Brazil’s flagship design event is sophisticated but a little smug, says Frederico Duarte Despite being Brazil’s seventh largest city and … More
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Speed Limits
The Speed Limits banner on the façade of Montreal’s Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) shows a black and white photograph of a … More
Speed Limits
Canada’s CCA marks the futurist centenary by taking a lingering look at the cult of speed. Frederico Duarte hurried to … More
Contemporary Portuguese Design
Lisbon-based designer, Frederico Duarte, comments on the state of the Portuguese design scene today The first IKEA store in Portugal … More
Nata Family
The Pastel de nata is Portugal’s biggest baking export. Flakey, custard-filled and slightly burnt on top, this small doughy … More
Design 06
A conference about time and design raised questions about the cultural value of the discipline In October, the Vienna University … More
The State of Things
A show of design and craft by a disparate selection of practitioners leaves Frederico Duarte wondering just what the state … More
Meriç Kara’s B-sides
Meriç Kara’s b-sides project started out, as the name suggests, as an enjoyable distraction from her masters at Milan’s Domus … More
21 Most Influential
1. Seattle Public Library, OMA. It has had so much press this year you can fill a whole bookshelf… The … More