romeuu's photostream

In 2006, his love of fashion, photography and design led him to create U Magazine, available in print and online, which has already reached its 74th edition. His love for Brazilian fashion led him to write about São Paolo Fashion Week. In 2008, a love of collage also led Romeu Silveira to set up the project From Brazil with love. His love for magazines becomes ‘daily’ art.

He takes inspiration from paper stands worldwide. From some of the most popular and beautiful magazines in the world. In the author’s own words, he is “Restyling the already styled, without power, corruption and lies.”

DIY, as he calls it. His method is very much the same adopted by punks to assemble their fanzines, only that he re-proposes it with a super-contemporary and far glossier edge.

Romeu has always had the desire to recreate. Starting from the contour of the national flag, which he keeps ‘on home’. The flag’s original colours and form have been completely restructured.

A metaphor of his work in a way; a national frame to fill with new elements…forming a fresh vision of ‘Order and Progress’.

(Lancia Trendvisions, 2010)

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