Até 14 de Dezembro Istambul faz-nos pensar o futuro através do design e, com ele, dá-nos esperança. Entre o “palácio … More
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A Capital da Imperfeição
Simultaneamente às ofensivas bélicas trocadas por Turquia e Síria em outubro passado começava em Istambul a primeira edição de uma … More
Maravilhosa História
A linha do tempo do design gráfico no Brasil é um livro ambicioso, uma obra de referência e uma viagem de descoberta … More
Arquitetura e artesania na terra de Aalto
Interpretado a montante de craftsmanship, o termo craft pode, se usarmos artesania como correspondente do primeiro, descrever a natureza desse … More
A Gente Transforma a Várzea Queimada
Quando o designer mais famoso do Brasil chegou a Várzea Queimada, uma remota povoação do também remoto estado do Piauí, foi … More
Design Parade 6 in Hyères
The sixth Design Parade in Hyères highlights the changing relationship between manufacturers and designers One Sunday afternoon in July, as … More
The Craftsman
by Richard Sennett The American Craft Museum changing its name to the Museum of Arts & Design in 2002, British … More
Ace America
In the Summer of 2010 I stayed at all three Ace hotels on the West Coast of the USA – … More
Small world, big family
Imagine you’re 14, or whatever age you were when interests suddenly became career options. You’re taken to a graphic design … More
Small world, big family
My review of the Graphic Design Worlds exhibition is up on the 2/2011 issue of items magazine. Op nederlands, natuurlijk. … More
Drawer
Miguel Vieira Baptista deixou a um canto da galeria Appleton Square uma dúzia de objectos por si projectados. Ao fazê-lo, … More
Casa Vogue
A edição de Novembro de 2010 marca o início da minha colaboração com a Casa Vogue Brasil. A minha ‘matéria’ … More
Brazilian Design Biennial 2010
My review of the 2010 edition of the Brazilian Design Biennial, which took place in Curitiba early this Spring, is in the … More
É Proibido Proibir!
Caetano Veloso grita numa sala do MUDE. Na verdade, Caetano grita num ecrã embutido numa parede do museu. Nesse ecrã, … More
When captions matter
This morning I visited the Art Deco, 1925 exhibition at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. This world-class, exquisite show would … More
Who’s your cereal bar?
Whether you missed breakfast, need a workout power boost or a mid-afternoon snack, there’s always a cereal bar to get … More
Metropolis magazine, redesigned: when less is still too much
The printed version of Metropolis magazine has shrunk as of last September. The result of a publishing crisis-induced redesign (in … More
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
A Bad Type Idea is a Worse Architecture Ideal
Ramses the Great, the Republic of Venice, Napoleon III, John D. Rockefeller Jr, the University of Harvard. The history of … More
Best Intentions Cast Adrift
While delving through the turbulent history of Brooklyn Bridge Park, I found inspiration in the words of Frederick Law Olmsted, … More
The Unpredictable Fashions of Hugo Chávez
Hugo Chávez, the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is one of the most charismatic leaders of our time. … More
Tactics of Change
True change is coming to New York’s streetscape. Not rhetorical speech change, but the kind of change that inspires … More
Vision Building
In 1928, Joseph Urban created an architectural vision for William Randolph Hearst’s headquarters in New York. A building that would … More
Coming Together: 48 hours of European Creativity
Creativity, innovation, regions, clusters, mobility, funding, education, risk, opportunity, competitiveness, sustainability, networks, integration, culture, fertile grounds, Europe, America. This simultaneously-translated, … More
ED Conference 2007
ED-CONFERENCE FIFTEEN CASES ON THE EUROPEAN IDENTITY OF COMMUNICATION DESIGN Europe got its name from a Phoenician princess who, according … More
Aprender com Viena
O pacote turístico “Cidades Imperiais” é, desde a queda da Cortina de Ferro, uma das mais populares opções de viagem … More
A House for Mrs Jonkers
When Design Indaba started in 1995, one year after the dawn of the “new South Africa”, there were many skeptics. … More
Uma Casa para Mrs. Jonkers
Um futuro melhor é possível através do design e da criatividade. A prova disso chega-nos da África do Sul, onde … More
Freedom and Restraint
“Everybody knows that our cities were built to be destroyed” sang Caetano Veloso back in 1971. The first verse of … More
Para Além das Aparências
A exposição “Remade in Portugal” poderá ser vista como mais uma das inócuas “iniciativas verdes”, se ficarmos apenas pelas aparências. … 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