We saw it in Ventura Lambrate, the most experimental hall of the fuori fiera in Milan, as one of the main new features of the Spanish lighting company Marset. And we are delighted that Pleat Box, the lamp of the Catalan designer Xavier Mañosa, has gone from poetic prototype to a commercialized product and is […]
At the culmination of FADfest, the three weeks that have inundated Barcelona with design and creativity, last night were announced the most anticipated awards: the FAD for Architecture and Interior Design. Considered the most prestigious awards in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain & Portugal), this year marked the 53rd edition of the Awards, organised by ARQUIN-FAD. […]
Ever since the crisis went from bad to worse, many up and coming talents of Spanish architecture and industrial design have packed their bags and gone to look for opportunities around Europe. Spain had already suffered a strong brain drain a decade ago when, attracted by the international recognition given by schools such us Central […]
El pasado 7 de julio se fallaron los premios de la edición de 2011 de los Restaurant & Bar Design Awards con una exclusiva ceremonia y posterior fiesta en Canary Wharf, Londres. Esta tercera edición ha juzgado 330 candidatos de Reino Unido y 50 de otros países.
Es lo que tiene el diseño: a veces, hacerlo simple es lo más difícil. Por eso, este año, el jurado de los Premios Delta 2011 ha valorado la sencillez y adaptabilidad del Asador al Vapor diseñado por Compeixalaigua Designstudio y editado por Lékué, un asequible bol de silicona de 24,50€ PVP y de fácil producción […]
Summer, beach, chiringuito (beach restaurant): these topics have been used and abused by advertising creatives when the heat starts to strike. So much so, that they’ve almost turned it into a “crusty” image of summer. But of course, there are outdoor summer restaurants that are stylish and well designed. This is the case with the […]
Casa 13 (literally, House 13) is not only one of the finalists of the 2011 FAD awards (decorative arts award) it is also an exercise in style and order. Enabling this Barcelona attic to rise up and gain attention. According to the designers, Casa 13 has managed to “turn around what was there, to re-think […]
Esta casa de dos plantas se encuentra al final de una calle estrecha en una zona residencial de Kyoto. Por su situación, la entrada de luz resultaba casi inexistente. El arquitecto que llevó a cabo el proyecto, Keiichi Hayashi, decidió colocar columnas vacías que permitieran la entrada de luz desde la primera planta hasta la […]
El estudio catalán Sau Taller d’Arquitectura ha creado en Torelló, provincia de Barcelona, un edificio triangular en el que se sitúa una guardería alejada de convencionalismos. Sau Taller de Arquitectura tiene oficinas en Barcelona, Puigcerdà y Sant Joan de les Abadesses.
El próximo 8 de junio, como cierre del Posgrado en Lighting Design de la UPC School of Professional & Executive Development, el japonés Kaoru Mende visitará el FAD para dar la conferencia The art of lighting design. Kaoru Mende tiene una consolidada trayectoria como lighting designer, un emprendedor que ha encontrado el punto de confluencia […]
Tickets, located in the legendary Barcelona Paral • lel, gives shape to a new culinary adventure of Ferran and Albert Adrià. They have joined forces in this project with the brothers Iglesias. El Equipo Creativo (The Creative Team, which includes architects and graphic designers purposely put together to design Tickets) and architect Oliver Franz Schmidt have been […]
Skype, el sistema de llamadas y videollamadas por internet, ha cambiado sus oficinas en Estocolmo. El diseño, de pS Arkitektur, se ha basado en el espíritu lúdico de la marca y su misión de conectar el mundo en el entorno de trabajo.