{"title":"Signature Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe started this collection because we wanted to introduce you to people who do something truly special. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePortugal is full of them: illustrators, designers, musicians, athletes, makers of all kinds - people who pour their soul into their work and whose stories deserve to be told. The Signature Collection is how we tell them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach box is created in partnership with one of these people. We sit down together, build the concept, choose the products, and write the story. Everything inside is chosen by them, and somewhere in every box, there's a piece they actually made. A postcard, a bookmark, a scarf, an illustration. Something that carries their hand and their name. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach box has their signature on it. Literally. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome of these creators you might already know. Others you're about to discover. Either way, by the time you open the box, you'll feel like you know them a little better. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd if you know someone, be it a designer, a football player, a singer, anyone whose story you'd love to see told in a box, tell us. We'd love to make something special with them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first edition is by Filipa. She's an illustrator, and her mother is a teacher. It felt like the right place to start.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"thank-you-from-all-of-us","title":"Thank You, From All of Us","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFilipa has been drawing since she was ten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIt wasn't because someone told her to, but because it was the only place where she felt herself alive. When she was happy, she drew. When she was sad, she drew. When words didn't work, drawing did. She started with charcoal. In 2019 she discovered digital illustration. She kind of never stopped. She always loved to draw people's faces and elements of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHer mother is a teacher. So Filipa knows what that looks like up close: that patience, dedication, that belief in students who don't yet believe in themselves. She had a teacher like that too. An art teacher who looked at her work and said: don't give up, keep drawing!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis box started from the memory of that teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWe sat down with Filipa and built it together, including the concept, the products, the story. Everything inside was chosen by her, for the feeling she wanted a teacher to have when they opened it. The postcards and bookmarks were illustrated by her hand and they carry her signature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWhen this edition sells out, that's it. It won't come back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e-------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome thank-yous are hard to put into words. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis box is for those moments that include end of year, end of a chapter, end of something that mattered more than anyone said out loud. A curated collection of artisan Portuguese products, chosen to feel like a proper send-off rather than an afterthought. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInside: specialty coffee from Ethiopia roasted by a local company in Cascais, an aromatic candle and artisan soap made by a small producer in Viseu with no nasties and only natural materials, handmade biscuits and strawberry jam from Porto, illustrated postcards, bookmarks, and a personal note by Filipa - a Portuguese illustrator and a coauthor of this Signature collection edition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEverything sourced from independent Portuguese producers and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003echosen because it belongs together. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e→ No ceramic cup in this version. If you'd like the full experience, see Chapter Two. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShips across the EU in 3–5 days. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWant a personalised message inside? Add it at checkout.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Local Story","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53606936478034,"sku":null,"price":79.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/4298\/9138\/files\/ChatGPTImageMay30_2026at11_15_34PM.png?v=1780179357"},{"product_id":"you-made-it-matter","title":"You Made It Matter","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eFilipa has been drawing since she was ten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIt wasn't because someone told her to, but because it was the only place where she felt herself alive. When she was happy, she drew. When she was sad, she drew. When words didn't work, drawing did. She started with charcoal. In 2019 she discovered digital illustration. She kind of never stopped. She always loved to draw people's faces and elements of nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHer mother is a teacher. So Filipa knows what that looks like up close: that patience, dedication, that belief in students who don't yet believe in themselves. She had a teacher like that too. An art teacher who looked at her work and said: don't give up, keep drawing!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThis box started from the memory of that teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWe sat down with Filipa and built it together, including the concept, the products, the story. Everything inside was chosen by her, for the feeling she wanted a teacher to have when they opened it. The postcards and bookmarks were illustrated by her hand and they carry her signature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWhen this edition sells out, that's it. It won't come back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e-------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are teachers who show up, correct the same thing five times without losing the thread, who make a subject feel like it was written just for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe created this box for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA full collection of artisan Portuguese products, curated around the idea of a proper rest, because after a year of giving, they deserve something that gives back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's inside\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecialty coffee from Ethiopian roasted by a local company from Cascais\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade Portuguese ceramic cup from Gondomar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAromatic candle and Artisan soap from Viseu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandmade biscuits and Strawberry jam from Porto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrated postcards and Bookmarks designed by Filipa\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery product comes from an independent Portuguese producer. The ceramic cup is made by hand. Nothing in here was chosen by accident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a gift to give from the class. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShips across Portugal and the EU if needed in 3–5 days. 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