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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.
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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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