How to begin

The first conversation
is always a coffee.

GAVINHO accepts a limited number of projects each year. Scarcity is a value, not a constraint. The atelier is small by design and remains so.

There is no form. There is no portal. There is one email, and at the other end of it there is a person who reads what you write. The first step is not a brief, nor a budget, nor a deck. The first step is a coffee — in Lisbon, in Praça da Alegria, or wherever the conversation can begin.

What we ask of you is what we ask of every project: time. Time to listen. Time to read what we have written. Time to understand if what we make is what you are looking for. The fit is rare. The fit is also the only thing that matters.

If you are a journalist, an editor, or a curator: write to the press address below. We answer.

For a project

Write with care; we read with the same.

For the press

For interviews, features, image requests.

The Atelier
Praça da Alegria 66A, 1º Andar
1250-004 Lisbon, Portugal