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Andrew Howard had his students collect photos of shop signs in Porto, resulting in these montages called ‘Letters from Porto’. (source)
I think everyone can recognize themselves in this daily dishonesty series by Lauren Hom. (source)
Beautiful sketch of ‘stacking green’, a house designed by Vo Trong Nghia Co., ltd. (source)
Windows of New York, a weekly illustration project by José Guizar.
Clever advertisement by Ogilvy & Mather. (source)
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The Fabrica Features shop is located above the united colors of benetton shop at rua garret 83. This place that caught my attention before, but I never really understood how to get to that fourth floor. That is, until someone told me you actually had to go into the benetton shop and take the elevator up. So, in my last week, I finally managed to visit this more or less hidden gem. Here you find beautiful pieces of art and all kinds of items that would make wonderful gifts for dear friends. (Seriously, how amazing are those sea shell headphones at photo four?) Fabrica Features Lisboa blogs here about their new products and exhibitions.
Zazou is the place to go if you are looking for authentic portuguese products. Wether it’s sardines, soap, wine, ceramics or paper ware, this place will have something you like! And if you’re tired from walking Lisbon’s hills, you can always take a seat in their café. I haven’t actually tried this myself, but seeing all the products the shop carries, it should be good! You can find this lovely bazar slash café at calçada do correio velho 7, Lisbon.
Pois, café is a well known destination in Lisbon for people who are looking to have a coffee or a meal in a cosy environment. This place is filled with books and magazines, which you can read while seated in comfy couches or you can bring your laptop and use the free wifi. It’s a little bit more expensive than the common portuguese prices (which are very cheap in comparison to what I’m used to in Belgium), but it’s definitely worth it to spend time here on a cloudy afternoon.
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The LOSTin café has appeared on the blog before, but this place is so beautiful I thought it deserved another post. LOSTin has the most beautiful terrace with an amazing view over Lisbon, perfect for spending hot days in one of their cute sofas with a glass of fresh juice.
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It’s been almost a week since I’ve left my beloved Lisbon and moved back to Leuven, but I’m still missing my home away from home. This beautiful city and the wonderful people I’ve met there have found a place in my heart and will never be forgotten. I’m trying to get used to my daily life in Belgium again, but I’m not letting go of Lisbon just yet. During my last weeks in Lisbon, I have made sure to photograph all my favorite places so I can put together a real ‘au pays des merveilles’ Lisbon guide for you. So in the next few weeks you can expect a lot of posts about charming cafés and cool bars, which will be concluded with a little overview so you can easily find what you are looking for if you would make a trip to this amazing city. However, I didn’t spent all my time in Lisbon these last weeks, I also made a short roadtrip with some friends to Peniche, Fatima, Coimbra and Porto. The photos from this trip are being developed as we speak, so you can expect those too once I’ve gotten around scanning them.
This socket deer, designed by Nendo, holds your phone as it recharges.
In Chicago’s Bridgeport neighbourhood, an abandonned warehouse caught on fire. The temperatures at the time of the fire were so low, that the water sprayed on the building froze almost instantly, resulting this enchanting ice palace. More photos here.
Alphabet mugs, available at urban outfitters.
Jun Fujiwara designed Re: sound bottle, a bottle that collects sounds in a bottle, much like catching fireflies in a jar. If you uncork the bottle, it starts recording the sounds around you and with these recorded sounds, it forms a database from which it automatically creates rythmic tracks, using the recorded sounds in a loop, which it plays if you uncork the bottle again. So cool. More info, including a video, here.
Top Secret is a usb stick with a wax seal, which keeps all your secrets safe. Beautiful. (source)
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I have already dedicated two posts (here and here) to street art in Lisbon, and here is yet another one. Lisbon is just filled with it! In the next photos you see the famous graffiti on avenida almirante reis, by Lucy Mclauchlan, SAM3, and BLU, work by Alexandre Farto (aka Vhils) (also featured in this post), urban knitting and one of the many noses (take a good look at the photo!) that were at one moment everywhere in Lisbon.