The mood for the interior design was inspired by "Tropicalism," a Brazilian artistic movement that arose in the late 1960s and formally ended in 1968.  Music was its chief expression, and it enveloped other art forms such as film, theatre, and poetry. It was characterized by the amalgamation of Brazilian genres: notably the union of the popular and the avant-garde, as well as the melding of Brazilian tradition and foreign traditions and styles.