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UTIL: welcoming contemporary and functional designer furniture to your everyday life

By Pedro Palha
October 02, 2020

UTIL, a Lisbon-based designer furniture brand that understands what people want. Samples, warehouse, paper mockups, drawings, collages, renders... get to know more about their daily life.

Interview and photos by Pedro Gaspar

Meet NÃM Mushrooms: 1st Circular Economy and Urban Farm in Portugal

By Pedro Palha
September 23, 2020

Nathan, founder of NÃM, welcomed us at his natural habitat and showed us how we created an amazing business from the scratch. Circular economy is the only way, pals. The only way.

Interview and photos by Pedro Gaspar & Filipe Reino

Feeling the local moment with PRADO MERCEARIA

By Humar Santos
August 09, 2020

Earlier this year, we have spent a couple of hours in one of our favourite and coolest places in town. One...

3 days of immeasurable simplicity at Casa Modesta

By Pedro Palha
March 11, 2020

Why constantly look for holiday destinations far away when you can have the simplest, fairest but most surprising place at your feet? Casa Modesta,...

SEMEAR: sustainable agriculture for social inclusion

By Pedro Palha
January 12, 2020

Our mission is always finding honesty in everything we do. Organic materials sourced from certified suppliers with fair working conditions....

Naturally Leavened Pizza + Natural Wines + ISTO. Organic Tees

By Pedro Palha
December 28, 2019

Marcelo Parente and Duda Ferreira, two brazilian entrepreneurs living in Portugal for the past 3 years, knew it all before...

Folks who see more than most: Jasmin Göttling

By Vasco Mendonça
November 14, 2019

The more content we have created, the more we felt we were missing something. It was essential to look for...

We are moving to Esqina

By Vasco Mendonça
November 14, 2019

It's become harder to come up with surprising restaurants in Lisbon, but Esqina is doing its best. A fine dining...

Comida Independente, a treasure trove of Portuguese food

By Vasco Mendonça
November 14, 2019

There's a growing concern in consumers to understand where the things they buy come from. Thats is one of the...

The wonderful feeling of escape: Pensão Agrícola

By Vasco Mendonça
October 20, 2019

It's interesting that one of the best publications out there - The California Sunday Magazine - dedicated an entire issue to the theme of escape. Maybe it has somethint to do with our modern way of living, maybe it's always been like this. It feels urgent these days.