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“Brazilian Design Classics”, according to UK’s the Guardian

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Think Brazilian design and the first things that spring to mind may well be plastic flip-flops and miniscule beachwear. But there is more to Brazilian style than Carmen Miranda’s fruit basket headgear [...]

Roots: Monteiro, Vicente do Rêgo (1899 – 1970)

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Vicente do Rego Monteiro (Recife, Pernambuco, 1899 – idem, 1970). Painter, sculptor, draughtsman, illustrator, graphic artist. Began his artistic studies in 1908, accompanying his sister, Fedora do Rego Monteiro (1889 – 1975) on courses at the National School of Fine Arts (Enba) in Rio de Janeiro.

UK’s The Guardian highlights the work of young Brazilian designers in the article “Artistry in the Blood”

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Brazilian design, from fashion to architecture, is usually recognised simply for its flamboyance, but it is only recently that its unusual mix of influences is being embraced for its inventiveness, originality and sheer diversity [...]

Premiere Brazil Film Exhibition at MoMA, New York

By ⋅ October 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

MoMA presents the seventh annual Premiere Brazil film exhibition, which introduces New York audiences to accomplished, original films by Brazilian filmmakers, from July 16 through August 3, 2009 [...]

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