Sergio Rodrigues

Sergio Rodrigues was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1927 and graduated in architecture from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1952. He went on to work with the Hauner brothers, initially at Móveis Artesanal Paranaense, in Curitiba, and later at Forma, in São Paulo, until in 1955 he created Oca, a mix of store and gallery in Ipanema that became a reference point for those involved in furniture design at the time, in which he always made a point of imprinting the Brazilian identity. He designed furniture for the National Congress in Brasilia in 1958 and for the Brazilian Embassy in Rome in 1959, and in 1963 he opened the Meia-Pataca store with the aim of offering quality furniture at a low cost. Although he left the stores at the end of the 1960s, Sergio continued to dedicate himself to design, architecture and drawing until his passing in 2014, having won international awards for his pieces, especially the Mole armchair, which is part of the MoMa collection in New York.