Go Brazil nuts over these new home furnishings

In celebration of this summer’s Olympics in Rio, last month Ikea launched a line of spiffy and mod Brazilian-inspired home furnishings in a jungle-y palette. The line is adorable, and it offers a good excuse to rediscover Brazil’s rich design history, including celebrated mid-century luminaries such as Oscar Niemeyer and Sergio Rodrigues, who mixed modern minimalism with relaxed South American flair. 1 of 11 Advertisement [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/04/10821.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=713] With its sky blue, lizard green and banana yellow accents, this sliding-door cabinet is among the most charming items in Ikea's Brazilian line (Tillfälle Cabinet: $329, ikea.com).Handout [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/04/brazilian_style_cover.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=460] From Pele to Gisele, this beautiful photo book offers a bird's-eye view of the history of Brazilian chic (Assouline's "Brazilian Style": $75, assouline.com).Handout Advertisement [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/04/cadeira_volta_-2.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=878] This "round chair" by Fernando Jaeger is from one of Brazil's coolest contemporary studios and is a streamlined expression of the country's bold colors and easy elegance (Cadeira Volta: $108, fernandojaeger.com.br).Handout [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/04/chair_mini_campana_favela.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=491] Design duo Fernando and Humberto Campana are famous for their innovative style and resourceful use of recycled materials, both on display in their wood-chip Favela chair, reproduced here in miniature (Miniature Chair, Campana Favela: $475, momastore.org).: MoMA Design Store, MoMAStore.org [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/04/trancoso_1_blue.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=771] Conjure the glamour of Rio's Belle Epoque with these sleek wooden racquets, designed to play frescobol on Copacabana beach (Leblon Beach Bat: $271, frescobolcarioca.com).Michelle Costa Advertisement [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/04/natural_beech_wood_background_texture.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=609] An ingenious abstraction of Sao Paolo's labyrinthine street map, printed in bold colors (Sao Paolo Map Pillow: $65, etsy.com).hANDOUT [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/04/10791.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=878] Add a pop of tropical color with Ikea's double-sided cushion covers in abstract jungle prints (Tillfälle Cushion Covers: $5 each, ikea.com).Handout [https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/04/kilin_armchair_-_sergio_rodrigues_-4-1.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=620] This beech-wood and belt-leather chair is a perfect example of design icon Sergio Rodrigues' playful and practical aesthetic (Kilin Armchair: $3,250, Espasso.com).Handout Advertisement