Sergio Rodrigues was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1927 and graduated in architecture there from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1952. He worked together 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 mixed store and gallery in Ipanema that became a reference for those involved in the furniture design of the period, in which he always made a point of printing 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 opened the Meia-Pataca store with the aim of offering quality furniture at low cost. Although he disengaged from the stores in the late 1960s, Sergio continued to dedicate himself to design, architecture and design until his death in 2014, having accumulated international awards for his pieces, especially the Mole armchair, which is part of the MoMa collection in New York.