“The newspaper with its layers of pages, stories and variety of printed colours form the basis for my work. I used to say that the newspaper itself is my work, the process of layering the paper makes reliefs, shapes and tonalities with pictorial effects that create surreal atmosphere. The figures suddenly emerge from the contrast created by the many layers of paper. This is my way to tell the stories of everyday life and its subtleties. I love the urban atmosphere and the street is the perfect setting; the visual pollution, the dust on the buildings, the sky with its faded colours, the advertisements, the battered walls of the building’s gaps and holes revealing different layers of faded colours, all of these represent the many different layers of everyday life.”
~ Jose Adriano Lopes

“The newspaper with its layers of pages, stories and variety of printed colours form the basis for my work. I used to say that the newspaper itself is my work, the process of layering the paper makes reliefs, shapes and tonalities with pictorial effects that create surreal atmosphere. The figures suddenly emerge from the contrast created by the many layers of paper. This is my way to tell the stories of everyday life and its subtleties. I love the urban atmosphere and the street is the perfect setting; the visual pollution, the dust on the buildings, the sky with its faded colours, the advertisements, the battered walls of the building’s gaps and holes revealing different layers of faded colours, all of these represent the many different layers of everyday life.”
~ Jose Adriano Lopes

“Timeless classics, whose formal language has a touch of the exotic and whose workmanship is part of a tradition of outstanding handcraft: Brazilian design lends the less tropical, more northerly interior an exciting, stylish warmth.” (from the article Tropical Modernism: The Masters of Brazilian Modernism).

Pedro Petry is an artist and designer, under graduated in Administration, and is a specialist in wood turning. Owns his own factory located in Itu, State of Sao Paulo and the beauty of his objects and furniture represent an example of care with nature and its sources.

from sustainably developed forests Pedro Petry has developed research for the utilization of alternative species, in order to ease the pressure on those species traditionally used, some of them, in fact, on the brink of extinction. Objects and furniture are therefore made instead with residues, with the aim of making concepts and standards more adaptable, thereby establishing a new parameter for the use of natural resources.

Under the investigative eye of this eco-designer, pieces that are usually only seen fit to use as firewood become beautiful objects of art. The peculiarity of each piece inspires its function and design. his work goes beyond just creativity; he is driven by strong principles and a love for his country and its natural resources. he aims to decorate homes with a multiple of different textures, colours and aromas, leaving out the smells of ecological disequilibrium.