From the maker

September is a month that is synonymous with a certain stillness and new beginnings, albeit it at more restrained speeds, but in which transformations also take place.

That’s why, in this edition, we’ve allowed ourselves to be taken on a journey through liberating textures, with material elements that appeal to the senses and embody other dimensions, and with them, we’ve dictated the end of plain walls. A watershed where appearances mirror different individualities, with life and intensity, in palettes that take on different forms. Whether it’s through the expression and coarseness of a brushstroke, the interweaving of the threads of a fabric, the warmth of a house or the aridity of a landscape.

The eclectic choices featured in this issue are a reflection of this: the pieces crafted for hours on end by Sofie Aaldering, a young Dutch artist who has won us over by giving shape to ideas through the exploration of textiles, or even the Rolex Tower, the creation of the Curiosity office, which reveals the mastery of the famous Swiss brand’s mechanisms but on a new scale, mirrored in a story told across the four floors of the latest store in Ginza, Japan. There was also scope for inspiring conversations with different personalities working in different fields, such as Nuno Nunes-Ferreira in his exhibition curated by Verónica de Mello, in a ‘kaleidoscopic’ and expressive portrait of social and cultural realities altered by the Revolution of 25 April 1974, manifesting his art and approach to living into a real and palpable language.