Palácio Nacional de Queluz
Baroque to the top The location of this extremely cool palácio is around 15 minutes from Lisbon. Here, literally everything breathes the Portuguese history of the 18th and 19th century. Palácio Nacional de Queluz was built around 1747 under the leadership of…
MOOB Design by Nature
MOOB, the reversed word of boom which means tree in Dutch, is a design label that’s specialized in creating wood slices. All the slices are made of common oak wood (Quercus Robur) derived from different Dutch forests. The wood is sustainably…
Palácio de Monserrate & Cabo da Roca
Last stop at the end of continental Europe Palácio de Monserrate The last palace we visited in Sintra was Palácio de Monserrate. The history of this palace dates back to the times of the Moors, but it takes its name…
Palácio da Pena
The Disney-like palace of Sintra On the highest peaks of the Serra de Sintra stands the spectacular Palácio da Pena, an eclectic hodgepodge of architectural styles which had been build in the 19th century for the husband of the young…
Art history: the benefits
‘But really, why do you study art history?!’ When I decided to study art history at the University of Utrecht in 2004, a lot of people asked me why the hell on earth I chose a study with absolutely NO (no,…
Merchantainment by Ralph Lauren
The perfect blend in supporting brand experiences Nowadays projections on buildings aren’t the ones American conceptual artist Jenny Holzer produced in 1996. Today projected messages on architectural structures are not only carried out in words and pictures but transcended by complete dynamic 3D…
Stichting Onterfd Goed
The adoption desk of Dutch heritage Yep, that’s me on the picture and this down here is going to be my promotional ‘talk’ about the foundation I work for, namely: Stichting Onterfd Goed (ENG: The Foundation of Disinherited Goods). Stichting Onterfd Goed started…
Sintra: heaven on earth
In the summer of 2013 me and my boyfriend went on a road trip through Portugal. The costa de Lisboa, to be more specific. As befits real tourists, we bought the ‘Capitool reisgids’ of Lisbon, planned our trip for 10…
