Marco Campardo’s Jello Furniture: A Glossy, Almost Edible Evolution
Italian designer Marco Campardo continues to push the boundaries of modern designer furniture with the latest expansion of his Jello series. Now presented in collaboration with Galerie Kreo, the collection has evolved to larger-than-life statement pieces, transforming his signature luxury fiberglass furniture into a bold, sculptural experience.
A Surreal Fusion of Art and Design
Much like its gelatinous namesake, Jello furniture is ultra-glossy, fluid, and almost edible-looking—crafted from fiberglass resin, a material commonly used in yacht construction. This results in a high-gloss contemporary table and seating collection that blurs the line between industrial production and sculptural artistry.
Campardo’s latest designs include:
- A cherry-red communal dining table, striking in scale and presence
- A butter-yellow console, evoking the grandeur of ancient architecture
- A two-metre-high stool with a mirrored backrest, redefining proportion and reflection
- A sleek bench and two modern tables, each embodying his signature glossy aesthetic
From Budget Constraints to Creative Breakthroughs
The Jello series originated in 2020 when Campardo was tasked with creating 30 stools in just five days for Rome’s Macro Museum—on an extremely tight budget. Traditional rotational moulding would have been too costly, so he turned to laminated cardboard moulds, a sustainable and affordable material that also introduced unexpected textures.
“I wanted to understand how to achieve a unique outcome from a mould—an idea that might seem like an oxymoron,”Campardo explains.
By crafting new moulds for each piece, he ensured that every item in the Jello collection was inherently one of a kind—not as a marketing strategy, but as a necessity of the process.
Scaling Up: A New Era for Jello
Initially, the hand-turned rotational moulding process limited the maximum size of each piece to about one metre due to the weight of the resin. To scale up, Campardo developed an innovative approach:
- Using flat cardboard sheets as moulds, allowing the creation of large resin panels
- Seamlessly joining these panels to form monolithic furniture with no visible seams
- Introducing glass-fibre-reinforced resin, ensuring structural stability and UV resistance for indoor and outdoor use
This breakthrough marks a new frontier in artistic furniture design, proving that experimental materials and unconventional moulding techniques can yield both functional and visually striking pieces.
A New Chapter in Experimental Furniture Materials
Campardo’s partnership with Galerie Kreo solidifies Jello as more than just a custom resin furniture collection—it’s a statement on the future of innovative home furnishings. By redefining scale, materiality, and technique, he challenges traditional notions of Italian furniture design while opening the door for even larger, more ambitious creations in the future.
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