Zanini de Zanine (born 1978 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) grew up watching his father, architect José Zanine Caldas, who collaborated mainly with Oscar Niemeyer.  In 2002, he graduated with a degree in Industrial Design at PUC-Rio.  In 2003, he began producing solid wood furniture sourced from demolition -- columns, beams, and posts of old houses -- that was coined as "Contemporary Carpentry."  Beginning in 2005, he created a new line of furniture pieces produced industrially using controlled-origin wood and different materials such as plastic, acrylic, and metals.  He has collaborated with several manufacturers including Cappellini and Tacchini.