A well - curated collection of stories that move us, the wisdom we’ve garnered, and the dreams that propel us forward.

What We’re Reading This Autumn. Five Longer Evenings

Autumn hands the evenings back to us. The light goes early, the lamp comes on, and the attention that summer…

Read Further

A Curious Woman in Many Worlds. Angelika Svoboda on Looking, Listening and the Art of the Global South

Angelika Svoboda has spent her working life close to the moment before a work becomes public: the studio visit, the acquisition, the artist nobody has placed yet. A social and cultural anthropologist by training, she reads a painting for its story before its materials, and she has built two NGOs alongside a career in art and music. She sat…

Read Futher

The Shortlist. October in Lisbon

Five reasons to keep your evenings free this month, from a Kosovar stage to a Lebanese table in Campo de Ourique.

Read Futher

Reading Is How We Become Better People. Silvia Pazos Rodríguez, the Woman Behind Book 2.0

How would you introduce yourself beyond the titles and accomplishments? Who is Silvia at her core? I am a human leader and an advocate for change who loves to build rooms where the right conversations happen, connecting people with a higher mission who actually mean what they say. I’m driven by a kind of restless curiosity: about stories, about…

Read Futher

The Shortlist. September in Lisbon

Five reasons to stay close this month, from a stage set in 2077 to a counter of open fire in Restelo.

Read Futher

The Measure of a Hand. MACHEIA

MACHEIA was founded in 2020 by Lucrezia Papillo, an Italian-German product designer trained at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, and Iany Gayo, a Mozambican-Portuguese architect who studied at Lisbon’s Instituto Superior Técnico. Two women, two disciplines, one practice built on the conviction that the oldest techniques still have the most to say.

Read Futher

O Longo Adeus

An afternoon inside a house in Lapa, saying goodbye slowly during Lisbon Design Week.

Read Futher

What We’re Reading This Summer

Summer loosens its hold on the calendar. The days stretch, the reading slows, and a book becomes the best kind of company: the one you choose entirely for yourself.

Read Futher

On Opening New Doors. A Note from the Founder

Growth does not have to mean scale. It can be softer than that — broadening one’s horizons, opening a door that was not there before.

Read Futher

Cultivating Beauty in the Simplest Things. Irene Bernie of Valdirose

I’ve learned to accept and embrace even the less creative moments, understanding that I also need periods of rest. It’s like seeds underground: with time, a beautiful plant will emerge. Taking care of oneself and engaging in activities for personal fulfillment, rather than for show, is crucial.

Read Futher

Reinventing the Game. Valeriya Gogunskaya, Founder of Chess Her

Tanya Bennett’s journey from fashion illustration to leading the Sovereign Art Foundation in Portugal reflects a life shaped by creativity, community, and cultural sensitivity.

Read Futher