ABSTRACT
Brazil Studio began in 2004, inspired by my love for Capoeira Angola. Capoeira Angola is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and also a form of dance. Public spaces and the axis mundi the critical, sacred spaces that were created by the careful juxtaposition of massing, proportion and alignments of important elements. Literally meaning Axis of the World in Latin, the axis mundi signifies a connection between earth and heaven the radial line coming out from the center of the earth's core extending infinitely outward. The image of the Axis Mundi, Inc. logo shows two people appearing to move in a circle representing this same circular concept in Bachrach's song and to my Irish ancestry. The students spent a lot of time welding recycled scrap metals in this studio under the direction of Jack Sanders. The design process emulated the martial arts practice, with two players in the roda creating their game, or two design students collaboratively designing.
