subtlety strange Colönia
The last time I went to Portugal, I had the pleasure of visiting one of the most intriguing, exciting portuguese projects, Colönia. The 3 in 1 Design Studio, Store, and Micro-gallery owned by Joana Machado and João Cruz curates unusual objects, clothes, books and magazines, and introduces a new and innovating approach of design and communication … Continue reading
Fall 2012: Portugal III
Susana Bettencourt Cláudia Garrido LiV by Fernando Lopes e Hugo Veiga Alves/Gonçalves Fátima Lopes Andreia Lexim Hugo Costa Diana Matias Teresa Abrunhosa Meam by Ricardo Preto Images from Vogue, Portugal Fashion and ViewFashionBook. If you click on the names, there’s a link to each … Continue reading
Fall 2012: Portugal II
Maria Gambina Ricardo Dourado Valentim Quaresma White Tent Say My Name Piotr Drzal Ricardo Andrez Ricardo Preto Nuno Gama All images from Vogue.pt , top image by Sal Nunkachov . (clicking on the names, the link to each designer’s website)
Fall 2012: Portugal I
Alexandra Moura Os Burgeses Daniel Dinis Pedro Pedro Filipe Faísca V!tor Nuno Baltazar All images from Vogue.pt . Beautiful top image by Sal Nunkachov .
Birds are Indie
My hometown it’s really small but lots of creative people live there. Birds are Indie are Joana Corker and Ricardo Jerónimo who not long ago “bought a cheap glockenspiel and a new shaker. We found a melodica from Joana’s childhood. We tried to play a drone on an old violin and managed to play four … Continue reading
Fernando Brízio
Last September I had the pleasure to visit Experimenta Design, Lisbon’s biennale dedicated to design, architecture and contemporary creativity. I loved to see “Fernando Brízio: Inhabited Designs”, the first retrospective of one of the most important portuguese contemporary designers. Fernando Brízio‘s work focus on the relationship between object and user, always with a sense of humor. He creates multi-dimensional … Continue reading
Christmas is for reading
I heard this on the radio this weekend and remenbered the post I was wanting to write on small publishers could really be handy this time of year. Even being one of those persons who is always connected, there are few thing I love more buying than books. Specially the really beautifully edited. And on … Continue reading
Tangerines in an iceberg
One of my all time favourite galeries, Dama Aflita is showing the artwork related to the books of the amazing portuguese children’s publisher, Planeta Tangerina. In “3 ilustradores em cima de um icebergue” (3 illustrators on top of an iceberg), they showcase the work of three illustrators around 3 different books (one already published, another to be … Continue reading
cheer me up stuff
Today, another of my super-talented-friends: Susana Carvalho, the girl behind The Mesh. Amazing colorfully happy accessories to cheer up any rainy day. The Mesh recriates Portuguese thecnics in contemporary pieces with singular mood, favorite colors and personal vices. During the day, she is an architect – check out Neonzeroseis.
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