Brazilian design
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about brazilian design
Project • By SAINZ arquitetura • Housing
Casa Clara
This house; Casa Clara, is mainly a small house, strong personality and clear solution (clear means Clara in Portuguese). The entire house is delicately supported on the downhill terrain. The landscape have a free view from the interior, even the layout is clear, simple solution with elegant design, in some ways this house is very minimal. The family that lives inside is also small; a couple, a child and 2 cats. The program demands are the same of most private houses; bedrooms, bathroom, open kitchen and etc. But the most important demand is the need of a very fast construction in the minimum size as possible. The result is 89 square meters in Steel Frame. Casa Clara also privileges the thermal control (that is very important in... More
Product • By Sossego • Mesa Água
Mesa Água
Domingos Tótora's mesa água is the picture of a lazy brook. The glass top evokes sunlight sparkling on water washing over pebbles smoothed from years of a natural polishing process. The sight of it carries one away to a quiet afternoon of rest. Each stone is a solid piece, molded from layers of cardboard pulp and paste, akin to the process of sediment settling into a riverbed. There may be no artist who demonstrates sustainability as wholly as Domingos. His masterworks have journeyed full circle, narrating the story of sustainable earth without uttering a single word. More
Project • By Studio Otto Felix • Bars
Nosotros Bar
Designed by architecture and design firm Studio Otto Felix, Nosotros bar merges an elegant, light, straight architecture, with few plans to strong artistic elements that take sides of the two only existing walls and ceiling - completing the goal of creating something unusual and striking that combined with bartender and co-owner, Rafael Araujo´s sophisticated drinks. The project is a 140m square open building built in a square with only six pillars and two walls, which support a light cover inclined to the end, creating openings directed to the busiest areas, bringing the outside sensation into the interior, directing the public attention to the bar.
The background wall, receives a 11 meter wide faceted plaster sculpture, which goes unde... More