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Zé Carioca to celebrate Brazil

admin — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:23:31 +0000

A great way to celebrate that I’m back home to Brazil is to publish a great video! Disney was important in most of peoples childhood, and Pato Donald is the most known “duck” in the world. One thing that was, and still is, great about the old animations from Disney is the capacity to entertain both children and adults.

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I just love the introduction with all the colors and how the brush happily paints the scenario. Another thing that calls my attentions is how they somehow tell children that drinking is a bad think, and how the brush makes samba out of cachaça!

In 1942 Walt Disney Studios came with a new character that introduced and popularized the samba and some of the Brazilian culture around the world. It represented the “carioca” that is who is from Rio de Janeiro. He was first introduced in the movie “Alô Amigos” (Saludo Amigos) where he interacts with Donald Duck and occasionally with Carmen Miranda, another Brazilian Symbol around the World.

Saludos Amigos

It is said that it was created by Walt Disney itself when staying at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro. He was so impressed by Rio and the Samba that he decided to give a present both to Rio and to the Brazilian people. This present was José Carioca, more known as Zé Carioca. It’s said that after listening so many parrot jokes in the street, so having an talking parrot would be a nice way to represent the Brazilian happiness.

The reason Walt Disney was in visit to Brazil was that after the Second World War the US had an Agenda that intended to get closer with the countries in Latin America to fight the communism. This initiative was called the “Good Neighbor Policy”
Info extratect from the José Carioca Wikipedia page.

Playing for a change

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:08:59 +0000

I believe and I support the idea that music is the universal language between all human beens. More specifically the language of love between our brothers and sisters. It’s the babel tower we have been thinking since ever.

How to connect people that speak different languages, have different cultures?

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Check the project site. and share the videos, inspire your friends, tell to your parents and support the idea, that you will help the world to become a better place.

Just love it.!

Beckmans School of Design showcase

admin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:04:29 +0000

For the this year’s Stockholm’s Furniture Fair the students, the third year product design students of Beckmans College teamed up with the second year graphics students to produce a short film, showcasing their new work.

Beckmans is one of the greatest schools of Design in Sweden. You can check the students portfolio at their site. It worth a visit.

via Wallpaper Magazine

Tree Drawings

admin — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:54:50 +0000

I saw this interesting art form while navigating throw the “25 Seriously Twisted Trees“. There are a few interesting possibilities that an artist can do with a tree. Since letting it grow naturally, without any intervention, and putting objects close to it so the growth integrates the object into the tree or sculpting forms, like the so called Arbosculputure.

But, this artist, Tim Knowles went further. His idea “allowed” trees to draw! hehe. Well, sort of. As you can check in the images bellow, he attached pens to Willow trees and let them paint on a white sheet.

Then, this is a site from a Arbosculpture artist and and video with some works around the world.

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Photo Walk around Madrid

admin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:12:41 +0000

This was the first photo walk around Madrid, mostly around Malasaña, where I live. I walked between Calle Fuencarral and Calle San Bernardo where there are a lot of small streets and its full of street are, graphite and funny shops.
One of the things I like the most around here is that many stores have their outside grid, the one they use to lock at night, painted with graphite, cool ones. Sometimes with the store logo, others with any nice painting. Actually I spotted twice some artists painting a shop. One of them I was able to photograph:

Here is a link to the photoset in Flickr

Panorama Graphite

A4 design prints

admin — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:14:37 +0000

While at the class I produced this A4 design which I intend to print and use as a cover for my BootCamp Book, where I will put some of my creative briefings, pics and relevant stuff to get a job.

It seems that the market here in Spain is not going well for planners, but I have the necessary confidence and skills to do what its necessary to get a job, that is show I can create and increase value, manage projects and lead people. I know I can cause I’ve done before…

Here, if you have a LinkedIn account, you can check more professional info: Linkedin – Patrick .

http://www.linkedin.com/in/patricksilveira

My Picasso Head

admin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:49:45 +0000

What do you think?

Three Me

, by Patrick

Try it, make your own Picasso Head.