Marco Campardo, Elle Collection

Elle (stool), 330 x 330 x 430 mm,
brass, desert chameleon paint, 2020

Marco Campardo Brass Elle Collection Wallpaper Design Awards winner for Seeds London Gallery work in progress

Elle collection, work in progress at Ditta Braggio

Elle is a collection of furniture made entirely by welding together different brass L profiles

Marco Campardo Elle Collection Brass Console Wallpaper Design Awards winner for Seeds London Gallery work in progress

Elle (console, work in progress), 1600 x 400 x 950 mm, brass, 2020

This research questions the meaning and function of a joint and attempts to push its boundaries further

Marco Campardo Elle Collection Brass Chair Wallpaper Design Awards winner for Seeds London Gallery work in progress

Elle collection, work in progress at Ditta Braggio

Marco Campardo Elle Collection Brass Chair Wallpaper Design Awards winner for Seeds London Gallery

Elle (chair), 400 x 498 x 740 mm, brass, tropical chameleon paint, 2018

The process starts from cutting standard brass L profiles to size

Marco Campardo Elle Collection Brass Bookshelf Wallpaper Design Awards winner for Seeds London Gallery

Elle (bookshelf), 900 x 1900 x 330 mm, brass, oceanic chameleon paint, 2019

Marco Campardo Elle Collection Wallpaper Design Awards winner for Seeds London Gallery work in progress

Elle collection, work in progress
at Ditta Braggio

These profiles are then braised together by hand and finished by grinding the metal

Marco Campardo Elle Collection Brass Bench Wallpaper Design Awards winner for Seeds London Gallery

Elle (bench), 1240 x 320 x 430 mm, brass, oceanic chameleon paint, 2019

This process gives the object a refined, smooth surface

Elle (console, work in progress), 1600 x 400 x 950 mm, brass, 2020

Elle (chair), 400 x 498 x 740 mm, brass, tropical chameleon paint, 2018

To enhance the faceted nature of the object, an iridescent paint is applied to the surface

Elle collection, work in progress at Ditta Braggio

Elle (stool), 330 x 330 x 430 mm, brass, oceanic chameleon paint, 2018

The colour shifts depending on the perspective, giving the final piece a dynamic appearance

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Elle

Elle collection
2018–on going

Brass, various chameleon paint finishing, various dimensions

Elle is an idiosyncratic furniture collection developed as a result of extensive research on the use of metal L profiles. The starting point of the research was the willingness to use a common, everyday material to question the meaning of “experimentation” that is often emphasised in today’s design practice. Through different combinations, this standardised extrusion is turned into a structural element, forming “invisible”, yet aesthetically revealing, joints. Rather than being made of aluminium, however, the furniture is made of brass — transforming an ordinary, mass-produced element into a sophisticated, bespoke item. The furniture is coated in holographic paint to further emphasise the interplay between standardised production and craftsmanship — where the objects themselves shift between concrete presence and immateriality. The collection was first developed for the ‘The House Electric’, an exhibition presented in conjunction with the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale 2018. In 2020 the collection was awarded a Wallpaper Design Award in the category of Best Paint.

Console, 1600 × 400 × 950 mm, brass, chameleon paint, 2020
Bookshelf, 900 × 1900 × 330 mm, brass, chameleon paint, 2019
Chair, 400 × 498 × 740 mm, brass, chameleon paint, 2018
Bench, 1240 × 320 × 430 mm, brass, chameleon paint, 2018
Stool, 330 × 330 × 430 mm, brass, chameleon paint, 2018
Square table, 1000 × 1000 × 750 mm, brass, chameleon paint, 2018

Available for custom-made commissions.