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The Patio is a new leisure spot in Madrid, a pop-up store, drinks & goods situated in a picturesque palace dating from 1866 in Hortaleza street, just next to the Santa Bárbara square. It’ll be open daily from noon to midnight until October 15th and is somewhere to both eat and shop. The idea came about […]

After observing in detail the small sheds situated on garden plots in the Baix Llobregat area of Barcelona, Victoria Campillo set a relation between them and the principles of Art Brut. These structures have been erected by the owners of the plots themselves and often in a very rudimentary way. Campillo’s observations became the inspiration for a […]

During the last weeks, we have given the chance to our readers of sending questions to Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek and here they come the answers. This unusual interview was possible thanks to the cooperation of Roomservice Barcelona gallery, where his work is permanently on show and it is available to purchase. The gallery […]

Ya tenemos las respuestas de la entrevista abierta al holandés Piet Hein Eek, que ha creado todo un estilo propio con sus muebles realizados con maderas y otros materiales reciclados. Un diseñador con un proceso único basado no sólo en el reciclaje y recuperación de materiales sino además en mantener y embellecer su condición de residuo.

The Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is the creator of a new multi-use pavilion situated in Madrid’s IE University Campus. This ephemeral structure of 173 paper tubes represents the innovative and sustainable values of the institution. IE offers elite business courses with a global focus on humanism and entrepreneurship.

The abstract painter Felice Varini has just carried out one of his visually impressive installations in King’s Cross, an old run down area in London which lately has been rapidly developed. Occupying a distance of 2.5 kms across two edifices, the work is called Across the Buildings. This Paris-based artist of Swiss origin is a genius […]

This project is a full transformation of a residence, dating from 1910, in Barcelona’s Ensanche district. In its 100 year history, and except for one-off modernisations, it had never been altered. Despite of its poor state, the ceilings, with their magnificent roses and mouldings, the tinted cement-tile flooring and some of the original carpentry work […]

Last May 31st, La Fábrica opened a 400 m2 space dedicated to culture and situated in Barrio de las Letras, one of the most vibrant districts in Madrid at the crossroads of the Prado, Thyssen-Bornemisza and Reina Sofía museums, and even a stone’s throw away from CaixaForum. The space is the brainchild of La Fábrica, a […]

In the last months, the Italian designer Davide Groppi has carried out various lighting projects for restaurants. Amongst them is the Osteria Francescana in Modena (Italy) which was just ranked the third best restaurant in the world by the British magazine ‘Restaurant.’ This experience led him to create a series of designs that, in his own words, will ‘light up a plate’. […]

Here are the answers from the Q&A with Benedetta Tagliabue, director of estudio EMBT – whom she founded in the 1990s with her then partner the late Enric Miralles – one the most prestigious architects in Spain. She has just launched her first piece of furniture; the Tina chair chair for Expormim. This occasion has afforded us the […]

This is the first year fab.com has been seen in Milan, but that’s not such a strange thing if you take into account that this giant portal of online design retail was only founded two years ago in New York. Now its an internet phenomenon, with 12 million members, and a trip to Milan was called for Tom Dixon […]

The Mercer Hotels Group has just opened the Mercer Barcelona in the city’s Barri Gòtic. The project represents an important recovery of Barcelona’s ancient heritage, as the building’s structure incorporates part of the old Roman Wall along with remains dating from the 1st century. The project was carried out by the architect Rafael Moneo over a four […]