Issue 35 of “airing from Lisbon” is here! Download the zine here to read (and see) all about settling in.

These have been a very busy few months. We have received our furniture in a little over two months – which was much faster than our move from Buenos Aires to Panama, which took five months!

Still, moving from a large apartment to a smaller one means a lot of extra work, being very selective about what to keep and what to give away. We have been very busy and my muscles are all sore! But we are very happy to be here and I am mostly looking forward to having my home and my studio ready.

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See you next month!

A few months ago, I had the honor of collaborating with Uppercase Magazine. Janine, the fantastic founder and editor, organized a feature around stationery around the world, and kindly asked me to contribute to the Latin American section. (Thank you, Janine!)

I loved researching, talking to artists and writing the article, which you will be able to read in issue number 17. It is now available online and on selected distributors.

But, better yet, subscribe to Uppercase! I am happy to share with you that you can get a discount off the subscription price by entering “contributor17″ as a discount code. Enjoy!

I want to thank the following artists for their help:

Obrigada!
Corrupiola (Leila e Aleph)
Alpharrábio (Ana Roberta)

Gracias!
La Casuni (Valeria)
Cecilia
Toshisworld (Nieves Pumarejo)

I leave you with a couple more spreads from other parts of the world:

Hello there! I know it has been a very long time, but relocating logistics have been filling up a great portion of my time.

So, have you noticed the zine has a new name? In the last newsletter I asked for readers’ suggestions and “airing from Lisbon”, an idea my sister Ana Maria had, was the chosen one. I really like the pun she made with my initials “air”. I hope you like it too.

You will also see that there is a new logo and a bit of a refresh, but – as we know – the zine is always a work in progress because it accompanies my own evolutions in taste and style.

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Issue 33 of “We’re in Panama!” is here. This will be the last number of the zine under that name, because, as you may already know if you follow my instagram or flickr feeds (or my life blog, in portuguese), we are currently relocating to Lisbon.

Part of our islamic heritage, azulejos (ceramic tiles) are a beautiful, decorative and story telling technique, with a very broad usage throughout Portugal. This issue’s illustrations are inspired by its visual language, and I hope you enjoy reading it.

On a more personal note, February was a very busy month lifewise – house hunting, packing and moving all happened in just a couple of weeks. We are now slowly settling in our hometown of Lisbon.

I am now faced with the fact that the zine can no longer be titled “We’re in Panama!”. So, my dear reader, I ask for your help finding a new name for it. Please read this issue and leave me your suggestions below.

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Hope you enjoy International Women’s Day and have a wonderful weekend.

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Issue 32 of “We’re in Panama!”, the first of 2013, is out! This month, I share how we spent the holidays. I know that many, many people up north need to take a break from the cold and dark winter but living in the tropics made me appreciate a lot more how cozy it is to have a cup of tea by the fireplace or sleeping under a duvet – without sweating.

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How about your holidays? Did you spend them in the cold? Or is it summer where you are?

Enjoy this issue!

Recognize those cars? Yes, one of my patterns! This was a birthday present for one year old Hugo. I had just some samples to work with, so I used as much as possible and added an orange frame. The backing is a darker orange, embroidered with dark blue cotton floss.

It appears to have been approved by the birthday boy, his mom says.

Where would you like to use this pattern? Order now.

This is a new piece created for a seminar about the “complicities of the neighbourhood”, with a very intended pun that works in english, too, about the many “cities” contained inside a city.

It will be held in Lisbon, next January 22nd, so if you are interested this is the moment to sign up.

I loved doing this and working with my client and friend Filipa R., who is organizing it.

Another new pattern! This one was inspired on some studies I was developing for a completely different project. Suddenly I looked at my sketchbook and felt this would work as a pattern.

Where would you use it?

Hello everyone! Happy 2013!

I’m happy to be back from a wonderful winter break – first in Chicago and then west to Vancouver and Whistler. I’m feeling energized and full of ideas for new projects this year. How about you?

Here’s a pattern, directly from some doodles on my sketchbook. How would you use it?

Stay warm and dry if you’re north; stay cool if you are south. If you are here in Panama, enjoy the brief dry season!

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This year has flown by so fast, hasn’t it? It had all sorts of things happening, good and bad, of course, but all in all it has been a very good year.

I haven’t met all my goals, unfortunately, but I met others I didn’t anticipate. I also set myself some monthly challenges (September’s patterns, for instance), which made the year appear shorter – but fuller too.

Hope you enjoy this month’s issue. I’m compiling my list of goals for 2013. Have you thought about yours?

If you want, you can share one – or all! – on our facebook page.

See you next year!