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The Studio

2012-01-25T01:23:00.001-03:00

This is the Studio, a lot happened since this. This magic place is located in Buenos Aires Downtown at the historical (and sometimes histerical Avenida de Mayo). In the last picture is Dorita ;)

Este es el Studio, mucho pasó desde esto. Este lugar mágico está ubicado en el centro de Buenos Aires, en la histórica (y a veces histérica Avenida de Mayo) En la última foto aparece Dorita ;)

I've been in the press...

2012-01-25T01:00:00.000-03:00

Gracias a Malena Higashi de Revista Bamboo por la nota. Pueden leerla aquí en la página 80.

I also been featured at Time Out Buenos Aires (january 2012)

And at the Independent!

and this is from a while ago

Ecomanía DIY

2012-01-24T22:20:00.000-03:00

More of my DYI column in Ecomania.

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Nuevas ediciones de mi columna en Ecomania.

Magazine ChristmasTree

2012-01-24T21:56:00.000-03:00

It's been a while since my last written post. One of my 2012 resolution is to catch up with blogging, (it reminded me of this post!). So here I am!

In this opportunity I wanted to show you a little backstage of my work for Natura Cosmetics. My job was to make the Christmas display for the shops. It's great to work for companies with amazing products but the best was that after my work was done, I received (beside my paycheck ^-^) a little gift that I found it so refreshing and cute. Have you ever try this cosmetics?

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Hace un tiempo desde mi último post escrito. Una de mis metas para el 2012 es ponerme al día con el blog, (me hizo acordar a este post). Así que aquí estoy!

En esta oportunidad queria mostrarles un poco del backstage de mi trabajo para los cosméticos Natura. Mi trabajo consistía en ambientar con la temática navideña las vidrieras de los locales. Es genial trabajar con empresas con buenos productos, pero lo mejor fue que luego de terminar, recibi (ademas del pago ^-^) un regalo que me pareció muy amoroso. Alguna vez probaron esta marca?

Google & Facebook

2012-01-02T00:28:00.000-03:00

Life's symmetries

2011-08-27T23:39:00.000-03:00

Brillant work.

Symmetry from Everynone on Vimeo.

Ecomania magazine (my DIY section)

2011-07-14T15:35:00.000-03:00

This is my collaboration for the new argentinean sustainable magazine Ecomania. It's a pleasure to work among talented friends. Check it out (it's in spanish).
Esta es mi colaboracion con la nueva revista argentina especializada en sustentabilidad Ecomania. Es realmente un placer trabajar entre amigos talentosos.

Some advice on how to be green in fashion matters

2011-06-28T02:32:00.001-03:00

This is a very good post on how to be a green fashionista.

Picture by Steven Meisel for Vogue

The future is now

2011-06-20T19:31:00.000-03:00

Jessi Arrington: Wearing nothing new | Video on TED.com

Sustainability explained

2011-02-01T21:36:00.000-03:00

Acerca de la obsolescencia programada

2011-01-16T16:31:00.000-03:00

Comprar, tirar, comprar

Documental de Television Española

Save a tree

2010-12-28T19:41:00.000-03:00

Discovery!

2010-12-05T12:24:00.000-03:00

This was my participation in the Tv show for Discovery channel "Norte a sur"
Enjoy!

Renzo Piano

2010-12-04T22:34:00.000-03:00

Renzo Piano, FAIA on Sustainability

2010-12-04T15:47:00.000-03:00

Toda la verdad sobre la publicidad (?)

2010-11-29T14:21:00.000-03:00

Esta es mi columna en la revista Mia

2010-11-22T18:53:00.001-03:00

Nice. Eye candy

2010-11-15T14:50:00.002-03:00

SUPAKITCH & KORALIE - VÄRLDSKULTUR MUSEET GÖTEBORG from elr°y on Vimeo.

beauty on screen

2010-11-14T01:51:00.000-03:00

Your secret from Jean-Sebastien Monzani on Vimeo.

The Good Consumer

2010-11-12T16:37:00.000-03:00

music for the soul

2010-11-10T18:04:00.001-03:00

What Is Good Design?

2010-10-13T19:07:00.000-03:00

6 billion Others. Love.

2010-10-09T18:25:00.000-03:00

Simplicity

2010-09-25T19:30:00.002-03:00

Simplicidad Voluntaria y Decrecimiento (documental) from Décroissance on Vimeo.

How Ink Is Made

2010-09-24T11:57:00.000-03:00

Workshop!

2010-09-14T14:28:00.002-03:00

Ecología

2010-09-13T21:49:00.000-03:00

En este link explican muy bien qué es la ecología. Para los que usan la palabra sin saber su significado

(Foto de http://ecologicalfootprint.heroesoftheuae.ae/en/article/ecological-footprint/what-is-an-ecological-footprint.html)

Funny to watch and try!

2010-09-10T12:41:00.000-03:00

dqb en Notio

2010-08-23T13:27:00.000-03:00

Gracias por esta nota al diario Notio! dqb salio en el primer número! pueden leerla aca

Paris dans Buenos Aires

2010-07-10T19:44:00.002-03:00

This is the video I made for Lancôme and Guía Vulevú. Hope you like it

The now classic Story of Things

2010-05-24T12:39:00.000-03:00

Plastic bags

2010-05-17T04:01:00.000-03:00

Awareness

2010-05-04T03:06:00.000-03:00

Animated is easier to understand the point

2010-04-14T11:42:00.002-03:00

Brillant

2010-04-11T01:06:00.002-03:00

L'atelier

2009-11-03T02:20:00.002-03:00

This is my work space. I must confessed this is not how it looks everyday...

Conclusions?

2009-10-12T16:43:00.001-03:00

Dear Earth

2009-04-22T15:40:00.003-03:00

Picture by the holiday spot

Happy Earth day!!!! Please pay especial attention to water and energy waste. Be conscious. Spread it!

Sustainable design

2009-04-20T14:12:00.001-03:00

My products are going to visit Corrientes in this festival.

Thanks

2008-12-10T20:37:00.008-02:00

It's been a while since my last post. One of my 2009 promesses will be ending with procastination!
Meanwhile I wanted to thanks a lovely review Paula Alvarado made on my work, please read it:
This picture was taken by Juan

My pets

2008-08-19T02:26:00.004-03:00

Well, as I've seen in several crafts blogs, where writers introduce their family and pets, I present you my dog Blas and my chinchilla Eloisa. They get very well togeteher, even when Eloisa takes her mornings exercices where Blas is sitted in the picture! (Don't worry she's not always in her big cage). If you are interested on more stories of them, just ask!

Dorita's arrival contest

2008-08-17T20:56:00.011-03:00

I introduce you to my new laptop. I hope to catch up my blogging with Dorita, the name I've chosen for her. Can you imagine why this is her name? That will be my spring contest: the person who has the right answer before september 21th (spring's day in Argentina) will win one of my necklaces that I sell on Etsy. In order to make you things easier I will post a clue once a week until someone has the right answer. So get your brains into work girls!

I've been whiped!

2008-06-25T00:10:00.002-03:00

I'm so happy! this is like belonging to one of the coolest groups of craft bloggers. Thanks a lot "Whip Up", especially to Nicole from craftapalooza

Des grands boutons font de l'art

2007-08-27T00:52:00.000-03:00

A very creative and wise friend of mine called Claudio Martinez made me this beautiful pieces that I thought I can be inpired. Don't you just love them?

If you want to make something like this, sew great fancy buttons to a very thick paper (he used some red envelopes), and put them as decorations in your walls. You can use different colors but try to make it stylish, otherwise is going to look kitch!

Easy living style

2007-08-24T17:28:00.000-03:00

Like this? I've prepared a small tutorial if you want to make it. I try to reuse this beautiful branches of a flower called here in Argentina "palo de durazno", and now (starting spring) is it season. I took punch holer with a butterfly image and some light blue paper and VOILA! I just distribute them randomly.

It gives a very soft ambiance, try it!

Bias tape tutorial

2007-07-11T19:30:00.000-03:00

This is harder to explain than doing it. You can have a lot of bias tape of the fabric you love, just start with a 50cm square, or even bigger if you need more (not less than that). I hope you will find it easy, if not, feel free to ask me any doubts!

High Stool Musical

2007-03-03T02:16:00.000-03:00

This stool costs me about 10 dollars and I bought it because the high was just perfect for my working table. But I thougt it was très boring so... here it is with something smooth on it, some fabric, and baby broderie!

I need comments !!!

Navy Necklace

2007-03-03T02:12:00.000-03:00

I made this necklace in five minutes and two stripes. Like it or not?

Crochet pink bag

2007-03-03T01:52:00.000-03:00

This is the story of a bag as I was told. My granma Berta crochet this sort of grocery bag for my mother fifty years ago. When my granma died a couple of years ago, i tried to collect every knitted, crocheted or sewed thing made by her as a souvenir of the great women she was. Some of this stuff are still in boxes and every couple of months I open one of them so as to have a new recycling project. This summer (because remember it's the summer down here) I recycled this crochet bag by changing the handles and arrenging some of the flowers. What do you have as a souvenir from your Granma?

Pieces of me

2007-03-03T00:58:00.000-03:00

In case you were wondering how I look... well, this is me at my flat. A friend of mine took me this picture making the bed. I use my place to shoot a production we made for fashion magazine from Buenos Aires

Please remember that the girl in the first three pictures is a model!

Y esto?

2007-02-18T04:46:00.000-03:00

A ver... decidí hacer este post en español por que no se me ocurrió una expresion mejor que: " ¿y esto con qué se come?". Bueno es algo que decimos en Argentina cuando no registramos dentro de nuestra cabeza algún antecedente de eso que estamos viendo, o nos resulta muy extraño, o simplemente no sabes que hacer con eso. Exactamente fue lo que me pasó cuando estaba terminando una idea que se me había ocurrido un tanto mágicamente. Es un tejido circular muy grueso con varios puntos que fui haciendo paso a paso. No tenía idea de como iba a quedar. Cuando lo terminé me gustó mucho pero con el inconveniente que no sé bien que es... Se los describo: mide 10 cm de diámetro es bastante espeso (con lo cual no puede servir de apoya vasos). Por el tamaño no puede ser una carpeta para la mesa, asi que se me ocurrió hacer varios, con un lazo para colgar, y armar una composición en una pared. Por ahora se me ocurre eso. Alguna idea?

The missing pillow

2007-02-18T04:17:00.000-03:00

Well, as you've probably seen a couple of post ago, I' ve finished my bed quilt, and I thought that something was missing. I found the hole in my design: some pillows! but they needed to be a little bit more loose than the pattern I had made for the quilt, so I came up with the idea of just compose the fabrics without an order. Look at the pictures and let me know what you think!

Pañuelo viejo + Quilting = Almohadon chino

2007-02-13T02:58:00.000-03:00

Esto es revamp! Un pañuelo que recordarán fue muy popular en los 80' lo combine con otras telas y devino en algo asi como un almohadón chino, los que se usan para arrodillarse en el piso. Creo que puede servir como adorno en el piso o sobre la cama como una mini quilt (sin ponerle relleno de almohadón). En este solo use guata como en las quilt tradicionales.

¿Qué les parece?

2006 calendar into a post-it board (last part)

2007-02-08T00:11:00.000-03:00

More pictures and board in action!

2006 calendar into a post-it board (first part)

2007-02-07T23:43:00.000-03:00

Well, this is how I came up with the idea: I didn't want to throw away this gorgeous 2006 calendar because of the thick material and also I thougt that I had to take advantage of the fact it already had a hook to hang it on the wall. So during January I kept thinking what the hell I was going to do with it. Then I found some pieces of the wall paper I had in my childhood home (during the 80's), and since I didn't had much of it, I decided to combined it with some modern paper waists. The function of this recycled? a post- it board mixed whith wall paper memories. I did this for both sides of the board and I can turn it over when ever I get tired of the colors.

What do you think?

I bet you could do the same with a good wall hanging and some wall paper.

Easy black denim skirt with button holes

2007-01-24T23:13:00.000-03:00

This is the work of the day. Let me know if you want the tutorial, it´s really easy. As told in my last post, I'll take better pictures.

Here we go!

2007-01-23T17:15:00.000-03:00

Bueno... por fin terminé mi primera quilt. El que quiera que me pida una.