Lisbon Art Weekend returns for its 7th edition, taking place November 6-9th, a citywide celebration of contemporary visual art from Portugal and internationally. With more than 50 venues and 80 free events, Lisbon shines as a contemporary art capital.
From a barn in rural Spain, to a small showroom in London, to collections with designers including Neri & Hu, Manuel Aires Mateus and Sam Baron, De La Espada continues to innovate and expand while always staying true to its belief in slow, handcrafted design.
Spanish architect Alejandra Esteve talks to TL Mag about her early influences, the foundation of her multidisciplinary practice ERENTIA, and her commitment to designing spaces that resonate emotionally while addressing broader contexts.
Viúva Lamego is an icon of Portuguese ceramic traditions and after 175 years, is managing to lead the way with contemporary collaborations, from the tiled roof on Kengo Kuma’s design for the Gulbenkian Museum to Joana Vasconcelos’s wild ‘Wedding Cake’ at the Rothschild Foundation.
During Lisbon Design Week, Oficina Marques partnered with Spacegram Studios and the heritage ceramics company Viúva Lamego, to present “Arcádia,” a joyful, contemplative temple-like structure that was adorned with a new collection of handcrafted tiles that are inspired by the botanical world.
For the 3rd edition of Lisbon Design Week, Luso Collective presented “Perception & Matter”, an exhibition featuring work by eleven design studios, with a focus on experimentation, exploration of materiality and “encouraging a re-evaluation of how materials inform not only design but also our emotional response to objects.”
From 28 May to 1 June, the third edition of Lisbon Design Week (LDW) celebrates design, craft and creativity, promising five days of design experiences to explore.
During Madrid’s Design Week, Spanish designer Jorge Penadés presented ‘Uprooted’ an exploration of design and materials around olive trees and the potential of olive roots at the Espacio Gaviota.
The Es Baluard Museum presents Carlos Garaicoa: All Utopias Go Through the Belly, a solo exhibition by the Cuban-born, Madrid-based artist. The exhibition is on view through January 5th, 2025.
These are the final weeks to apply for the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2025. Applications for the eighth edition of the prize will be accepted until October 30, 2024.
Albarrán Bourdais inaugurates their new gallery space in Menorca with five large-scale creations by Felice Varini that fill three floors of an historic building with shape and colour.
The Tura collection goes beyond being ‘just another bathroom collection’. Rather, it represents a deeper engagement with design and sustainability in one of the world’s largest and most commercial industries.
