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Artistic street murals

02/14/2013 by chicquero

Sao Paulo-based street artist Eduardo Kobra creates fantastic large scale murals that are filled with vibrant color and life. Below, we’ve also included a few more select murals that the artist has completed over his career. “Art is an evolutionary act. The shape of art and its role in society is constantly changing. At no point is art static. There are no rules.” Raymond Salvatore Harmon, BOMB: A Manifesto of Art Terrorism YOU MAY ALSO LIKE Cool strokes Maps and Illustrations […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: art, arts, artsy, brazil, colorful, Eduardo Kobra, illustration, large art, murals, painter, sao paulo, street, street art, street artist, urban, vibrant

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Oscar Niemeyer Architecture

12/06/2012 by chicquero

. Oscar Niemeyer, the greatest Brazilian architect who helped to shape the 20th century and mankind’s vision of the future, died on Wednesday aged 104, ten days before his 105th birthday. The celebrated Brazilian architect whose flowing designs infused Modernism with a new sensuality and captured the imaginations of generations of architects around the world. . His curvaceous, lyrical, hedonistic forms helped shape a distinct national architecture and a modern identity for Brazil that broke with its colonial and baroque past. Yet his influence extended far […]

Categories: Design, Photography • Tags: architect, architecture, brazil, brazilian, building, curves, death, Design, died, future, lines, modernism, Oscar Niemeyer, sensuality, spaces, white

Summer in Rio

11/09/2012 by chicquero

Sexy on the Beach Izabel Goulart shows off a rocking beach body (look at her abs) for the October issue of Elle Brazil, photographed by Eduardo Rezende. Joined by male models Pablo Morais, Romulo Arantes Neto and Saulo Melo; Izabel hits the white sands in colorful and revealing swimwear looks chosen by fashion editor Rita Lazzarotti. Beauty artist Henrique Martins creates the Brazilian bombshell’s wet tresses and dewy skin. It’s almost sumer time in Brazil, Rio is getting hotter and hotter! You […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: beach, beauty, bikini, body, brazil, Brazilian bombshell, editorial, Eduardo Rezende, elle brazil, Fashion, hot, Izabel Goulart, revealing swimwear, rio, Rio de Janeiro, Rita Lazzarotti, sexy, summer

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Sexual and playful posters

09/07/2012 by chicquero

. Pablo Alfieri is an Art Director and Graphic Designer from Buenos Aires Argentina. After working as an art director in local studios he decided to create his own place “Playful” where he dedicates all his passion for graphic design illustration and typography. In his “Insert Coin Poster series”, the sexual connotation and his love for playful moods and colorful pieces are screaming out loud. Love his creativity and the use of signs to promote the Brazilian event, the last […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: art, brazil, colorful, graphic design, insert coin, pablo alfieri, photography, playful, posters, sex, sexual, sexual connotation, sexy

Sexual colors

07/27/2012 by chicquero

Brazilian born, São Paulo based photographer Gabriel Wickbold is 27 years old and self taught, ”I picked up some tips from my photographer friends, and made a research laboratory in my studio,” he recalls. “Every day I discover how to do different kinds of lighting. But for me, it’s about much more than the perfect lighting setup. It’s about the perfect vibe.” His bright color palette and passionate sexual energy scream the joy of our Brazilian nationality, Brazil is pure rawness with […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: brazil, brazilian, colorful, energetic, Gabriel Wickbold, naked body, painted body, portrait, rawness, sao paulo, sexy, sticky

Dissected artists

05/02/2012 by chicquero

This would have made art history much more interesting, don´t you agree?! Created by DDB Brazil for the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) Art School, this awesome campaign took artists as Dali, Van Gogh, Picasso and dissected them to show their inside illustrated in the same style as their famous artworks. A brilliant idea and execution! Unfortunately, this is just a sneak peek, but definitely we´ll keep you guys posted when they come up with more… Advertising Agency: DDB, Brazil Creative […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: art history, art school, artwork, brazil, MASP, Pablo Picasso, painters, Salvador Dali, sao paulo, Van gogh

The other side of the digital world

03/13/2012 by chicquero

Felipe Tofani is a Brazilian art director based in São Paulo who likes to write about himself in the third person! He has a degree in Advertising, which he got back in 2005 in his hometown Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (yay, my hometown as well). He has been working with interaction design and online advertising since he graduated. Mr. Tofani also likes to learn new things… right now he is “toying” with motion design, 3D modelling and some actionscript. Maybe […]

Categories: Design, Laugh • Tags: advertising, art director, brazil, digital world, Felipe Tovani, geek, quotes, sao paulo, social media

Kate Moss with a Brazilian swag

02/19/2012 by chicquero

Miss Moss is looking fantastic in Vogue Brazil’s 36th anniversary, may 2011 issue. Rocking barely nothing, in a very tropical Brazilian vibe, photographed over 5 days in Rio and Sao Paulo, the issue features a bumper 60 pages of the British supermodel. This is the reason why we love Kate Moss. Effortlessly sexy! Photrographer: Mario Testino (amen!) Make-up: Lloyd Simmonds. I was 14 when I started modeling. At the end of that first day my mum said, If you want to do […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Brasil, brazil, brazilian, Kate Moss, Lloyd Simmonds, mario testino, model, nude, sexy, summer, Vogue

Carnaval & Brasil – Brazil & Carnival

02/17/2012 by chicquero

C A R N A V A L The Brazilian Carnival is one of the best-known celebrations today, it´s a large, festive, popular party held all over Brazil. The world´s most famous Carnival of Rio de Janeiro has become an event of huge proportions, and the most popular party on the planet, according to The Guinness Book of World Records 2011. The country stops completely for almost a week and festivities are intense (day and night). Carnival with all its excesses, […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: Brasil, brazil, brazilian, Carnaval, carnival, costumes, festival, girls, guys, models, nude, parade, popular, rio, Rio de Janeiro, rio samba, samba, samba parade, women

Happy Birthday São Paulo

01/25/2012 by chicquero

Parabéns São Paulo - 458 years São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked among the five-largest metropolitan areas on the planet. São Paulo maintains strong international influence and is considered an Alpha World City. The name of the city honors Saint Paul. The city of São Paulo hosts approximately 90 thousand events every year, featuring arts, business, fashion and beyond. São Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW) is a fashion event, held at Ibirapuera Park, in São Paulo, notable as Latin America’s pre-eminent […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: birthday, Brasil, brazil, city, collections, cool, designers, Fashion, fashion week, green fabrics, innovation creativity, looks, runaway, sao paulo, spfw, sustainability initiative

As minimal as it is

01/21/2012 by chicquero

Sky Series Eric Cahan is a NYC based photographer inspired by the sky’s color palette from sunrise to sunset! Speaking of color, I was truly amazed by the way he understands the different nuances of color, light and the way he photographs. As a devotee of contemporary art, Cahan’s influences include Mark Rothko, James Turrell, and the Light and SpaceMovement , a brand of minimalism that originated in Southern California in the 60s focused on perceptual phenomena such as light, […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: brazil, california, color palette, colorful, Costa Rica, Eric Cahan, Florida, light, minimalism, new york, photographer, sunrise, sunset

It’s not just about the Girl from Ipanema!

11/21/2011 by chicquero

Well, we know that Brazil is booming (big time, yay!)… but I’m not talking about economics, Carnaval, bikinis, World Cup, coffee, sugar cane, samba not to mention “The Girl from Ipanema“. I’m talking about “Borderless” , this fabulous editorial created by Brazilian professionals and published in brazilian magazine Criativa. Shot by photographer Gui Paganini, beautifully styled by Renata Corrêa and featuring brazilian model Thairine Garcia (OMFG… she’s gorgeous!), this crew took this work to the next level. The graphic color […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: bikini, brazil, brazilian, brazilian curves, Brazilian icon, brazilian models, brazilian photographer, Brazilian summer, Carmen Miranda, Carnaval, coffee, color blocking, Criativa Magazine. brazilian magazine, economics, editorial, Fashion editorial, fashion photography, fotografia, Girl from Ipanema, Gui Paganini, have fun, Helô Pinheiro, mix of textures, Moda, obrigado, patterns, Portuguese, renata correa, Revista Criativa, Rio de Janeiro, samba, soccer, style, styling, stylist, sugar cane, Thairine Garcia, Tom Jobim, World Cup

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This summer is just another chapter

11/10/2011 by chicquero

The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever . The great fashion photographer Zee Nunes, shot this clean poolside editorial for the first issue of Harper’s Bazaar Brasil (welcome to Brazil HBB, we love you). The Brazilian gorgeous, 33 years old model, Shirley Mallmann looks fierce in a classy look with a sporty vibe. I love the color blocked, applied by the stylist Renata Correa. With a slick blonde hair, Shirley dominates the minimalist white architecture, in the mean time, seduces […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, brazil, campaign, campanha, color block, culture, Design, designer, editorial, Fashion, Harpers Bazaar, Harpers Bazaar brasil, minimalist, Moda, model, photographer, photography, photos, renata correa, shirley mallmann, style, stylist, summer, tendência, trends, zee nunes

Toy life or bugs story?

10/20/2011 by chicquero

Insect Toys Sang Won Sung, born in Seoul, Korea 1965. Lives and works in Sao Paulo – Brazil. Sung creates these amazingly awkward but awesome art toys. They have a very distinctive style, not completely weird, with a very cool edge. I love that he uses doll’s arms as insect legs, and many other alternative objects! Sang has done many exhibitions, and he is collecting a lot of cool awards, well done. Keep it up If all mankind were to disappear, the […]

Categories: Artsy, Design • Tags: ant, art, arte, arts, bee, beetle, brazil, bugs, bugs life, campaign, cool, creative, creativity, culture, Design, designer, firefly, green, insects, photo, sang won sung, style, toy story, toys, trends, weird, wtf

The belly rules the mind

10/07/2011 by chicquero

Sydney International Food Festival, presented by Citi, was launched in October 2009, a celebration of the Sydney food scene. The event combined cooking demonstrations, talks and tastings with top chefs from Sydney and around the world. Great campaign, I love that they were able to get the essence of each country and translate that into a beautifully designed dish. Whybin TBWA has produced a print and online advertising campaign featuring dishes representing the flags of twelve different countries: Australia […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: art, arte, Australia, brazil, campaign, countries, cultura, culture, Design, designer, food, foto, fotografia, France, gastronomy, Greece, India, italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, marketing, photo, photography, Spain, Switzerland, sydney international food festival, tbwa, tendência, trends, Vietnam, whybin, world

In the Steppes of Ulan Bator - Beauty Editorial

Mongolian beauty in a Brazilian Shoot

09/22/2011 by chicquero

“In the Steppes of Ulan Bator” for VOGUE Brazil – June 2010 Amazing beauty Editorial with the Danish model, Pernille Moeller. The photographer Benjamin Kanarek created a stunning visual, I just can´t take my eyes of it. Ulan Bator is located in north central Mongolia, the city lies at an elevation of about 1,310 metres (4,300 ft) in a valley on the Tuul River. The Mongolian inspired make-up and styling are just perfect. Credits Photographer Benjamin Kanarek & Co-Creative Director, Co-Creative Director […]

Categories: Design, Fashion, Photography • Tags: art, arte, Benjamin Kanarek, Brasil, brazil, brazilian, cultura, culture, Design, designer, Fashion, fotografia, green, make-up, maquiagem, Moda, mongolia, Pernille Moeller, photo, photography, photos, places, style, stylish, tendência, trends, Ulan Bator, Vogue, vogue brasil

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Eco-Friendly Luxury Loft

09/18/2011 by chicquero

Fernanda Marques architect and Associates, São Paulo - Brazil. The luxury sustainable loft was designed for the Casa Cor exhibit. Casa Cor is the second largest architecture and decoration event in the world. The house itself is a piece of art, the nature is screaming out loud, everything was inspired by sustainability issues. Recycled wood, green seal furniture, highly efficient LED system, represent the commitment to the environment. Thumbs up for the wood table, bookcase/wine cellar, and the plants hanging from the […]

Categories: Design • Tags: architecture, brazil, casa cor, culture, Design, environmental, fernanda marques, green, home, house, interiors, loft, luxury, photography, places, recycle, sao paulo, sustainability, sustainable, sustentabilidade, tendência, trends

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