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Design European Championship 2016 Final - Starting line-up Portugal
smow | 10.07.2016

Design European Championship 2016: Review and Preview

After four weeks of competition at venues throughout France the 2016 Design EM prepares to bid adieu, au revoir and a heartfelt merci....and thus an opportune moment to reflect. Whereas the first few days were more notable for off-field activities than on-field, and for all those off-field activities of design fans from Russia and England, Design 2016 slowly developed into, if not a classic tournament, then certainly an honest and realistic reflection of contemporary European design. And also

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maria keil Estação Rossio
Design Tourism | 27.07.2012

Maria Keil 1914-2012

About a thousand years ago we asked our favourite Portuguese designerTM Rui Alves aka My Own Super Studio about the use of colour in his work and he answered "I try not be afraid of colour. Portuguese art and design has a tradition of using lots of colour and so for me it is natural to use colour." Anyone wanting to get a feel for what Rui means need only spend a day travelling on the Lisbon underground. While there are a lot of cities where using the underground system is more visually

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