How 2 Creatives Made It Easier for English Speakers to Pronounce São Paulo's Street Names

Advancing tourist literacy in Brazil

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Worried about how you'll get around on your next trip to Brazil?

Seeing how much trouble tourists have pronouncing Portuguese street names—which is crucial even in major cities like São Paulo, where just 15 percent of taxi drivers understand English—a creative team from two separate agencies came up with "Universal Signs."

Isobar copywriter Mariana Albuquerque and Publicis art director Leandro Amaral affixed stickers to street signs indicating how to pronounce them, more or less phonetically. If you still aren't sure, you can scan the QR code to hear an automated voice do it.

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