Juan Carmona founded Thestudio in 2005 in the aim of creating and producing innovative ideas for different market areas, from design to interior architecture. He was joined shortly afterwards by André Ribeiro with his vast experience of graphic design acquired at various advertising agencies. Since then, they have developed projects in partnership.


Located in the vibrant city of Lisbon, Thestudio has specialised in creating concepts and cutting-edge images and atmospheres. Creative versatility and excellence of execution have brought a stream of Portuguese and international projects to the studio for which it has established itself as a creative partner. Presenting a solid conceptual basis for each individual project, it works in different creative areas simultaneously – events, design, motion graphics, image creation, production, interior design and advertising – for clients ranging from multinationals to emerging niche businesses and covering a variety of industries.


Thestudio’s success comes from its eclectic, multifaceted character – adeptly executinghighly developed conceptual projects.


They attribute the success of the studio to the decision to remain small and very focused, which allows it to choose the most satisfying projects and to commit fully to the challenges that arise. Of the many projects they have been involved with, creative direction for the iconic Bairro Alto Hotel and the 360º project for the hotel’s restaurant (BAHR) are among the latest and most challenging the duo have worked on.


Over the last two years, the duo have explored new approaches and concepts which have enabled them to evolve and express themselves artistically. From this research arose the idea for the work shown in the exhibition Natureza Morta/Steal Life, which they consider “our most ambitious professional and personal project so far”.