Studio Arthur Casas was announced 1st place winner of the competition for Brazil’s pavilion at the upcoming Milano Expo 2015, opening May 1st. Featuring Casas’ trademark use of vegetation and louvered façades – both for aesthetic and environmental concerns – … Continue reading
São Paulo is home to the largest Japanese population living outside of Japan, consequently Japanese food has traditionally been a part of the Brazilian restaurant culture for decades. A recent trend are Temaki houses, which have been popping everywhere in Brazil, offering a fresh … Continue reading
The exhibition Drawings from the South of America opened yesterday at Henrique Faria Gallery in New York, surveying a 60-year span of works on paper by renowned South American artists. Exhibited are entries by contemporary Colombian artist Luis Roldán and Venezuelan … Continue reading
WHY, the blog of North American design brand Herman Miller, featured the extensive and diverse work of Isay Weinfeld. Weinfeld, who started his São Paulo-based firm in 1973, has 250 projects under his belt to date, ranging from the São Paulo … Continue reading
The Metropolis magazine blog Point of View featured Federico Babina’s inventive Archibet – an abecedarium celebrating modern and contemporary architects and their signature style. “Each letter is a small surrealist architecture,”says Babina of his Archibet, which takes inspiration on the iconic … Continue reading
In 1973, Sergio Rodrigues designed the Kilin armchair at his wife’s request. She wanted a practical piece that could be easily moved around. The ingenious design of the Kilin, evident of Rodrigues’ signature forms and materials, consists of a wood frame and leather sling slipcover that … Continue reading
Named after a beach on the coast of São Paulo, Carlos Motta‘s Asturias armchair have become a contemporary classic since he designed it in 2001. Available as a rocking or fixed armchair, Motta conceived the Asturias to have the least … Continue reading
On view through April 13th at The Bronx Museum of the Arts is the multi-disciplinary work of Brazilian artist Paulo Bruscky. Recife-born Bruscky started making art in the late 1960’s within the mail-art movement, gaining recognition and showing among the Fluxus … Continue reading
The February issue of Wallpaper* announces the winners of their yearly Design Awards, “honour(ing) a list of people, places, pieces and phenomena that have raised our pulses over the past year.” Within their eleven major awards is the Geneses House … Continue reading
Mumbai design and architecture magazine Home Review featured a story on noted Brazilian designer Zanini de Zanine, revealing his trajectory as a furniture designer that favors a sustainable approach, but does not shy away from utilizing new technology and industrial … Continue reading
Robb Report Home & Style featured several pieces designed and produced in Brazil, made from indigenous woods and other sustainable materials. Highlighs include Claudia Moreira Salles‘ airy and geometric Cubo Libre coffee table, Zanini de Zanine‘s Tiss armchair, and Jacqueline Terpins’ artistic Trama tea pot.
Aside from creating some of the most iconic Brazilian furniture, ‘father of Brazilian modern design’ Sergio Rodrigues has an extensive archive of drawings and illustrations, some of which are finally being published on the book Conversas Ilustradas – Sergio Rodrigues. … Continue reading
