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.
Insertion through work, education and reinvention.
The association ASF (Atelier sans frontiers) supports people suffering from social exclusion and helps them to gain social, professional and citizenship reintegration.
Since its inception, Veja has worked in collaboration with ASF. Receiving …
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Launch of the Veja | Cyclope shoe at the Cyclope shop in Paris - 11.19.2009.
Arrives in UK stores February 2010.
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
The Isle of Flowers, the cult movie of Jorge Furtado, 1989.
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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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”.
“All I need” Radiohead song.
Does our world mean something ?
In a Brazilian semi arid area: organic cotton farmers and reels of cotton threads...
The Organic cotton is produced in the North of Brazil, one of the poorest areas of Brazil. Food crops and cotton sets are grown without manure nor pesticides, …
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From Amazonia to your sole : Veja sole making process.
Veja works with a cooperative of Seringueiros in the heart of the Amazon. It is the only place in the world where the hevea trees (the ones that give rubber) grow in …
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