June 2021
Brune and César met at university in Paris and have been together ever since. They stayed in Paris early in their careers: Brune putting her eye for the uncanny to good use in interior design projects for restaurants; and César had his yuppie phase as a successful designer for Condé Nast. But three kids later … Continued
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April 2021
We were greeted by João Magalhães down the street from his apartment in Santos, skateboard on one hand, the other juggling a vast bouquet of flowers. Raised between Lisbon and London, but eventually settling here after an extensive tour of Europe’s best after parties, the young designer has established himself as one of the outstanding … Continued
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December 2020
Inside an unassuming building in the heart of Lisbon’s Lapa, lies the stuff of your southernmost dreams. Like a love child born out of Alvar Aalto and Luis Barragán’s passionate encounter in Marrakesh, this work-in-progress house is by no means an incomplete home. Main Edition’s Victoire de Lencquesaing and her secret serenading lover have lived … Continued
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November 2020
Having relocated to romantic refuge Sintra after years in Berlin, Copenhagen and Rotterdam, Gonçalo Prudêncio is not your design type cliché. Colorful in attire and sharp in trait, he appears much happier in the neighbouring rugged cliffs, than in the laptop cafés of Príncipe Real or Prenzlauer Berg. Ghome serves as a brilliant output to … Continued
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October 2020
Lisbon hero António Júlio Duarte is usually behind the camera. We visit the enigmatic photographer and his wife Mingyu at home for some afternoon jiaozi and a session of arts and crafts. A regular fixture of the local arts scene over the past twenty years, the photographer is celebrated for his assertive surveys of unusual … Continued
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October 2020
We meet Lisbon’s suavest power couple for a chat about vacuum cleaners and The Sopranos. We set out on this series aiming to give you some context on our surroundings, the city we love and the people that make it great; well, it doesn’t get much better than this. Matilde and Ricardo, of GIRÃO LIMA … Continued
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