Oitoemponto, founded by Artur Miranda and Jacques Bec in 1995, mixes vintages pieces and asserted colors to give a cosmopolitan style to their creations. Their furnitures will be tomorrow’s classics with their simple and elegant design such as the Luccio side table or the Artur armchair.
Background
The story of OITOEMPONTO, which means “eight hours pile” in Portuguese, is a success story born in 1995 of the alchemy that links its two founders: Artur Miranda and Jacques Bec, between Porto and Paris. Coming from fashion and design and trained in Porto, Artur Miranda spent seven years in Sweden. He imposes a resolutely modern vision of decoration with a desire to break the established codes and to dare the most unexpected marriages, revealing his innate sense of colors. Jacques Bec, passionate about the nineteenth century, brings to the duo his enthusiasm and his French touch as well as the know-how he acquired at the Penninghen school in Paris.
Signature
The duo have signed large private and public works, including the Ritz in Lisbon. Their cosmopolitan style mixes vintage pieces and asserted colors and dares to confront the eras and genres, always with a lot of chic.
They like
Simple and elegant furniture (Luccio side table), which promises to become tomorrow’s classic (Arthur armchair), assuming lacquer and marquetry and rare woods like rosewood or iroko. Their Nossabossanova line is a tribute to Brazilian brutalism.
Showstoppers
Their projects in São Paulo or Mayfair, a beautiful book published by La Martinière. And on The Invisible Collection, the sofa Osvaldo with its floating coffee table combining marble and rosewood.
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