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Exploring the transformative power of Portuguese crafts with designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance

Jenna Duffy — Mon, 09 May 2022 16:22:15 +0000

One could say that 2017 had been a transformative year for Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance, but that wouldn’t do justice to someone who, in fact, had changed well before then. Noé’s Paris-based studio was thriving and the designer was collaborating on various projects with industry leaders such as Saint-Louis, Hermès, Ligne Roset, Bernhardt Design, Sèvres, Mobilier National,

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Inside Studio Astolfi, the transportive world where found objects get reimagined

root — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 08:20:45 +0000

Growing up in Cascais, a small city just a few miles from Lisbon, Astolfi found the environment: “very cozy, family-oriented, intimate and surrounded by neighbors and friends,” she says. Astolfi grew up an only child to a Brazilian father and an art gallery-owning Portuguese mother and, like many other children in this international setting, studied

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How individual creative projects shape Lisbon’s community and cultural scene: Part II

root — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 21:01:29 +0000

The second part of our urban journey introduces us to two street artists who treat the city’s surfaces as their inexhaustible canvas using villainous sobriquets to sign their murals. Two women with a powerful vision have revived the formerly notorious barrio Intendente through their manifold cultural venue, while Ricardo Cortiço fulfils what he considers his

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How individual creative projects shape Lisbon’s community and cultural scene: Part I

root — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 21:00:48 +0000

Behind these famed facades though, a charm of another kind is stirring. Our friends Inês Matos Andrade and Paula Cosme Pinto of O Apartamento take us to meet the Lisbonites behind the wealth of community organisations that are reviving districts and with them the local spirit. O Apartamento itself is part of this cultural mission:

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FvF Cooks Portugal with O Apartamento

root — Sun, 06 Sep 2015 00:13:33 +0000

Located in a residential building in central Lisbon, O Apartamento is somewhat our Portuguese sibling. Their mission is “to bring the world to Portugal, and introduce the best of Portugal to the world.” On the occasion of our latest get-together, they proved once again that creativity runs through their every fiber, from collaborations to the

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Nic von Rupp

root — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:30:52 +0000

The 25-year old pro-surfer loves the thrill of bigger waves and tries to constantly test his limits. For some, it’s an incomprehensible addiction, but for Nic, this urge has taken him around the globe in search of perfect tubes and personal fulfilment. Undoubtedly, Nic has a tenacious grip on his goals. In Hawaii, the surfing

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Carolina Pimenta

root — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 00:42:21 +0000

She recently moved back here after spending a couple of years in New York and globetrotting from Bhutan to Brazil. Art and photography are her life. And traveling – she’s not the type to settle and becomes easily bored if she’s stuck in the same place for too long. When Carolina’s father, a dedicated collector,

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Marco Balesteros

root — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 05:48:21 +0000

Marco Balesteros is considered to be one of the most talented and original Portuguese designers of his generation. We visited the creative in his apartment located in Baixa, the historical centre of Lisbon, which also serves as his work space. It is this neighborhood in which old churches ring and tourists feet pound the pavements

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