Designer · Brazil · 1927–2014
Sergio Rodrigues
Sergio Rodrigues (1927–2014) – Brazilian architect and furniture designer from Rio de Janeiro, designer of the Mole armchair, awarded in Cantù in 1961.
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About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1927–2014
- Country
- Brazil
Sergio Rodrigues was born in 1927 in Rio de Janeiro and died there in 2014. From 1947, he studied at Faculdade Nacional de Arquitetura of the University of Brazil. From 1954, he headed the interior architecture department of Forma in São Paulo; in 1955, he founded Oca; from 1963 to 1968, he ran Meia-Pataca; and in 1968, he opened his own studio. His designs include the Lucio Costa chair (1956), the Oscar armchair (1956), the Mole armchair (1957), Chifruda (1962), Cuiabá (1985) and Katita (1997). The Mole armchair won first prize in an international competition in Cantù in 1961.
Key designs
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Mole
armchair, first prize in Cantù 1961
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Lucio Costa
chair
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Oscar
armchair
