The latest edition of Rio Fashion Week, January 2012, featured a large scale exhibition and celebration of iconic furniture designer and architect Sergio Rodrigues’ vast oeuvre. Calling attention to some of Rio’s hippest cultural producers, Rio Fashion Week Curator, Mari … Continue reading
For over four decades Brazilian poet Augusto de Campos has created some of the most interesting post World War II poetry to come out of South America. Famous for his poemas concretos (concrete poems), his work challenges genres by combining … Continue reading
Thirty years after Carlos Motta designed the São Paulo chair, a ubiquitous find in interiors all over Brazil, Motta introduces his newest design, the Rio chair. Inspired by Rio de Janeiro’s “sweetness, beauty, salty air, colonial buildings and its inhabitant’s … Continue reading
One of the founders of the Brazilian modernist Neo-concrete art movement, Lygia Pape’s (1927-2004) work represents a critical shift experienced by Brazilian contemporary art beginning in the 1960’s. Focused on creating new artistic languages, Pape’s work seeks to conflate art … Continue reading
During Absolut Vodka’s branding trip around the world, the spirit brand launched a special limited edition bottle of ABSOLUT RIO, designed by Oskar Metsavaht, creative director of the Brazilian fashion house, Osklen. To promote ABSOLUT RIO, Metsavaht also produced a larger … Continue reading
