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Favela Tree sculpture designer: Fernando and Humberto Campana design year: 2004 manufacturer: Estudio Campana, Brazil materials: Brazilian pine, steel frame, screws notes: This unique sculpture was commissioned by Moss and handmade in the Campana studio in Sao Paolo. It was inspired by the "Favela" chair they had designed two years earlier. "Favela” refers to the ad-hoc shelters which are built out mud, sand, scraps of wood, bricks and stones in the hills and on the fringes of urban expansion around Rio de Janeiro. The name refers to the location of the first of such settlements, the hill Morro da Favela, built in the late 1800s by African-Brazilian veterans from the Canudos war who had nowhere else to go.The Favela chair and the tree are constructed piece-by-piece from the same wood used to build the favelas. dimensions: 9.5' tall 6' diameter price: $29,000.00