, caught the attention of art critics due to its unusual forms, being a precursor of this movement. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of this iconic piece in the history of Brazilian furniture, a “Hors Commerce” example will be donated to join the
Museu da Casa Brasileira collection, which will extend to activities that will take place in early 2023 around the donation.
