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ARCHELASHORTBIOGRAPHY

Born in 1964 in a traditional Italian neighborhood in São Paulo, since the beginning Archela was strongly influenced by the mix of cultures in Brazil.

Having dropped out of

the engineering university, following the dream of becoming an artist, Archela spent about six years as a professional musician, playing guitar and singing blues in a jazz nightclub. The artistic lifestyle in counterpoint

with the logical thought learned at the engineering school and the process of combining different ideas, influences and techniques are the synthesis of the Archela’s design.

The first pieces created were vases, which he welded using recycled materials from an acrylic fish tank.

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2002-2004TOK&STOKCHANEL/VUITTON/CARTIER/VOGUE...

Office ware for Tok&Stok. Clinique event at São Paulo.Cartier celebration of 100 years of the wristwatch Santos Dumont. Opening of the Louis Vuitton store in the Daslu shopping. Celebration from Aquim family at MAM Rio de Janeiro. Display Vogue Imagem Iguatemi.

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He spent most of the time designing displays and gifts for large corporations, such as Cartier, Louis Vuitton and Vogue magazine.

The first pieces created were vases, which he welded using recycled materials from an acrylic fish tank. As a self-educated workman, the newfound artisan skills were soon put to work to make many prototypes, witch he sent to some

companies in the USA. One year later, one big American company ordered more than 8000 vases; definitely not bad for the first job of a young designer.

CHRONOLOGY

2004THE FIRST COLLECTION

In June of 2004, Archela definitely left the anonymity, with an exclusive exposition of his first furniture collection in Sao Paulo.

“Free of any superfluous details, extremely purified, the shape of his chairs, tables lighting and bookshelf, are very distant from archetypes and free from tendencies.”Judith Potecher - ELLE DECORATION

Chanel did choose the coiffeuse Gisela to take part of the scenario of the launch of a new makeup at the Unique Hotel São Paulo. At the picture, Wagner Archela and Mr. Guy Bodart, Vice president of Chanel.

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2006INTERIOR DESIGN MAGAZINE

A huge fact for Brazilian design, his armchair “Pazetto” got the front cover of the Interior Design Magazine from New York. (autumn special edition).

2005L’annee Du Bresil

In his first international appearance, Archela was one of the two designers selected by the French Elle Decoration, to represent the country in a special France-Brazil commemorative edition.

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The Salone Satellite of Milan is recognized as a font of talents, in the passed editions they produced names as Matali Crasset and Ricardo Bello Dias, today we highlight Wagner Archela and Stefano Cassetti…

Paola Ciana - Corriere Della Sera - April 2006

2006MILANO DESIGN WEEK

Archela arrived at Milan for the first time, to take part of the Salone Satellite. His international recognition increased even more when the Corriere Della Sera magazine selected him between the top 10 new designers from the 2006 Milan show under the title: “I Maestri Scommettono Su Questi Dieci” (“The masters bet on these ten”).

2006The Studio

Archela did open his first studio in Alphaville - São Paulo

2007MILANO DESIGN WEEK

Back to the Milan show, Archela was invited to take part of the exposition - Avveraty a dream come true – 10 year of the Salone Satellite.

2007METROPILIS MAGAZINE

The Metropolis magazine from New York, published an interview with Marva Griffin, the Salone Sattelite curator, when she chose the 16 greatest hits in the last ten years of the Salone exposition, Archela was one of them.

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2008ROSSANA ORLANDI MILANO

Wagner Archela launched two pieces of the “Natureba” collection, the first new creation using DuPont Corian, inspired in Brazilian plant forms, at the Rossana Orlandi Gallery.

2008COSMIT MILANO

The armchair “Pazetto” is now part of the Cosmit Salone Satelitte permanent design collection.

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2009ROSSANA ORLANDI MILANO

Exposition of new pieces of the Natureba Line at the Milano design week

2009FIRMA CASAC.O.D. BRASIL

The pieces of Archela are now in some of the most prestigious show windows from Brazil, the Firma Casa at the Gabriel Monteiro da Silva Street and C.O.D. Creative original design at the Cidade Jardim avenue.

ai tavoli installazioni di:

Wagner Archela, Sam Baron, Pieke Bergmans, Andrea Branzi,

Sergio Calatroni, Nacho Carbonell, Xie Dong, Piero e Barnaba

Fornasetti, Sena Gu, Jaime Hayon, Piet Hein Eek, Hella Jongerius,

Ugo La Pietra, Enzo Mari, Alessandro Mendini, Benedetta Mori

Ubaldini, Paola Navone, Gaetano Pesce, Studio Job, Patricia

Urquiola, Kiki van Eijk, Laurens van Wieringen, Elisabeth Vid

Corian candleholder di Wagner Archela

2009IL DESIGN AL CENTRO - ROMA

Cena di gala - Gennaio 2009 Terrazza Caffarelli - Roma

Assecondando la tendenze più

contemporanee, ogni tavolo,

con la collaborazione di

Rossana Orlandi, ospita un

intervento d’autore.

Ventiquattro opere eccezionali,

volutamente differenti per

segno e materiali, accomunate

solo dal colore bianco,

interpretano linguaggi e

sperimentazioni d’avanguardia.

Divano “Canasta” di Patricia Urquiola per B&B, prodotto con nastro di polietilene bianco intrecciato a mano, seduta formata da cuscini di tessuto con diverse fantasie, cm 240x176x88. Lampada da tavolo “L’Uccellino” di Ingo Maurer. Tavolino “Mangue Table”, design Wagner Archela, di CORIAN bianco, da Spazio Rossana Orlandi,

2009AT CASA CORRIERE DELLA SERA

ARREDAMENTOTERRAZZE E GIARDINI

2009The new colection MangueAgogo

Archela launched his new collection with the presence of Marva Griffin the curator of Salone Satellite at Cidade Jardin Avenue in the Paulo Mendes da Rocha building, (the old FORMA store).

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2010SPAZIO ROSSANA ORLANDI

FUORI SALONEMILANO

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