What better way to see the world than through the eyes of our favorite tastemakers? In Hidden Trails, we look at the places that feel most like home to our community of design insiders — wherever those might be — to help you uncover what their cities have in store for you.
Though I can't quite pin down the exact moment I discovered Isabela Milagre's collectible design platform Bossa Furniture, I remember being on the lookout for out-of-the-box, burgeoning talents to spotlight in an emerging designers series when the São Paulo and New York City-based gallery almost magically manifested in my Instagram feed. It was as serendipitous as it seems. Launched in 2017 in her native country and landed in the US last year, the architect, gallerist, and collector's project doesn't solely platform some of the most groundbreaking designers the world has come to know whose biography interweaves with Brazil's largest city — including leading 20th-century visual artist and furniture designer Joaquim Tenreiro, Modernism pioneer Lina Bo Bardi, and Italian-born designer Carlo Hauner and Austrian architect Martin Eisler, the creative minds behind the rise of legendary Brazilian furniture manufacturer Forma. It is also the place to go to discover the names that are making São Paulo one of the most innovative workshops of creativity for all things art, craftsmanship, and decor.
