︎ Earthquake [noun] translation of “TERRAMOTO” Portuguese–English

Epicentre is the center of disturbance from which ideas, like shock waves, arise and spread in all directions. Having daily life as an ever-changing starting point, actions, objects and thoughts are taken into experimental projects that we develop in parallel with our design work. This enhances our creative activity and keeps us looking for up-to-date perspectives and approaches to the times we’re living in.

Business Card nº1

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We have made it!
One year of Terramoto Studio 💥️

To celebrate this, we have decided to produce and send these unique ‘business cards’ to reconnect with past collaborators, and to connect to people we would like to collaborate with in future.

These jeans are made from customised waste, rescued from textile factories in the north of Portugal. Each pair is unique and has never been worn. If they don’t fit you, give them to someone else.

Publication 03

Title: Triste
Writing: Rui da Silva
Illustration: Saskia Cameron

Edition of twenty
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Material: 100% Silk with digital prinitng

The third issue is a silk handkerchief.

The text written by Rui da Silva reminds us of a goodbye letter and a melancholic, nostalgic feeling about personal space, memories and places that the character has not yet visited but hopes to someday.

All these descriptions and dreams led the designer to create a story about a WW2 aviator and the thought that surely goes through their minds, in the final moments, when they realise the aeroplane they’re in is about to shut down.

Publication 02

Back of a napkin
Writings: Max Parnell
Edition of twelve
Sold out

Material: Stainless Steel Napkin Holder 5 x 3.75" (12.75 x 9.5cm)

40 silk screened napkis + 2 (cover) foil in letter press

The second issue is a simple metal napkin holder.

The reference that shapes this second issue is the habit of people using these napkins in cafés and restaurants to quickly sketch and explain their ideas. Inside the napkin holder are forty napkins, twenty (orange) titles and another twenty (black) the haikus. The written content is based on an invention or technological progression from 2018-2019 written by Max Parnell. With the napkin being a disposable material of low-quality paper, typically used and disposed of casually, it comes as a rupture to find complex ideas carefully woven into them.

There is no right or wrong way to interact with this issue.

Publication 01

Title: Duck, cover, hold on
— Manifesto
Editions of two
Sold out

Material: Plywood top with engraving Terramoto logo (top) and quote “WE WILL NOT PUBLISH BOOK.”(underneath), timberwood legs and mirror;

H50 X W70 X D48 cm

The first issue is a modest wooden table. The reference that shapes this first issue is one popular safety measure that people must take in case of an earthquake.

The top of the table features an engraving of the logo which represents the rupture of Terramoto publisher. Underneath (safe place) you can read the engraving “We will not publish books.". This phrase illustrates the publisher’s manifesto, and is only readable to the viewer when they interact with the piece.

In order to read the quote, the viewer must get close to the piece. As they approach closer, the reflection of the mirror will reveal the writing, with the mirror works as a mediator between the viewer and the writing. Through only becoming visible when viewers come close to the piece, it evokes the feeling and notion of been underneath it.

Tests / Process

Collages & photocopy machine

Exhibition

Photography serie:
Denim compostions

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