
so far, that I can be free,
away from my mistakes,
away from my nature,
getting near to the mountain
where I’ll start my climb,
trying to reach the sky…
hoping I won’t be burned,
but instead, touching lightly the rainbow…




«Numa manhã do mês de Março» J.P.M.
«Nunca é tarde para Amar» C. F.


AMBICIOSA 








Your friendship is special
Like the flowers that bloom,
Or when a butterfly emerges
From within its cocoon...
You remind me of that butterfly,
Loving and free,
Bright and colorful,
For the world to see...
We will share sunshine and rainbows;
Sometimes, the rain and the snow;
We'll stand together through it,
While the cold winds blow...
When the time is right,
We won't stop to ask "Why?"
Our friendship will take flight
On the wings of a butterfly ...

The day I met you
I found a friend -
And a friendship that
I pray will never end.
Your smile - so sweet
And so bright -
Kept me going
When day was as dark as night.
You never ever judged me,
You understood my sorrow.
Then you told me it needn't be that way
And gave me the hope of a better tomorrow.
You were always there for me,
I knew I could count on you.
You gave me advice and encouragement
Whenever I didn't know what to do.
You helped me learn to love myself
You made life seem so good.
You said I can do anything I put my mind to
And suddenly I knew I could.
There were times when we didn't see eye to eye
And there were days when both of us cried.
But even so we made it through:
Our friendship hasn't yet died.
Circumstances have pulled us apart,
We are separated by many miles.
Truly, the only thing that keeps me going
Is my treasured memory of your smile.
This friendship we share
Is so precious to me,
I hope it grows and flourishes
And lasts unto infinity.
You are so extra-special to me
And so this to you I really must tell:
You are my one true friend,
My Guardian Angel.
Our friendship is one-in-a-million
So let's hold on to it and each other.
We cannot let this chance of pure bliss fly away
For there will never be another.
I love you.
I will always love you.



Há duas formas de pensar o tema “It’s About Time”. Num sentido literal, tudo se relaciona com tempo. O tempo é um factor omnipresente. Mas enquanto expressão idiomática, “It’s About Time” remete para uma ideia de urgência: “está na hora de fazer alguma coisa, de tomar uma atitude”. A EXD'09/LISBOA articula estas duas abordagens do seu tema num programa desafiante: reflectir sobre o papel do tempo no design e nas disciplinas projectuais. A urgência é óbvia. Por um lado, parece não haver tempo para confrontar as questões prementes de um mundo à beira do colapso económico e ecológico.
Seguindo a lógica autoral da exposição, com curadoria do alemão Hans Maier-Aichen, a publicação Lapse in Time representa um complemento aos conteúdos expositivos. Com uma abordagem poética, foi desenhada por Piero Glina e Daniel Schludi, combinando sedutoras imagens a preto e branco que revelam pormenores não detectáveis na visita à exposição. Com fotografias de Lisboa actual, integra textos que ilustram statements conceptuais dos participantes. Dezoito designers desafiantes de todo o mundo apresentam os seus mais recentes trabalhos que expandem e confundem as fronteiras tradicionais do design de produto, levando-o ao limiar da arte, ciência, sustentabilidade, ecologia e referente sociocultural.