A cool apartment

Love this ecelctic apartment I found on casa.com.br. The white backdrop for the funky furnishings and bright doses of colour is perfection. And FUN!

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Fran Parente

I've highlighted Brazilian photographer Fran Parente's work before. It's hard not to as he has snapped the work of many of Brazil's hottest architects and designers. What I love most about his work is his ability to capture the personality of these spaces. Bold, quirky, strong, theatrical and even, at times, real. Fantasy and fact. Brilliant.

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Now you see it ... now you don't

Another clever apartment design by Brazilian architects Ouriço. Panels slide and walls open. Doors swing wide and secrets are hidden. 

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The Hedgehog's nest

This dark and moody apartment is in Rio de Janeiro may well be the nest of that spiny creature deep within the earth but no, instead it is the creation of Brazilian architectural firm Ouriço (Portuguese for hedgehog). Outside it may be bright and sunny and tropical but inside it is calm and cocooning with graphic punches and vintage finds. Love the hero wall of books, the industrial lights and the warmth of the wood. Like a den, a club, a nest.

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A second dose of Carlos Motta

I now want to pack up the cats and move to the Brazilian rainforest thanks to Carlos Motta.

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