Cafofo Shelves By Mameluca

Cafofo shelves by MamelucaMaterial:Various Brazilian reclaimed wood & acrylic & carbon steelDimensions: D125 x W60 x H195 cmFavela (slum) was a place of high inspiration for tropicalists. It was a place to search for the people’s root, dreams and needs. From Mangueira Hill, Hélio Oiticica explored the slums architecture. From there on, in 1967, he featured Tropicália work at the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (MAM) over the New Objectivity exhibition. “The act of walking in the installation produces a feeling of stepping back on the floor.” – Hélio Oiticica."Our goal with Design is to tell stories, generating questions, emotions and discoveries through human senses. Contemporary design transcends basic survival needs and leads us to a poetic design of new information and experiences."The studio was launched in 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After 10 years, it’s time to cross the Atlantic and explore the old world not only historically but the way the old has being reinvented everyday based on the needs of the new. We are still in a transitional atmosphere without a physical space, but full of expectations with the new horizon.