This adventure has just begun, but still I’ve had the chance to see some of my creations be presented in Milan during Isaloni 2015. My newest pieces for Wewood, Scaffold and Leiwere and absolute premier, only presented for the first time in Milan. Also Koket had featured some of the pieces I’ve created during my days there.
Read MoreI haven’t been inside the design business for too long, but this is starting to be a great third year and with more than 35 pieces in the market I’ve had my share of headaches due to them. I will talk lightly about my experience, hoping it will help someone avoid the mistakes I made (but don’t be afraid to make them).
Read MoreIt all started with a research about the handmade stained glass technique. The objective was to increase the work flow of some small companies. I was in love with the effect that these colors made when exposed to light. The amazing feelings these combinations gave me. Our senses are just receptors of information that’re turn into feelings. But there are some feelings that we can’t identify the origin of. With Chartres I wanted to go beyond the five senses and reach a new feeling that despite highly influenced by our visual sense gave us comfort and a new way to see a traditional technique, giving a new feeling to your home.
Read MoreAT – “I was also always trying to help my students to follow their dreams.” I happened to read this in your “How Quiting My Dream Saved My Life” essay, great story by the way, and I knew right then that I had to have this “creative talk” with you. More than a teacher I consider you as a friend, and if life was slightly different maybe I could have been your co-worker if I hadn’t gone to work in Oporto right after finishing my degree. Do you still remember your invitation?
Read MoreTwo 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)
Read More2015 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!
Read MoreIt’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?
Read MoreSince 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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