SARDINES

We wander the cobbled streets... and she comes up to us. Between friends, smokes and laughter, she remains. We bring her with us, and her unique aroma is unforgettable! Designer: Bernardo e Daniela

This sardine is inspired by the Lisbon that Gisela sees: luminous, fresh, unburdened, joyful, a female city, a woman. Hence the pure crisp white, and also the hearts, because it's a city that, for all these reasons, invites her to love life. Designer: Gisela João

The most graceful sardine ever! It represents a woman wearing a chulapa, the traditional dress of Madrid, with a scarf around her neck and a carnation on her head. Designer: Gonzalo Muiño

This sardine represents the Spanish woman. A modern interpretation that combines a characteristic element of fashion (simultaneously classic and contemporary) with a nod to the dedication required by handcrafted work. Designer: Andrea Zarraluqui

A simple equation for a world that increasingly needs empathy and love. The sardine has already found its own. And you? Have you found yours? Designer: Pedro Reis

The forbidden love of crown prince Peter of Portugal and his lover Inês de Castro became eternalized in the history of Portugal. Quinta das Lágrimas, in Coimbra, and Alcobaça Monastery, where the pair were laid to rest in magnificent tombs, are still inspiring places. Peter and Inês are reborn, in love as always, during Lisbon’s festivals! Designer: Rebecca Dautremer

This sardine dwells in a sea of calm waters, but with troubled shores. Troubled between life and death, between dreams and nightmares. Designer: Silvano Mello

Maria Amor represents Portuguese women throughout history: The wives of the fishermen who wait for their men the whole night long, the women waiting for their soldiers, the mothers, and saudade, who only those who love can feel. Designer: Marta Tex

In June Potugal fills with a celebration that invades local homes, lending music and joy to routine household chores, and it’s not uncommon to see people dancing to the sound of an irresistible hum. Designer: João Bonito

This sardine was inspired by the following concept: if you had to dress sardines for the city’s festivals, what would they look like? The answer is this suggestion, in which jeans dominate (with the details of the pockets’ seams defining its physiognomy), over fun, striped socks evoking Chapitô performing arts school and its neighborhood feel. Designer: Daniel Rodrigues

Madonna, always young, so girlie, the queen of pop, and always in Vogue. Global stardom was not enough for her, and that’s why now queen of Lisbon and of the smokiest sardines. Madonna is a top sardine, irreverent, sexy, sparkling, and she is now part of Portugal and what this country has to offer the world. Madonna or a good sardine – why not both in one? Designer: Ana Gomes

This sardine evokes a 3000-year-old ritual, celebrated today in various Central American countries. This celebration honors the memory of the locals’ ancestors. Colorfully adorned Skulls are its most expressive symbol. They represent death and rebirth. The turban emphasizes the relationship between cultures, and is a direct reference to Chakall. Designer: Chakall

We can call it a tribute to the Sanctuary of Fatima, which annually welcomes pilgrims from all over the world, on a pilgrimage to express their faith and belief in the place of the apparition of Our Lady to the three Shepherd children: Francisco, Jacinta and Lúcia. A holy sardine! Designer: Patrícia Pereira

The sardine is always with us. Not only does it fulfil us, but it also presents us with the beautiful sounds of the sea and of the soul of Lisbon. What you can hear in the song of the sardines is endless. Let this magical music break free within you. Designer: Olga Shtonda

Integrated in the collection "Sardinha by Bordallo", we present the "Sardinha Made by You".
A set including a white sardine and 6 ceramic markers, allows you to personalize your sardine, and at the same time in a simplified form, lets you experience the process of creating ceramics, in your home.

Instructions for use are on the packaging: 1st Clean the sardine with rubbing alcohol (Ethyl Alcohol), 2nd Using the ceramic markers, decorate your sardine, 3rd Let dry for 15 minutes, 4th Bake the sardines for 25 minutes at 160°C.

Let your imagination your guide and create your unique sardine, or enjoy giving the gift a personalized piece to whomever you wish to most.

Bartina is a surfer sardine that dreams of swimming in the warm waters of Mexico. It has fire in its soul but is also very aware of the fragility of life. It’s a Portuguese sardine, but with “salero”. Designer: Ana Lisa Luças

Nice Chiquita from Martinica/ dresses herself with a banana skin/ doesn’t wear a dress, doesn’t wear shorts/ winter is midsummer for her/ existentialist quite rightly/ Moves only as her heart commands. Designer: Cássio Loredano

This sardine conveys the festive spirit of a typical Lisbon quarter. Is a window of Alfama full of life, adorned with precept, ready to receive Lisbon festivities, the city’s most colorful nights. Designer: Ana Sofia Gonçalves

This Sardine in his black gown likes to work and play hard. She is defiantly top of his class! When he is not studying and collecting the colourful university ribbons she likes nothing better than play Fado de Coimbra with his “Guitar” late into the night. This sardine presents the youthfulness, energy and romance that is unique to this city. Designer: Craig Wheatley

Today, a sardine came to my window sill and asked me to tell a story about her ... and I did so. One of the magic things about image is that it allows us interpretative freedom. To discover various stories, inside someone’s story. This was my story, what’s yours?! Designer: Susana Lai

Rendez-vous in Paris, Pont des arts, 16h46, it is raining but it is fine… Designer:Rebecca Dautremer