Veja are considered by many to be the Green sneakers.
Veja works directly with Brazilian small producers, who are organized into cooperatives, of organic cotton and natural latex from the Amazon.
The Veja project created a supply chain that respects both humans and the environment.

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São Paulo, Mon Amour

9:51 - September 09 th 2009 /// Posted By /// Tags : exposition, maison des metallos, sao paulo, spma

Collective exhibition, September 11th -26th

Extracting the forgotten features of São Paulo from the urban complexity and the daily frenzy.
Making the poetic aesthetic jump out from the chaos of the city.
São Paulo, Mon Amour brings together nine artists who have built up their own stories within the urban …

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Walkabout in Paris

2:30 - September 08 th 2009 /// Posted By /// Tags : artistes, paris, sao paulo, spma, walkabout

Four of the nine artists will remain in Paris during the exhibition time.
Alessandra Cestac, Alexandre Orion, Gal Oppido and Zezão will be out there looking for inspiration...

Video: Alexandre Orion / Gal Oppido




90 degrees in San Sebastian

4:59 - June 08 th 2009 /// Posted By /// Tags : arty, san sebastian, stores

Noventa Grados, San Sebastian 2008
Noventa Grados, San Sebastian 2009

Located in the historic center of San Sebastian, Noventa Grados offers a sharp selection of labels functioning as an art gallery, hair salon and a record dealer...
Since May Noventa Grados has organised the exhibitions Gorputza in association with …

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The war is on: New York Street Advertising Takeover

5:40 - May 19 th 2009 /// Posted By /// Tags : nyc, publicité, temps de cerveau

New York, Manhattan.

On the side of buildings, under footbridges, plastered over storefronts, unlicensed advertising hoardings flood the city. Turning public spaces into advertisements is illegal. However, local authorities allow these invaders the freedom to infiltrate whole cities. Free space is …

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Montfermeil 2005 by JR

3:42 - May 06 th 2009 /// Posted By /// Tags : art, montfermeil, photos

The French artist JR gives us the real taste of the outer suburbs of Paris in this video about the first urban exhibition of “28 millimeters”. The Photos taken just before the beginning of the French riots of 2005 were stuck across Montfermeil.
We …

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Brazil is the future

4:35 - April 30 th 2009 /// Posted By /// Tags : nightlife, sao paulo

Renata Chebel - Photographer
Marcelo Elidio - Photographer & movie student
Roderico Souza - Graphic designer

At once a street style blog, vintage shop, and organizer of monthly parties, Freakstyle informs on the style of a city in constant turmoil.

Students in the morning, photographers and stylists in the afternoon, clubbers at night, the members of Freakstyle are …

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You said “pixaçaõ”?

3:15 - April 01 st 2009 /// Posted By /// Tags : brazil, street art

When the outcasts of Saõ Paulo express their wild creativity on the city’s walls…
The web magazine Cool Hunting brought up this video where the Brazilian filmmaker & journalist Jõao Wainer initiate us to the “pixaçaõ”.




Urban archeology

11:51 - March 25 th 2009 /// Posted By

Veja SP,MA Black Electric
From billboards to naked frames
Parisian store French Trotters

To what a city without ads would look like?

It would look like São Paulo. Two years ago, advertising boards were banned from the Brazilian metropolis where naked frames now deck out the streets.

For the Veja SP,MA launch, a representation of this metamorphosis has been …

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All different. All the same.

11:39 - January 27 th 2009 /// Posted By /// Tags : fashion, photos

Credits: Ari Versluis - Geeks, London 2008
Credits: Ari Versluis - Grannies, Rotterdam 1998
Credits: Ari Versluis - French Touch, Bordeaux 2008

Dutch photographer Ari Versluis and designer Ellie Uyttenbroek joined forces to track down and dissect emerging social and fashion trends.

The result, available in full at www.exactitudes.com, is a meticulous collection of photographs, using everyday people across the globe to …

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