After Sao Paulo's mayor implemented its yay-worthy Clean City law in 2007 that prohibits egregiously large signage and advertising in public and was heralded around the world, Tony de Marco went around photographing the empty spaces formerly occupied by these…
Continue Reading →Managing talent is big business that keeps getting more specialized the more creative people get. Some say it's not possible to push your name to the top level without an agency to back you up, and the more niche, the…
Continue Reading →For a while now, I've been seeing in various stores around Sao Paulo acrylic pins in the shape of a half-adult/half-kid human, looking soporific. Then when I saw a drawn version of him on tags hanging from clothes in the…
Continue Reading →Drawing inspiration from his hometown's inner-city environment, DJ Dolores (aka Helder Aragão) is set to release his third album, 1 Real. Heavy with social commentary (particularly environmental advocacy), the album is also littered with notes on personal relationships. In the…
Continue Reading →Kayone is the tag name of Italy's Marco Montavani, a pioneer in Milan's graf scene who has been bombing like mad more canvas than concrete in the past year. He's moved on to develop a beautiful fine art style using…
Continue Reading →There's more to life in a favela than oppressive poverty, guns and crime, but that non-scintillating side doesn't get enough play. It's what Colombian photographer Joaquin Sarmiento is pushing to promote through his heartfelt Paradise City exhibit in Sao Paulo,…
Continue Reading →Last year when we introduced you to Brazilian fashion website Gema, we had no idea how much they would grow in so little time. Gema's own Jose Camarano, a stylist, in partnership with two guys from the Marajoara beachwear brand…
Continue Reading →Sooner or later, as time has told, many graphic designers and street artists make the bounce to designing apparel. With rock stars, the two creative outlets aren't always yin and yang "” like, imagine the potential disaster of Iggy Pop…
Continue Reading →As I'm writing this, 3,000 nerds "” and I say that in only the most complimentary way, naturally "” are having the best geek-out party ever in Sao Paulo's equivalent of Central Park, Parque Ibirapuera. Campus Party, a marathon digital…
Continue Reading →As a designer moonlighting as an electronic music DJ for various nightclubs around Sao Paulo, Rodrigo Braga has the talent to marry the two better than anyone else I've come across -- regardless of the cliche that combination would normally…
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