Renato Marques is a motion designer in the beautiful city of Lisbon, Portugal. A quick look at his body of work, and you immediately get a feel for his love of architecture, fashion, and design. His aesthetic shows a fascinating tension between organic elements and clean design.

Where are you from? What’s the creative culture like in your community.
I’m from Lisbon, Portugal. You may have heard it in the news that my country alongside with others in Europe is going through a financial crisis, and with that comes an identity crises. That has some very nasty effects, but it also creates an opportunity for us, as Portuguese citizens, to take a fresh look around us and within. It makes us question where we came from, and what we are representing. That is starting to create a moment in time were we are being reborn as creative individuals. This is not a new thing, but has been more pronounced in these last 5 years. We always had an amazing creative force, but now we see talent like Joana Vasconcelos and Vhills that each in their own way represent a vision of what Portugal culture looks like in the 21 century. And they, as many others, were able to recreate an identity and visual realm that is truly inspiring, either as Portuguese and also as European. Also Lisbon itself has recently been in the media around the world as a must visit destination. I think that is due much because of the importance that Portugal had in creating the “New World”, being one of the first to realize that cultures and countries were moving to a globalised society. And also because of this new intellectual territory that had to be rebuilt and is now being shaped in a new fresh way. So it’s an exciting time to live in Lisbon, and I’m trying to make the most of it.

 

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