Two stamps and a seal is a memorable album, already platinum, which traverses the musical memory of a city and marks the sound of this band.

Deolinda character is a female with a red shawl, slippers on her feet and ripped smile personified by four musicians who make the delights of Portuguese public with their new album, two stamps and a seal. This new work by Ana Bacalhau, Pedro Silva Martins, Pedro José Leitão and José Luís Martins, is inspired by the daily quotidian of the Portuguese viewed from the window of their house. There are 14 themes that make the chronicle of small customs, or is it the soft customs?
The theme of release, one against the other, is so light and happy and " come over you'll lose it you don't show up/ Come out to the street next to me, come, this is the life we have," this is a hymn to happiness, to friends and socializing, a Portuguese habit, because where there is one, there are always two or three more.
A musical delight, or a love one, the song is a chronic, passed me and smiled, "I am a butterfly who paints beautiful and gracefully the world of pink" and I say no more, but I leave a tip, cannot stop listening without a smile printed on the face.
"I've also pave waves on the seven seas and was commander of a fleet of bowls / but the loneliness and disappointment are sang like that," an ode to rubber ducky, a song to be discover by it's so acutely lyrics with the wonderful voice Ana Bacalhau.
But, the sensation song that will be forever associated with this album, no part of it, is the famous, So silly I am, which had its premiere only in concerts but thanks to the fans became the "voice of the junk generation. " A song that touches me deeply because it reflects the disillusionment of young Portuguese towards a country they live in precariously, and I cannot resist to leave some verses, I am of the generation without renumbering / and doesn't this bother you / so silly I am / Why is this bad and will continue... so silly I am / and I'm thinking / world so silly this is / that is to be a slave you have to studied. And more words for what? This work is simply divine, because for those who did not like fado, this is a strange new way of being.
www.deolinda.com.pt

An innovative scientific project will provide improvements in atopic dermatitis patients, through a revolutionary fabric

Biofunctional textiles are fabrics that work biologically into the human skin. It is the new cutting edge technology that emerges from a partnership between science and textile sector as a way to address the impact of certain diseases on the quality of life of patients. Imagine that instead of undergoing a series of stressful treatments, as complementary therapy, all you had to do was to wear pajamas? Fiction? No longer. The idea was to ​​create clothes that would treat a chronic skin disease emerged in the wake of a project involving the Service and Laboratory of Immunology of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto and several other research centers at a national range. The innovative concept intents to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of garments with special features for atopic dermatitis. The 2nd dermis (second skin) created a special organic cotton fabric impregnated with chitosan, a natural component antimicrobial and healing, preventing the proliferation of bacteria from patients with this skin disease. The closes in question are soft and comfortable, maintaining its characteristics even after 30 washing cycles.

The trial has been ongoing over the past two months, including two hundred volunteer patients, whose cooperation does not imply any kind of drug; they just have to wear the shirt and leggings which were made by a company in Famalicao, with most of its activity in the development of new technological materials. The participants, during the test, have been accompanied by a team of health professionals who will assess their quality of life before and after using the special pajamas. However, there are already preliminary data that demonstrate the effectiveness of these "intelligent" textiles in patients that are part of the trial. An indicator that opens "the way" for future applications of biofunctional fabrics in the quality of living of patients anywhere in the world.
http://www.med.up.pt/

Jorge Rosa cherished a dream that became reality, by a twist of fate. Wasting no time, he invested in the creation of a brand of limited edition t-shirts, which has earned great success nationally and internationally. Walking frame is an author concept that wants to show ideas in a comfortable and affordable way for all types of people.

Tell me a little of the concept of your brand.
Jorge Rosa: Maybe I better tell you a little story of how it happened. The passion for t-shirts has always been part of my life, twenty years ago a friend gave me a kit to paint fabrics, it was for kids, it was a joke but I loved it. From that moment became a dream. The idea I had was to create limited editions for the market, but it was very difficult at that time, or I had to do them by hand, or painted them one by one. There was the transfer process, which has no great quality and screen printing which is justified only when ordered from 200 or more t-shirts. Fortunately, I got a machine that was what I wanted, allowed me to make only small quantities for a more industrialized process this does not work. At the time, I worked to pay the bills. I sold mobile phones. However, the company went bankrupt. I was unemployed and decided it was now or never. In the first year, the brand began at home, were boxes and boxes piled up, nobody could live in there and just had online sales. But what happens? The Portuguese like to feel, to touch the fabrics and still remains a certain mistrust of shopping online is like this: will the product arrive? Is it a scheme to rob me? There is still this kind of mentality. The project was working, but the output was not so, not that way at least. I went to Lisbon and Porto show my work and thankfully I found stores that were willing to represent my brand. Then I thought, if they can sell my product and stand, I can do the same. It was when I found this store. I have it about eight months.

Why did you choose this area? What attracted you?
JR: It was by chance. I search for stores in the city center, but the rents were too high. Then I saw an ad in the newspaper, a space in the old town of Funchal. At first I was hesitant, because until recently, this area was not as lively and crowded. It was very ugly and people did not like to come by. I came to see the store and liked it. The initial idea was to have a space that also works as a studio to be able to leave the house, getting things out of the living room, because it was an untenable situation, the price was nice, had a website and thought, eventually someone will come to the door, great, so people can touch before they buy. It was a happy coincidence, because that's when the boom of the painted doors begin, bars, restaurants and shops opened. I came at the right time. It is an innovative area, because there are projects everywhere. Fortunately, it has gone well.

How does the creative process works for the t-shirt?
JR: The creative parts appear. There are days when I can draw, work on one or two images and runs very well. There are others where nothing goes right. I have no method, things are happening. Spontaneously. At this moment, inspiration comes thru the internet, say what they say, is a fantastic source of information, I will not copy, attention, I see ideas and develop them from what has been done, also happens to me often be lying down and suddenly I have an idea and write it before I forget. In conversations with friends about a particular subject, there is a phrase and I think that would turn into to a nice t-shirt. I cannot say that I do only one kind of shirts with a message, for example environmental, nothing like that. The ideas they come up and I'll develop them.

One way to preserve the careful work of the artisans is made possible through an innovative computer program.

One of the biggest challenges of today's world is to innovate certain expressions craft such as embroidery and translate them into textiles as a way of preserving this endangered art, resulting from the industrialization and the progressive disappearance of the female artisan that maintained the tradition. In a globalized world thirsty for innovation, it is very common to use the embroidered in haute couture, but in a highly competitive textile market, the massification of fashion trends are really difficult to get around due to its attractive low cost, in prejudice of an art thorough manual, time consuming and unique that distinguishes regions and countries. The future of the ancient art of embroidery is the adaptation for the home textile industry and clothing industry in Portugal as an innovative element in the collections. A work that is already visible in some brands marketed in our country and the work of some designers such as John Rolo, Fernanda Santos and Hugo Nobrega just to name a few.
In the dissertation, entitled "Portuguese traditional embroidery," Paulo Lemos e Silva proposes the preservation of memory of time as he calls it, through an innovative concept that is to create an electronic form that can be used at the level of training for the dissemination Portuguese embroidery. The program allows "access to a vast repertoire of images, drawings, embroidery techniques and motifs of traditional Portuguese allowing at the same time, the region where they come from. "The development of this work allows this new multimedia computer-based technology to be not as a substitute teacher or craftswomen, but as a tool to be used by the student or any other person in the service of disseminating and preserving the wealth of this Portuguese artistic heritage. The user will "travel" thru the program may have a precise location of the concept of traditional embroidery from Portugal, apart from enjoying the same historical context. The technique has not been forgotten. You can learn, disclose and transmit the technique of each of the embroidery, as well as view the forms of drawings of each.
The images used are original, so that you can stay with the awareness of what is actually more important to preserve. It's also a way of promoting Portugal and its artistic heritage, "he concludes.

http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/6723/1/TESE_PAULO.pdf

Patrícia Pinto is frantic, happy and funny. Her collections are a reflection of his ebullient personality, alive, have color and lots of movement. The ideas for her clothes evoke through the trunk of her memoirs, which are triggered by the world around her. This next proposal for the winter is very special. It has the glamour of the 50s that will invade the city. Get up, get off, stand out and be unique.

What is the collection motto for this next autumn-winter 2012/13?

Patricia Pinto: The motto of this collection is "dress up please", although it is a phrase in English, has much more power in this language than in Portuguese. It is a plea for people to wear, to dress, to reinvent themselves, to create, which have more sensitivity towards the clothes as if it were a work of art. We do everything from cutting, to the details of the lines, it is all a very manual process and this collection has an influence of the fifties. The inspiration came to the exhibition of art deco promoted by the Berardo foundation in the House of Seedlings. It is a topic that addresses the glamour of a time when women had a special taste in clothing, the cult of a seamstress, in which they highly prized clothing.

What is the color palette you have chosen?

PP: Ash, vanilla white, burgundy, orange, brick, terracotta, dry green, blue and some glows in the middle. I will also present psychedelics. It's funny that when this collection started when I thought on the subject, there is a day when things ideas make sense and you wake up, I always had in mind a retro look, with a touch of old lady. My grandmother and my uncles had pieces of art deco at home; all this is part of me. It is intrinsic. When I went to Italy to choose my fabrics, soon I found all these patterns that are not floral, but psychedelics. We cute the pieces and we were shuffled, because it was almost like three-dimensional puzzles. I still have for this collection very stylized line, like spots, with motifs of nature that you hardly notice, very faint dots and dashes that create a different effect.

The lines of silhouettes will be very straight then?

PP: I have very structured lines, more coats. Then there is a certain fluidity, are more glued to the body. I have very structured skirts with volume applications, like a skirt over another.

You always have knitting in your collections, you'll have some?

PP: Always, I love knitting. I think we can have different effects. I always try to innovate in this area, create wired unusual with varied effects. This time, I have two types of mesh, on one hand, with brightness, always connected patterns with art deco theme and I have another type, which will have two textures of yarn, which will be worked through my hands and will look like fur. It's time consuming to shred the wool, my mother has told me that I must be crazy that is not normal, that I crossed the line. (Laughs)

How many hours spent on average in each of these knitting's?

PP: There's a piece that took two days to be complete. I have two more to finish before the show and so I have my sister and my mother to help me. Both are ready with their coffee mug to work thru the night. They joke, saying I'm trying to recreate the curls of my hair in my knitting! It will be worth it, has a cute effect! (Laughs) It's a very funny work. I think as professionals we always have to try to improve ourselves, the challenge is always to exceed what we've done, for me and for the spectators. I think if we want to present something that stays in memory, we have to create new sensations, because it is an important element in our life, surprise.

Even more at a time when every one copies all the designers you have to innovative.

PP: Yeah, yeah. It's all mass-produced, big brands copy and paste the trends launched by designers, interesting pieces at more affordable prices is all right, but has no soul, one's own identity and personality of the clothe. We enter a shopping center, I'm not a big fan, and everything looks the same. Just change the defaults. In my younger years, my mother and my aunts went to a seamstress, my world has always been very personal and therefore it is necessary to constantly innovate. So my challenge is to put myself in the audience and ask me what is the feeling that they will have, I try to create those moments with the colors, effects and accessories.

Nuno Flores, the crow, is an artist with a long musical career in national and international markets. This year, plans to release another album, this time a tribute to one of his favorite bands, Muse. Come on; join me on a little trip into the past, present and future of this talented musician.

One can say without compunction that Nuno Flores has printed music in his DNA. Grandson and son of artists connected to music from an early age began to read music, almost before you even learn to read. A passion fueled by his father, Fernando Flores, former bassist in the orchestra of the Gulbenkian Foundation and also a master of the first notes. Instinctively, in his first year, he chose the violin as an instrument of choice, a crucial moment that came to define his professional future and personal path. Although there were times when as he replied "when studying scales and arpeggio studies essential to determine the technique in a classical musician, I wondered if that was what I wanted to do for life, but I follow my path." A route that weighed heavily on the influence of his father, since "is one of the musicians and the men I most admire, and an excellent teacher, I owe him everything."

After all a classical training, with passage through the conservatory and summer internships in the "Youth Symphony Orchestra" and "Portuguese youth,", one event changed his life, "I saw an ad, needed a violinist for a band wit record deal. I made an appointment with Moisez, we talk, and he liked me. I at the time I had long hair, dressed in black and although I do not look like a choirboy, I was one inside, and I ended up not doing any audition, we started to rehearse and I just joined the band, this was the year 1993 ". The "sons of the nation" was the first CD recorded with Bill's farm, a theme that inspired the name of the album and marked a whole generation "is a very cheerful song with a violin solo that inspires joy, despite these new generations associated to the super-dragons song." At the same time, he founded a quartet called Amadeus Ensemble, as a tribute to his favorite composer, Mozart "he had the genius and in fact he wrote music without drafts. It is the composer who wrote more work in less time. He wrote 626 works, was an achievement. "

After years on the road with Quinta do Bill, he arises the idea of ​​forming a revolutionary band which were the Ravens. It was a natural evolution of Amadeus, "because even though we play classical music, in the middle, we played the Doors and Deep Purple, who I adapt to our instruments." A bet on innovative arrangements for rock songs adapted to a string quartet. The phenomenon of sales came immediately afterwards, with the launch of the first album dedicated to the Xutos e Pontapés. The Raven, "acted a bit all over the country and always with great success," emphasizes Nuno Flores. The solo career began after an incident that forever marked his existence of this troubled period he says "I have a great maxims, the sorrows of the past or the uncertainty of the future should not interfere with the present." A rule that motivated him to create his own production company and that led him to play in various parts of the world, including recently participated in a musical project with Carlinhos Brown. "My passion is music, play whenever, wherever, I have this freedom that allows me to be here today and tomorrow in Brazil, if it has to happen at a gas station I play for the pleasure of it. It is a sign that I'm alive, I'm here, "he concludes.

http://www.indigoproducoes.net/

http://www.nunoflores.com/

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It is the most democratic garment of our cabinets.

Jeans are one of the pieces icons that mark the trends for this autumn-winter. More specifically, the bell-mouth models, pants inspired by the sailors who were cut from the knee to the ankle popularized in the '70s, the hippies as an escape to a more conventional fashion, and in some ways a very stylized silhouette . The jeans are above all a symbol of freedom, their sense of comfort, the elasticity of movement and their resistances are perhaps the reasons that it is one of the most democratic garments of the world. In the past, these same features were essential for a miner who used them as work uniforms, currently is one of the closes that are the basis for almost all occasions, which gives it a very special status in our closets. In this context the Portuguese women are champions when it comes to jeans. Just look carefully. It is without a doubt, one of the pieces of clothing that can be seen on the streets more often. The textile industry is attentive to the phenomenon already offers several models to suit the most diverse physical structures and that enhance the curves, the famous "push up wonder" from Salsa is one of those example, the difference can be seen in the rear that are less advantaged and are a success of sales. Another innovation comes from Ana Sousa brand that sells jeans that prevent cellulite. All good reasons to continue to use jeans. This year, the bell-mouth models are flooding the shop windows with a wide range of patterns and forms that deserve at least a look even in times of crisis.

It's the musical compilation of poems by Nobel laureate Jose Saramago, in 1966.

Manuel Freire is a little known singer of the younger Portuguese audience, but he recorded throughout his career many Portuguese poets with his music by or not, that became classics of Portuguese music. On this album he pays tribute to the writer and also the man of April, Jose Saramago.
The album "possible songs" was commissioned for the 25th anniversary celebrations of the April 25th, 1974. But is much more than that, is a collection of twelve poems written by José Saramago that were adapted to music sung by Manuel Freire, the arrangements are from Carlos Alberto Moniz. It is a pearl due to the beauty of the texts, this being one of the lesser known facets of the author, and also by the apparent simplicity of music. The poems cover a decade in which the writer was more connected to journalism, as a literature critic and columnist and it was first compilation dedicated solely to poetry.
"Speaks the old Restelo to the astronaut" is one of the themes of this album is not more than a glance at the world around us: "Here in the land, hunger persists / misery, mourning and famine again." "Circus" is another song that deserves special attention, talk about poets, "... it is not a person is an uncommon animal that escaped from its cage."

Living nature mirrors the personality, tastes and the affection of Tania Nobrega for her island, for its lush natural surroundings and its traditions. It is however, an innovative concept of craftsmanship that reflects a very personal view of a regional universe that expresses the beauty, joy, and the colorful variety of Madera's ethnography, through her puppets, necklaces, bags of filter flowers.

Who is your customer?
Tania Nobrega: It's someone like me who loves color. Enjoying nature and forms. As for the flowers, though not a faithful copy of reality is achieved through the tone, shape and texture feel that nature has for that person and enjoys using it. It is also a woman who appreciates a change; my pieces are not tied to one mode of use. In handbags, the flowers are not fixed, can be applied again, the idea is that the process continues. The necklaces have brooches, which are not fixed may be used on the lapel of a coat. It is above all, a customer who likes to change, color, nature and elements linked to regionalism. These are people who appreciate what Madera has to offer and also have no bias because the regional pattern is for tourist only.

You have two types' collections, one focuses on the theme of folklore, other shows various types of flowers, reasons for these two and not others?
TN: Actually I started with flowers, was something that I engage very early. First, because I was born in Venezuela and have always lived in an apartment. There was a fantasy from what my parents told me of Madeira, about their small house with its yard, where there were many flowers and fruits. They were all things that I did not have. My mother is a passionate about flowers. The first drawings I saw, were mostly floral motifs were pansies and she knew how to make paper flowers, because of the festivity she participated. I think it started from there. When I see a flower no matter how small, the most paltry and insignificant, they deserve to be appreciated for its wealth of forms and realize that nature is so perfect, that sometimes we passed thru and not realize it. When I started "living nature" my concern was to try to pass it on every part I liked best and which dazzled me. Later, the collection of dolls began with folklore groups. I participated in craft fairs and I am always thrilled to see them dancing, in this holiday season, either in the 48 hours of Santana, where all the groups are together. It was impossible for me to remain indifferent and had already done a request to a client, so I decided to try. Hence was born to work that they have branched into other things because I do a search for each costume and insert the figures in a regional context. I try to have those characteristic details of the location, I want to bring that particular site, though I cannot transmit smells, I try with meticulous details, the colors, reviving memories of those who know about it and does who not know that it is and are willing to learn.

Why the choice of filter?
TN: I chose this material because it is very easy to work and has immense potential. It is not a tissue that reels off, it is very easy to manipulate, sewing and gluing. Although glue a few things, I like sewing. The filter is also beautiful, because the colors are flat, they are worth by themselves, the rest comes from me, and I do the rest. Available in many thicknesses and as we discover that, I begin to uncover its tricks and even the craze of the material.

There are other materials that you use beyond the filter?
TN: Yes, I use silks, soft tissues; the regional cloth that is difficult to work because reels off a lot. Allows some other things. I have a line that allows more vintage ribbons, buttons, and sometimes customers bring the material. I have a collection called "lost and found" that is to recycle an object, or a ribbon of a wedding, or a jewel that they really loved, we created a piece in which this object is the starting point. It can be the most varied.

They are a young band originating from Madeira who sings in English.

Their first album release the Twelve-wired bird of paradise takes us on certain issues of the world in which we live. It is a collection with influences of folk music fused with electronic and more acoustic sounds sung in English. The album was produced by Wolfgang Schroegl, one of the band members Sofa Surfers, an obvious choice of this group, since the producer is familiar with the musical style of hypnotic.
The "Black Glove", the first theme from the album, is a kind of anthem for action that can be both civic, just as personal. It is dotted with a soft melody sounds from unusual musical instruments, like ukulele.
It's an album that invests in high quality arrangements with refreshing vocals funds and a repercussion without blemish. It is a light CD that is heard with ease, the theme of "playground" is an example. The melodies remind us for the summer and are easily transported to "the sands that was swallow up by the concrete." Sun palace "is another of the attributes of this album full of musical gems.

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