This past Monday in São Paulo’s Pacembú neighborhood, architect Arthur Casas hosted a lively birthday dinner party for ESPASSO’s Carlos Junqueira. With a guest list that brought together a faction of cultural producers that define the contemporary architecture, design and art scene in … Continue reading
Released online this week on V Magazine, The New World of Lina Bo Bardi is a digital short that re-imagines and pays homage to the expansive production of Lina Bo Bardi. Described as ‘A commercial for the brain of Lina Bo Bardi’, … Continue reading
São Paulo was all abuzz this past weekend with the 2nd edition of DW! Design Week 2013. Several design events took over the city but none as impactful and fresh as MADE – Mercado, Arte, Design. With the keen eye of Waldick Jatobá, MADE’s curator and art director, … Continue reading
The 4th installment of the design and business fair Casa Brasil took over the Southern Brazilian city of Bento Gonçalves these past few days, uniting intergenerational exhibitors, a lecture series and new design from Latin America.With aims to provide a convergence for … Continue reading
This Thursday evening – Aug. 15th at 8pm – multimedia Brazilian art collective Chelpa Ferro will present the performance Maué Metal at Union Square Park in NY. Comprised of renowned artists Luiz Zerbini, Barrão e Sérgio Mekler, Chelpa Ferro‘s work challenges notions of sound art … Continue reading
Joaquim Tenreiro (1906-1992) was born in Portugal into a family of woodworkers, and immigrated to Brazil in the late 1920’s. Shortly upon arriving Tenreiro starts to work at design firm Laubisch Hirth, and in the early 1940’s establishes his own design ateliers in … Continue reading
