The 10th Objeto Brasileiro Prize maps contemporary making across Brazil

Opening on 14 November 2026 at Museu A CASA in São Paulo, the exhibition presents selected works from five regions, including four award winners.

The 10th Objeto Brasileiro Prize exhibition opens on 14 November 2026 at Museu A CASA do Objeto Brasileiro in São Paulo, bringing together selected works from Brazil’s five regions. The edition marks a decade of a prize that connects contemporary design with craft knowledge.

A selection across different ways of making

The museum’s official announcement records 629 entries from 23 Brazilian states and the Federal District. The selected works fall into four categories: Authorial Production, Collective Production, Socio-environmental Action and New Talents. The category structure makes visible different forms of authorship, from individual practice to collaborations involving designers and artisan communities.

The new New Talents category gives students and early-career makers a dedicated place in the program. The museum says the application form was revised and outreach expanded with partners. The number of entries was nearly twice that of the previous edition, according to the institution’s director of artistic programming, Mariana Lorenzi.

Craft, design and territory

The prize’s premise is that an object carries the conditions of its making: material choices, local knowledge and the people who sustain a practice. The exhibition presents works from across the country, inviting visitors to read design through these relationships as well as through form. The official selection includes Laura Landau’s Apitos Afinadores de distâncias, listed as the Authorial Production winner; Érico Gondim Oliveira’s Banco Castanhão; and Regis Ramos Patriota’s BraSil, Ferro e Fé. In the collective category, Rede de Descanso is credited to Kawakani Mehinako. These entries place individual authorship alongside collective practice and distinct regional contexts.

The jury brought together five professionals: craft curator Daniela Vasconcellos, curator and cultural producer Loli Furtado, designer and anthropologist Helena Kussik, sociologist Artur Lins and designer Luly Vianna. The museum says selection involved individual assessment followed by collective discussion.

A biennial platform

Established in 2008, the prize is held every two years. Its tenth edition expands participation while maintaining a focus on the meeting between design and craft. The four winning works are included in the exhibition, and the official page identifies the makers and winning projects.

The museum links the event to its wider work promoting contemporary craft and design. For visitors, the exhibition offers a cross-section of practices and materials; for the field, the selection gives visibility to makers and collaborations whose work is rooted in specific communities and territories.

The exhibition runs from 14 November 2026 to 14 March 2027. The opening program on 14 November is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with the award ceremony at 4 p.m. Admission is free. Museu A CASA is at Avenida Pedroso de Morais, 1216, in Pinheiros, São Paulo, and is open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.