TemaHome wins the 2009 DME award

In a ceremony in Eindhoven - Holland, the company was awarded the prestigious DME – Design Management Europe Award in recognition for overall excellence in design management.

The DME is Europe’s business award recognizing the skills and leadership of management to implement design in their business for commercial success. According to the organization, “design is one of Europe's greatest resources and is rapidly being recognized as a key element of innovative and successful businesses”.

(In the Picture Stephan Morais, CEO; Alice Teles, Sales Director, Fabio Scala, Marketing Manager; Kathryn Best, author of the award winning book Design Management)

Companies and organizations across Europe are challenged annually to demonstrate how design is integrated in their strategy, management and processes to achieve commercial gains. Past winners have included Walter Knoll, Loewe, Bosch and Virgin Atlantic.

Recognition of excellent quality and successful design management

TemaHome will now participate in a (traveling) exhibition introducing their use of Design Management to both the public and the media.

Summer time

The summer season in Portugal is unquestionably one of the best in Europe (if not in the world).
For those of you under the Lusitanian sun, check out this seasons events sponsored by TemaHome. At the world renowned Sasha summer session in Portimão, Algarve, come relax at the TemaHome lounge and if you are the kind of person who hit the waves, don't miss the Portuguese edition of the IBA world tour 2009 in Praia Grande, Sintra.


Enjoy the summer!

VIVAIN Portugal Happy hour webcast

VIVA IN Portugal is one of those initiatives one can let pass. Their portal promotes quality living in Portugal, a destination that is no stranger for British, Dutch and German lovers of quality lifestyle and is consistently growing its reputation across Europe. The website is vivainportugal.com and it features some amazing resorts like real estate. The portal allows you select resorts based on personal preference and profile, such as "Golfing", "Dining", "Arts" and many other choices.
Check it out!

As quality lifestyle partners, we had the opportunity to be featured in their very first happy hour the ever webcast.




You can see the entire webcast in the VivaIN youtube channel

Happy birthday IADE

40 years and counting! The IADE Creative University completed 40 years of operations last May and TemaHome's CEO Stephan Morais was one of the keynote speaker for the gala ceremony that took place at the Lisbon Congress Center.

IADE is Portugals best design and marketing university and it is notoriously known for producing some of the countries design "top guns" that spread the image of Lusitania design worldwide.

We are very proud to be associated with a higher learning institution that, without question, is a fundamental element in the promotion of the Portuguese design.

Happy 40th birthday from all of us at the TemaHome family.

POSITIVE IMAGE

As we are approaching halfway through this year (already!), it felt that our blog was the most appropriate place to share a few links of fellow bloggers where TemaHome was featured throughout 2009. Here are included personal blogs, decor magazines or specialized publications. What follows, then, is a proud display of our crescent popularity and recognition within the design world.



(click upon the logos below to be redirected to their respective articles)

Also check this other blog entries:

Paint Colors for Bedroom (USA)

Arbota.com (USA)

Blomma Finds (USA)

Heart in Motion (China)

STORMING LISBON TOWN

Lisbon has welcomed the Handle family with enthusiasm and bewilderment. We took them for a tour around this ever so charming city, and judging by the people's looks, they are bound to be an instant hit!! Check out some of the pictures!


THE USUAL SUSPECTS LINED UP!


KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOOR!


IT'S COOL TO BE GREEN!


HANDLE PLAZA!


Rafael Carvalho reporting from Lisbon, TemaHome's HQ.

THE LISBON COLLECTION PHOTOSHOOT

Already available on our YouTube channel, the first of the "making of" videos from The Lisbon Collection's promotional photoshoot, featuring the Gem table, by Filipe Alarcão! With photographs by Carlos Ramos and Fashion by Ana Salazar, it is an unprecedented encounter of fine design, style and genius.

More making of videos will be uploaded soon, so keep up with our updates!

BRAND NEW(SLETTER)

Since January 2009, we have upgraded the look and reach of our Living your Dreams newsletter. It will now include, besides English, translated versions in German, Portuguese, French and - from February - Spanish.

If you haven't done so yet, please subscribe to our newsletter on the textbox found on the right of this blog, or alternatively visit www.temahome.com and enter your email address at the bottom of the page. Stay tuned to exclusive insights from our designers, a word from our CEO, special offers, upcoming events and more!

Fernando Pessoa

Our Portuguese heritage in the words of one of the greatest minds of all times.

Making furniture can make you dance.