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What fits inside a square? The creative exercise is applied to the work of Catarina Osório de Castro, who photographs with a Hasselblad camera – the same brand that traveled to the Moon – in this medium format. The artist with a degree in architecture recently made her dream of combining studio, home and laboratory come true and opened the doors of her absolutely unique apartment, cover of the new edition of Observador Lifestyle magazine, special decoration.
Square, beetle-shaped, painted, embossed, capable of creating optical illusions or intentionally damaged. Azulejo has centuries of tradition in Portugal but still brings new features. This is what the artists, designers, ceramists and architects with whom we spoke in the article “outside the square” say, full of ideas to apply at home, or simply draw inspiration.
The pages that open the article dedicated to tiles, with a panel by Henriette Arcelin.
Drinking without regrets is what the article dedicates cocktails without alcohol, a trend that is gaining more and more strength and that is finally making non-alcoholic cocktails “Everything their alcoholic counterparts are: careful presentation, complex in the mouth and very creative,” writes journalist Catarina Moura. “Perfect for those who want to have it all: a night out with friends and a morning at the gym” – and in this edition we also suggest several spaces for physical fitness where music and interior design are equally present.
This 25th issue of the magazine includes other stories of creativity, from Sebastião Lobo’s cutlery-jewellery to the objects that are reinventing Algarve crafts, within the framework of the Loulé Criativo project.
The jewelry and cutlery designer Sebastião Lobo, photographed by Manuel Manso in his Ajuda studio, in Lisbon.
And after a summer full of sea, we also look to the other side of the country, with four tourism projects inaugurated this year that give new meaning to the expression “inner beauty.”
Directed by Ana Dias Ferreira and artistic direction by Luís Alexandre, this issue is available for €7.90 in paper format and €5.90 in digital version. It is on sale in newsstands and also online, at loja.observador.pt, with free shipping in mainland Portugal until October 15.
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Source: Observadora
