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...
by brianbarcelona | Oct 11, 2016 | Design, Shopping
Oggetto Design Shop is a compact showroom of exquisitely selected design recently opened in Barcelona’s Borne neighbourhood. The founders Maurizio Capannesi and Fabrizio Acanfora, both Italian residing in Barcelona for several years now, have brought their unique...
by brianbarcelona | Jul 22, 2016 | Design
Twistab is an innovative concept in auxiliary furniture created and produced in Barcelona, a 21st Century manufacturing technique combined with self-assembly. The collection includes different size stools and tables which can be custom made including options for...
by brianbarcelona | Jul 15, 2016 | Restaurants
Airport Terminal Design is generally rather pedestrian. The airport is not normally where good taste is a main feature, but it is certainly an area where design should be very important indeed. Firstly because it is the first and normally the lat place that visitors...
by brianbarcelona | Jul 5, 2016 | Interiors, Restaurants, The City
The third branch of the Ikibana restaurant group to open in Barcelona, this is the largest and the most ambitious of the three, located in the Sarrià neighbourhood (within the former Dime restaurant and club). The original elements that define the other Ikibana...
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