From the maker

Do you know that feeling when summer arrives, when we are awash with memories and feelings, with the smell of sea air and sunsets? A healthy nostalgia, that comes from the warmth of family Sundays, combining flavours and sharing in that typical Portuguese way. This is our destiny, and the concept of Saudade — or a certain longing — is inherent to it.

A mantra that guides us to our very own place. It was in this coming together, and in the celebration of the things that define our sense of belonging, that we sought to bring a hint of what’s happening out there. Through a personal or collective vision, of those who seek to express themselves and who the country has welcomed, in this edition we offer glimpses of some of those things that surround us, but which we don’t always notice. Talents who bring various approaches together, from among the traditions of Portugal on the edge of the ocean, to contemporary approaches amplified by relentless aesthetics.