by suzannewales | Mar 6, 2017 | Design, Markets, Shopping
Named after the towering chimneystack in the center of the complex, Palo Alto was one of the first textile factories in Poble Nou district to be turned into a design space. Now it’s a design market. Around the time of the 1992...
by brianbarcelona | Feb 24, 2017 | Exhibitions, Shopping
Currently on display at Minim, the design showroom located on Via Augusta Barcelona, is a selection of furniture from the Danish furniture designer Finn Juhl (Copenhagen 1912) that includes a selection of the chairs, tables, cabinets and sofas that he created over his...
by brianbarcelona | Feb 17, 2017 | Shopping
Entropía is recently opened stationery and paper goods shop, located right in the middle of the Eixample neighbourhood. Located on the corner of C/ Aribau and C/ Roselló, it is a small but perfectly formed shop that offers a carefully selected range of top quality...
by suzannewales | Feb 15, 2017 | Shopping, Uncategorized, Vintage
Market shopping for vintage stuff I don’t need is my favourite weekend pastime in Barcelona. Not so long ago, it wasn’t really a thing. Your go to place was the centuries-old Els Encants flea market. Before it became a fantastic architectural icon, it was a...
by brianbarcelona | Feb 10, 2017 | Luxury, Shopping, The City
The House of Dior has recently opened a stylish boutique in Barcelona, located on Passeig de Gràcia, the shopping avenue where all the luxury European fashion brands are represented and which up until now was missing the renowned French label. After a year of...
by brianbarcelona | Feb 3, 2017 | Design, Hotels, Interiors
Member of the Vincci group, Vincci Mae is the latest design hotel to open in Barcelona, on Av. Diagonal within the Eixample neighbourhood. Designer Jaime Beriestain is responsible for the interior design project, which aims at recreating a welcoming and elegant...
by suzannewales | Jan 30, 2017 | Design, Shopping, The City
I first came across RS Barcelona a few years ago while researching a documentary for French TV. The producers wanted to identify touch points of Catalan culture and futbolín (table football or fussball to our American cousins) was a possible choice. A number of...
by brianbarcelona | Dec 19, 2016 | Restaurants
Mextizo is a restaurant located on one of Barcelona’s most effervescent culinary areas right now, between Balmes and Rambla Catalunya on Diputación. The interior design of this restaurant is by one of the most important figures of local design, Juli Capella (the...
by suzannewales | Nov 27, 2016 | Design, Interiors
Igualada is a handsome town situated 65 kms west of Barcelona. In the late 1900s, it experienced an economic boom driven by the textile industry, with many factories setting up here to take advantage the clean water supplied by the River Anoia and one of the first...
by brianbarcelona | Oct 24, 2016 | Arquitecture, Design
Punt Mobles have chosen a spectacular location to shoot their recent collection. La Ricarda (also known as Casa Gomis) is an emblematic example of Catalan modernism designed by Antonio Bonet (1913–1989) – architect and co-creator of the iconic BFK...
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