24H DESIGN – TWO FRIENDS AND THREE PIECES

Two Friends and Three Pieces, was more than about creating a piece, it was about a social experiment about creativity in a time trial and how three friends would manage to do it. It’s true that good results take time, and that creativity isn’t triggered by pressure “When creativity is under the gun, it usually ends up getting killed. Although time pressure may drive people to work more and get more done…” (AMABILE, Teresa

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ONE OF THE 60 RED DOT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

2015 is going great so far! First I was featured in Caras Decoração a great Interior Decoration magazine from Portugal, and today as I open my e-mail I came across with another great new! Kaleidoscope was chosen one of the 60 Red Dot Young Professionals! So you can count on my participation as a Young Professional for this year event. Now I can only cross my fingers and hope June will be as kind as January has been so far!

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2014 WAS MY FIRST STEP!

It’s almost 2015, and all of 2014 deeds are either history or have been forgotten…Remember that we are more than 7 billion’s now. That means 7 billion paths crossing each other, erasing one another, and within each path there is always that first step when you decide to make your life happier, healthier or just more meaningful. I am referring to this because 2014 was my first step to follow my dreams, and I must say I’m anxious about 2015! But what about you? When will you take your first step?

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SURVIVAL INSTINCT VS PROCRASTINATION

Since the beginning of civilization, Man was challenged in many different ways. In the darkest of nights, in days filled with peril, an entire world of unknown things and somehow we survived. Within each challenge, we found in time the solution to each problem until our present days. But why did we do it?… to survive? Is our survival instinct what makes us look beyond? I cannot imagine our antecessors procrastinating, leaving it all to the last minute. “Oh look there’s a lion over there, let’s just run when he gets here”. So why do we only work our ass off in the last day of a delivery? Does the fear of the “unknown” leave us blank until the “ it’s now or never” adrenaline shot?

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CREATIVE INTUITION

Typically a design process model contains a briefing, understanding the constraints or the context, defining specific requirements, exploring design solutions, testing and analysing solutions, communicating…but not always in this order. This works, however a fluidity is still needed to create something out of the box. When these models don’t get questioned about the importance of each step and how wrong they can be, the probability is higher to create something similar to others. All projects are different. Naive are those who think that they can use one design process for every project. “You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot.” (Bruce Lee)

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STORY BEHIND … PICCADILLY

Piccadilly Cabinet is made in an era where modernity is overcoming our traditions, but even now we’re a lot defined by our past and our ancestors. We can’t forget how we got here, how we used to live. Irvin Howe once said “Modernity consists in a revolt against the prevailing style, an unyielding rage against the official order.” but in this case the revolt consists in the search for the balance between this both time spaces. “Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it’s decoration.” – ZELDMAN, Jeffrey.

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