The Santander Cultural center in Porto Alegre, a major city in the south of Brazil, is the site of an exciting, monster-sized street art exhibit called Transfer. Not only does it draw the biggest names from the discipline (Ornesto, Herbert…
Continue Reading →If Pedro Lourenco didn't share the same name as a certain prodigy teen clothing designer in Sao Paulo, I would've never had the delight to come across this Portuguese artist's impressive work. He earns his daily bread through illustration assignments…
Continue Reading →We've talked about Alexandre Orion when he released his first book about his concept of Metabiotics "” interaction between his street paintings and the photographs taken of them. A year and a half later the Wooster Special Edition project is…
Continue Reading →Ada Pinkston at Current TV just sent over a video they just posted featuring their Brazilian host Rico (no last name) of the Globe Patrol show getting reacquainted with Sao Paulo after being away for a decade. You know we've…
Continue Reading →Die Gestalten just dropped a sneak peek of the new book by Stephan Doitschinoff -- aka Calma, a Brazilian artist we turned you onto last month -- titled Calma: The Art of Stephen Doitschinoff (landing in bookstores this September). The…
Continue Reading →When Rafael Augustaitiz - a student and long-time member of Brazil's pixacao tagging movement - staged his graduation show along with the rest of his class in Sao Paulo at the highly esteemed private art college Belas Artes last Wednesday,…
Continue Reading →Voyeurism is an art. At least with Felipe Morozini's Last Floor Project it is. While I avert my eyes when I see my neighbor in the building next to me walking around in her underwear because I hope to god…
Continue Reading →Merda! Filho da puta! If you're at all into learning foreign languages, you know the best way to blend-in like a native is to learn all the bad words in the local language that would shame your mother into regretting…
Continue Reading →Speaking of Brazilians and their design sense, have a peek at Naima Almeida's new design portfolio, a nice collection of print and digital creations. What's all this Brazilian design news telling us? We need to all plan a trip to…
Continue Reading →Brastilo, the contemporary furniture gurus based in Brazil, just revamped their website, giving their products and other company collateral some fresh new cyberspace digs. The updated nav makes it easy to browse by category or designer, and easily whisks you…
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