Trexii x Add Fuel 1.5 Meter

Trexi speaks multiple language and transcends territorial borders, reaching out to audiences at all levels without barriers. A canvas art toy that can be personalised in a variety of styles by different designers and artists working with different mediums, trexi is a trendy designer figure measuring 3-inches, trexi embodies instant charm, personality and a distinctive character that is wholesome, fun, cosmopolitan, modern, hip and trendy. Creations all around the world have found their way onto trexi, including those from time-honoured brands such as Coca-Cola, Nike, Motorola, o.d.m., as well as prominent designers such as David Horvath, Brothersfree, Devilrobots, Mori Chack, and many more. Add Fuel is Portuguese visual artist Diogo Machado (b. 1980). With a degree in Graphic Design from Lisbon's IADE – Institute of Visual Arts, Design and Marketing, he spent a few years working in design studios in Portugal, followed by an eight-month stint in Munich, Germany. Since 2007, he has been focusing exclusively on his artistic work. Starting out under the full name Add Fuel to the Fire, he first created a dark yet exuberant visual universe populated by a cast of slimy, eccentric and joyful creatures, influenced by a variety of interests ranging from video games to comics, animation, sci-fi, designer toys, and urban visual culture. In 2008, fascinated with the aesthetic possibilities of symmetrical patterning and tessellations, he shortened his moniker to Add Fuel and began redirecting his focus towards working with and reinterpreting the language of traditional tile design, and that of the Portuguese tin-glazed ceramic azulejo in particular. Effortlessly blending these two seemingly-irreconcilable visual idioms, his current practice seeks to combine traditional decorative elements with contemporary visual referents into new forms that reveal an impressive complexity and a masterful attention to detail. If, on the face of it, his work in small and medium sized tile panels, large-scale