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BOP | Bop glass by João Villar



BOP is a beautiful glass, with an intelligent design and it's Portuguese!

2009 saw the beginning of this object, when João Villar was still a Design student. The concept is a glass that doesn’t tip over and the result was a sphere glass with center of gravity in its base allowing it to never tip over. The name actually derived from the English expression Bop Bag.

These blown glass objects are produced individually, in Marinha Grande (Portugal), by craftsmen. Theres are 3 sizes: COPO BOP (approximately 20 cl.), COPO MINI BOP (approximately 8 cl.) or TIGELA BOPPY (approximately 7 cl.), the latter having the same size as the COPO MINI BOP, but slightly wider at the rim.

BOP glasses are currently for sale through the BOPLAND webpage or in the following stores : Hangar Design Store, Original Lisboa, Pátria Interiores, a ELLG Gourmet, Giv Lowe, Rosmaninho, Plátano Decorações, Horto do Campo Grande, a Alma Lusa e a Bairro Arte.

These objects can be used in a vast number of ways, from the more conventional uses, as a glass or a bowl, to a bolder use, such as candleholders, containers for spices or dry flowers; or whatever your imagination will allow.

BOPLAND recently launched cork lid, meaning an even wider use of the BOP glasses.

Here is a good idea for those who haven't decided what to give family or friends for Christmas!

Ana

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Photo via: http://www.bopland.com.pt

BOP | O Copo sempre-em-pé de João Villar

O BOP é um copo bonito, com um design inteligente e é português!
O conceito surgiu em 2009 pela mão de João Villar enquanto aluno do curso de Design, e teve como ponto de partida um copo que não tombasse. O resultado foi um copo em forma de esfera cujo centro de gravidade na base permite que fique sempre em pé. Aliás, o nome vai beber da palavra inglesa Bop Bag, nome dado aos bonecos sempre-em-pé.
Estes objectos artesanais, produzidos na Marinha Grande, são soprados individualmente por um artesão. 
Existem 3 tamanhos: COPO BOP (aproximadamente 20 cl.), COPO MINI BOP (aproximadamente 8 cl.) ou a TIGELA BOPPY (aproximadamente 7 cl.), estas últimas com o mesmo tamanho que os MINI BOP, mas ligeiramente mais abertas.
Os copos BOP estão actualmente à venda através da página de Internet da BOPLAND ou nas seguintes lojas: Hangar Design Store, Original Lisboa, Pátria Interiores, a ELLG Gourmet, Giv Lowe, Rosmaninho, Plátano Decorações, Horto do Campo Grande, a Alma Lusa e a Bairro Arte.
A liberdade na utilização destes objectos impera, desde a sua utilização mais convencional, como copo ou taça, até à sua utilização mais ousada, como porta velas, recipiente para especiarias ou flores secas; ou aquilo que a sua imaginação lhe permitir.
Foi lançada recentemente uma tampa em cortiça, que permite ampliar ainda mais o leque de utilizações do BOP.
Para os que ainda não sabem o que oferecer à família ou aos amigos, aqui fica uma boa ideia!

Ana

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Foto via: http://www.bopland.com.pt

Contemporary meets traditional at Villa Extramuros


While visiting the castle of Arraiolos, I notice a somehow distant white building. It's Villa Extramuros, designed by Voar Arquitectura, on the outskirts of Arraiolos, a village in Alentejo, Portugal. 
I drive through a dirt road and, after a while, I reach an olive grove through which I can see a two-floor contemporary building with cork-lined walls and ceilings that bolster the volume of the white walls. 
“The architecture of the Villa, inspired by Roman camps as well as by medieval convents […] pays homage to the characteristic materials of Alentejo: white marble stone, white-washed walls and cork”, as mentioned in their webpage. 
I am welcomed by one the owners, a Parisian man that has settled in Alentejo, that guides me through the common areas: a patio that, as with medieval cloisters, joins the areas that surround it; a dinning area; a lounging area; and five rooms that are located in the upper floor (and which I could not visit seeing they were occupied). In the exterior, one can easily be enthralled by the tranquility of the olive grove and the infinity swimming pool overlooking the Castle of Arraiolos.
The strategy used in the decoration is also very interesting, as it combines design from the 50s to today, with local crafts.

Ana

Photo ©Adrià Goula. Via: http://www.archdaily.com/
Photo ©Adrià Goula. Via: http://www.archdaily.com/
Photo ©Alexandre Gempeler. Via: http://www.wallpaper.com
Photo ©Adrià Goula. Via: http://www.archdaily.com/
Photo ©Alexandre Gempeler. Via: http://www.wallpaper.com
Photo ©Alexandre Gempeler. Via: http://www.archdaily.com/
Photo ©Alexandre Gempeler. Via: http://www.wallpaper.com
Photo ©Alexandre Gempeler. Via: http://www.wallpaper.com
Photo ©Alexandre Gempeler. Via: http://www.archdaily.com

O encontro do contemporâneo com o tradicional no Extramuros

De visita ao castelo de Arraiolos, vejo ao longe uma construção branca com alguma dimensão que me chama a atenção. Trata-se da Villa Extramuros, projecto do atelier Voar Arquitectura, nos arredores da vila alentejana de Arraiolos.
Sigo por uma estrada de terra batida até que, por entre um olival, vejo um edifício de dois pisos com uma linguagem assumidamente contemporânea e onde os apontamentos de cortiça reforçam a volumetria das paredes brancas, rasgadas por grandes vãos.
“A arquitectura da Villa, inspirada tanto num “castro” romano como na histórica arquitectura conventual [...] presta homenagem aos materiais emblemáticos do Alentejo: a pedra de mármore, as paredes brancas e a cortiça” refere a página de Internet deste estabelecimento.
Sou simpaticamente recebida por um dos proprietários, oriundo de Paris, que me guia através das áreas comuns: um pátio que, tal como nos claustros conventuais, une os espaços que o circundam; uma sala de refeições; salas de estar; e os cinco quartos que se encontram no piso superior (que não pude visitar visto estarem ocupados).
No exterior, facilmente se absorve e somos absorvidos pela tranquilidade do olival e da piscina de transbordo com vista para o Castelo de Arraiolos.
Interessante é também a estratégia utilizada na decoração, onde se alia o design dos anos 50 até aos dias de hoje, com artesanato local.

Ana

Foto ©Adrià Goula. Via: http://www.archdaily.com/
Foto ©Adrià Goula. Via: http://www.archdaily.com/
Foto ©Adrià Goula. Via: http://www.archdaily.com/
Foto ©Alexandre Gempeler. Via: http://www.wallpaper.com
Foto ©Adrià Goula. Via: http://www.archdaily.com/
Foto ©Alexandre Gempeler. Via: http://www.wallpaper.com
Foto ©Alexandre Gempeler. Via: http://www.archdaily.com/
Foto ©Adrià Goula. Via http://www.wallpaper.com
Foto ©Alexandre Gempeler. Via: http://www.wallpaper.com
Foto ©Alexandre Gempeler. Via: http://www.wallpaper.com
Foto ©Alexandre Gempeler. Via: http://www.archdaily.com

Portuguese Design at Boa Safra

The banners on the façade don't mislead you: you've arrived at Embaixada!
The result of a private initiative (funded by Anthony Lanier's EastBanc), this comecial space in the Ribeiro da Cunha neo-Arab manor house opened doors in 2013. The rehabilitation project harmoniously combines contemporary architecture with the romantic taste of the end of the 19th century. The concept presents an alternative to shopping malls and to the mainstream brands, and showcases several Portuguese-designer items.
And it is here that we will find Boa Safra, a publishing company that is also a designer store. It displays original ecological design pieces, several of these by Portuguese designers such as Carlos Aguiar, Daniel Pera, Magda Alves Pereira, Lu Barradas, Luis Porém, Samuel Pereira Pinto and MOOD.
You can browse the Boa Safra catalogue here.
And, if you would like to see your own design be built, contact Boa Safra through Youdesign and see your dream come true!

Ana
Chest of drawers. Design by Magda Alves Pereira and Daniel Pera
Via: http://revistadesignmagazine.com/block/
Coffee table. Design by Magda Alves Pereira and Daniel Pera
Console. Design by Magda Alves Pereira and Daniel Pera
Zero stool. Design by Luís Porém
Three-legged stool. Design by Samuel Pinto. Via www.noema.pt
Erus lamp. Design by Daniel Pereira
Erus lamp. Design by Daniel Pereira
Woody lamp. Design by MOOD
Woody lamp. Design by MOOD

A Boa Safra e o Design Português na Embaixada

Os banners na fachada não deixam margem para dúvidas: chegámos à Embaixada! 
De iniciativa privada (financiado pela EastBanc de Anthony Lanier), o espaço comecial abriu portas no palacete neo-árabe Ribeiro da Cunha em 2013. O projecto de recuperação combina harmoniosamente a arquitectura actual com o gosto romântico do final do século XIX.
O conceito apresenta-se alternativo às grandes superfícies e às marcas mainstream.
É aqui que encontramos a Boa Safra que, para além de editora, é também uma loja que apresenta peças ecológicas de design originais, muitas pela mão de designers portugueses, como Carlos Aguiar, Daniel Pera, Magda Alves Pereira, Lu Barradas, Luís Porém, Samuel Pereira Pinto ou a MOOD.
Pode ver o catálogo da Boa Safra aqui.
E se gostava de ver realizado um projecto de design seu, mas não sabe como, consulte a Boa Safra através da solução Youdesign e concretize o seu sonho!

Ana

Camiseiro. Design Magda Alves Pereira e Daniel Pera.
Via Design Magazine
Mesa. Design Magda Alves Pereira e Daniel Pera.
Consola. Design Magda Alves Pereira e Daniel Pera.
Via Design Magazine


Banco Zero. Design Luís Porém.










Banco de Três Patas. Design Samuel Pinto.
Via www.noema.pt
Candeeiro Eros. Design Daniel Pereira.
Candeeiro Eros. Design Daniel Pereira.
Candeeiro Woody. Design MOOD.
Candeeiro Woody. Design MOOD.

O Moderno Escondido – The [increasingly] Hidden Modern

During a recent trip to Trás-os-Montes (Portugal) I witnessed an extraordinary example of Portuguese modernist urbanism and architecture of 50s, which Michele Cannatà and Fátima Fernandes of Cannatà e Fernandes, have designated as “Moderno Escondido”, or the Hidden Modern (an investigation that resulted in an exhibition and a book “Modern Escondido: Arquitectura das Centrais Hidroeléctricas do Douro 1953-1964: Picote, Miranda, Bemposta”, FAUP Publicações, 1997). 

Inn, revovated by Cannatà e Fernandes. Photo platform[az]©
The Residential Complex of Picote, built during the construction of the Douro dams, designed by Archer de Carvalho, Nunes de Almeida and Rogério Ramos, architects who graduated from ESBAP, in Oporto, Portugal, was designed to be an “ideal city”, a city built from scratch, with the necessary infrastructures to become a self-sufficient system for 4000 thousand people.

Houses for the executive staff. Photo platform[az]©
The complex reflects contemporary modernist influences of Le Corbusier and the propositions of the Athens Charter, and blends it with Portuguese culture. It includes a housing area for workers, a school, a church, a shopping mall, houses for the executive staff and an inn.

Chapel. Photo platform[az]©
Inn. Photo platform[az]©
Inn. Photo platform[az]©
In my visit I had access to the executive staff’s houses. These were abandoned and, with no preservation works in the horizon, will continue its natural (or, sometimes, un-natural) process of degradation. However, the quality of the materials is still visible: wood, Portuguese tiles, stone, among others.

Houses for the executive staff. Photo platform[az]©
Houses for the executive staff. Photo platform[az]©
Houses for the executive staff. Photo platform[az]©
Houses for the executive staff. Photo platform[az]©
The 2011 short film Ruínas de Portugal – O Moderno Escondido (by RR productions, image by Manuel Barreto and editing by Rui Gonçalves) shows the advanced degradation of the houses.

Houses for the executive staff. Photo platform[az]©
Houses for the executive staff. Photo platform[az]©
Trás-os-Montes discloses many wonderful settings, some more hidden than others.
Have a good trip!

Ana