LIKE MOST DESIGNERS, SERGIO RODRIGUES was driven. He worked himself hard, creating over 1,200 designs in his long career and earning international acclaim. Ironically, he devoted all of this effort to a relaxed lifestyle.
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When Rodrigues graduated from the Faculdade Nacional de Arquitetura in the early 1950s, he was ready to create his vision. He helped open the Moveis Artesanal Paranaense in Curitiba, Brazil. The modern art and furniture store was an artistic success, but the pieces didn’t find their way into homes. The store was a commercial failure, but he used that failure as a chance to learn.