Last year we turned you on to Brazilian artist tag team Mulheres Barbadas (that's "bearded women" in Portuguese, just to give you an idea of this duo's type of humor), and almost a year after the post, they just mounted…
Continue Reading →These are close-up preview shots (after the jump) that we got of the super-special Nike Dunk Electrico that won't be fully and officially revealed until tomorrow in Sao Paulo. Nike appropriately picked the famous half-Brazilian, half-Japanese tattoo artist and jewelry…
Continue Reading →The combination of glitter, resin and Japanese pop iconography are the three characteristics that put Japanese artist Atsuo in his own realm. There isn't a whole lot of info on the guy, and even the Sao Paulo gallery that supports…
Continue Reading →An interview with artist/local hero Herbert Baglione and a hardcore-turned-samba musician Kiki Dinucci are just two of the stories in the packed new issue of the Sao Paulo free bimonthly magazine Mais Soma from JoshSpear friends Kultur Studio. With a…
Continue Reading →50 Graus -- the heads we told you about last year who put ice penguins under the hot sun in a Sao Paulo park to make a point about global warming -- is on our radar again (thanks to the…
Continue Reading →When you've got Sepultura calling you on the phone to do your record cover, you could count that as a pretty good sign to keep on truckin'. It took a couple of years, but after designing the band's Dante XXI…
Continue Reading →The most delicate challenge that all music festivals organizers have to overcome is putting together a lineup that pleases a large enough number of John and Jane Musicfans, but also convinces them the ticket is worth the price. It's a…
Continue Reading →What do you get when you combine an up and coming Belgian designer with Brazilian inspiration? Belgilian desperation? Actually, the result looks like some pretty astonishing home furnishings courtesy of 2004 Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Pieter Maes. Having spent a…
Continue Reading →How many times have you been in this situation? You've just taken what seems like a 92-hour flight to the Australian mainland, hailed a taxi to the beach, plunked yourself down in the sand and said, "now what?" Please don't…
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