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Miguel Januário

Miguel Januário is a Portuguese artist and designer born in Porto in 1981. Trained in Communication Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto, he has intervened in urban space since 1999.

In 2005 he created ±MaisMenos±, a project that became a reference in Portuguese urban art and was presented at TEDxLuanda and TEDxPorto. His work has been shown at venues such as MUDE in Lisbon, MACRO in Rome and ARCO Lisboa, and at festivals including Nuart.

AO FADO DESTINADO

“Destined to Fado”

Created in 2012 for the original Tudo Isto É collection, the title plays on the double meaning of fado, which in Portuguese is both a music and a destiny. Across the body of the guitar, hand-drawn imagery in black ink evokes the age of the Discoveries, with caravels and crosses sharing the surface with the word “caos” and other irreverent details. The result is a guitar that carries history, fate and humor in the same gesture.