THE... Designers Corner

 

SPACE FOR THE PROMOTION OF NEW DESIGNERS AND DESIGN TRENDS OUTSIDE THE NORMAL CIRCUIT. BORN FROM A PASSION FOR WHAT IS ORIGINAL AND TIMELESS, OF A DESIRE TO DRESS WITH CREATIVITY, DEFYING IMAGINATION IN A WORLD TOO HOMOGENEOUS. AN INTENSE AND CONTINUOUS RESEARCH OF WORLDWIDE CREATORS IS IN THE CENTER OF THIS PROJECT, IN PORTUGAL. WE ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN PARTNERSHIPS WITH DESIGN SCHOOLS AND THE PORTUGUESE INDUSTRY.

THE PROJECT STARTED WITH THE OPENING OF OPORTO SHOP IN 2006, FOLLOWING LISBON IN 2010, AND ALGARVE IN 2012 .

THE COLLECTIONS FEATURE UNIQUE AND EXCLUSIVE PIECES IN PORTUGAL OF DESIGNERS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD: ISSEY MIYAKE AND MOYURU (JAPAN) MONIES AND SHOE BOX (DENMARK), RUNDHOLZ AND TRIPPEN (GERMANY), UMITUNAL (TURKEY), MANUELLE GUIBAL, BARBARA LANG AND MOIS MONT (FRANCE), ART-POINT (AUSTRIA), UN-NAMABLE, NUOVO BORGO, SIMONA TAGLIAFERRI, BOBOUTIC AND MARIA CALDERARA (ITALY), BARBARA ALAN (ENGLAND), DEMOO (SOUTH KOREA), GOYO (MONGOLIA) ISABEL QUARESMA AND CARLA PONTES (PORTUGAL), AMONG OTHERS.

IN PERSPECTIVE, NOT ONLY A SHOP BUT ALSO A PROMOTIONAL SPACE AND DISSEMINATION OF NEW ARTISTS EMERGE PARTNERSHIPS WITH EDUCATION ENTITIES IN THE DESIGN SECTOR AND THE PORTUGUESE INDUSTRY.

THE DISTINGUISHED ITSELF IMMEDIATELY AT ITS GENESIS WITH THE ORIGINAL STORE LOCATED IN RUA DA CERCA (PORTO) IN A BUILDING THAT WAS LAUREATED WITH THE ARCHITECTURE PRIZE JOÃO DE ALMADA, BY RECOVERY PROJECT OF ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE OF OPORTO CITY.