JOURNAL

“I stepped into studying fashion with this big hope of what the industry is, how beautiful and interconnected it can be, and how it can weave together all my passions.”

“So much of design is about making connections… from the past to the future and, in the case of collaboration, from idea to product, from design to craft, from thinking to making.”

“I find hyper fascinating the power of ideas. Our main goal is not only the object itself, but it's the culture of the project that is surrounding what we create“

“Everything in our world of design and craft is interconnected; this exhibition is an invitation to experience the richness of that”

“The main guiding principle is really trying to find the meaning behind what we do”

“It is all about human togetherness: creative connection where design practice is used as an excuse to meet, share and grow.”

“We want to show how the world of carefully made furniture can be entwined with all kinds of textile traditions”

“We should not see a separation between tradition and design, but rather realise that the union of these two worlds can create new possibilities”

“The process, for me, was the most important part of this project; the connection that I built with the mother and daughter, Sónia and Susana”

“A big part of the artist I am involves loving the clay and its true expression”

“When I work, I am quite open regarding the outcome. I am not aiming to achieve a particular visual result; I am just interested in letting things happen”

“The most beautiful part is the human relationship we have with the artisans”

“These colours, these movements, these reflections [of Lisbon] are found naturally in my relationship with the material”

“The weaving residency programme brings you back to nature and, in a way, forces you to design differently”

“I've always lived in places surrounded by works of art without it ever being intimidating, so our way of doing things is natural and simple. The idea is really to welcome everyone”

“Antiques bring a unique poetry we can hardly reproduce.”

“I am most proud of the positive impact that some of our projects have had in some artisans’ lives.”

“I am deeply interested in the origins of things, how they were made and what we can learn from them.”

“It is really one of the aspects of my work that I love the most: to imagine a theme and then see it unfold in so many interesting ways by the hands of the artists.”

“I studied architecture because I was just really interested in the idea of placemaking, and photography has a very similar approach: making a place, creating a storyline.”

“When I design or think about things, of course I want them to be beautiful, but I also want them to be humble and…honest.”