Like the stuffed lions, dogs and alligators in the Banquete series, the Multidão chair comes from an impulse to create a new form of upholstery using unconventional methods. The brothers sourced the traditional fabric dolls from a small town in the state of Paraiba in north-eastern Brazil.

They explain:

What distinguishes our work is the scarcity of technical resources, which is also our treasure. Brazil is our great fountain of inspiration. Everything inspires us: from the people and how they organise their lives, to the geographic and ethnic variety. This fusion is what we truly consider to be modernity.

The Banquete chair with the stuffed animals and the Multidão with the dolls are opposites of each other. One comes from China one from the northeast area of Brazil. These dolls have odd expressions. Some don’t have mouths, some don’t have noses. They are handicrafts, folk products, they look like voodoo. This chair was a way to recreate culture without using a traditional order the way it is usually done. I am very proud of it. It’s quite comfortable and attractive. But if you pay attention to the animals they are not being nice. They are eating each other, that’s why it’s called Banquete which means soup. We took a childish element and made it for adults, to show the world we live in. The Multidaõ with its people are like the crowds, and the Banquete makes you think about the chain of nature.

Sometimes they speak with you, sometimes they become a part of your life. I would like for them to be a part of other people’s lives, so I would feel that I have completed the circle of creation in someone’s home.

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