Trends Portugal - March 2017

Focusing on the best that history has given us seems to be the premise guiding many contemporary creative minds, who look to the past for inspiration. This is certainly the case of the Bisarro project, which revives the age-old art of Bisalhães black pottery; of the vintage-style motorcycles created by Ton-Up Garage; and of Freakloset, which reinterprets classic footwear models, customising them with bright colours and new materials. This is what architect João Mendes Ribeiro has done too, in a range of rehabilitation projects on historic buildings, expertly updating and restoring them.
On the following pages, past and present walk hand in hand alongside the surprises the future has in store for us. Bold architectural and interior design projects, irreverent fashion collections and prototypes of futuristic motorbikes, cars and yachts are brought to you with stories that look to the past to develop the trends of here and now.