SPIRAL DINING

SPIRAL DINING

Leading Barcelona-based design and digital fabrication specialists Mediodesign have just completed their first project for Japanese architecture firm Toyo Ito and Associates.  'Spiral Panel' is a twenty six metre long wall panel system developed and produced by MedioDesign for Toyo Ito's landmark Torres Fira hotel in Barcelona. The digitally fabricated relief panels provide a distinctive curvaceous wall cladding for the Torres Fira Hotel restaurant interior, where abstract floral patterns echo the recurring themes…
01 Apr 10 | Interiors
MOONWATCH

MOONWATCH

Launched today, 'Moonwatch' is young Barcelona office The Emotion Lab’s latest project. It's a given fact that the moon has been both a guide and object of admiration and…
06 Apr 10 | Products
KEEP IT CLEAN

KEEP IT CLEAN

No fuss, no muss, just bold, clean design seems to be the trademark of Barcelona graphic design firm Ruiz + Company. And it works beautifully. From logotypes to product packaging,…
06 Jul 10 | Graphics
WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY BY BATLLE AND ROIG ARCHITECTS

WASTE TREATMENT FACILITY BY
BATLLE AND ROIG ARCHITECTS

Have a look at this unusual Waste Treatment Facility designed by Enric Batlle Durany and Joan Roig Duran of Batlle & Roig Architects. The treatment…
09 Dec 11 | Architecture
SOFT AND STRONG

SOFT AND STRONG

The name kind of gives it away, but soft curves are the key design feature for Jaime Hayon's newest furniture collection, 'Bardot' which he's designed for Bernhardt. The…
16 Jul 10 | Products
MARINA MAGIC

MARINA MAGIC

Together, Rafel Oliva and Cristian Montesinos are Barcelona-based design studio Marina 68; and we're loving the sunny, unpretentious design they've made their trademark. "From…
30 Aug 10 | Talent
ALUX TABLE LAMP BY CHRISTIAN VIVANCO

ALUX TABLE LAMP BY CHRISTIAN
VIVANCO

Young Mexican designer Christian Vivanco has just launched his latest project - a table light called 'Alux'. The result of an intense collaboration with…
30 Sep 10 | Products
A CONTEMPORARY ART FIX

A CONTEMPORARY ART FIX

Richard Meier’s Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona in the city’s Raval district opened in 1995 and has been one of the district’s main cultural centres…
27 Oct 08 | Content
WORLD'S BEST PRIVATE HOUSE AT THE WAF AWARDS 2010

WORLD'S BEST PRIVATE
HOUSE AT THE WAF AWARDS 2010

The 2010 World Architecture Festival is currently running in Barcelona - and they're starting to dish out this year's awards. Zaha Hadid scooped (perhaps…
04 Nov 10 | Architecture
MONSIEUR LIGHT BY TOM ALLEN, CHRISTIAN VIVANCO AND YAGO RODRIGUEZ

MONSIEUR LIGHT BY TOM ALLEN,
CHRISTIAN VIVANCO AND YAGO
RODRIGUEZ

'Monsieur' is a new reading lamp, designed by three Barcelona based designers; Christian Vivanco, Tom Allen, and Yago Rodriguez. It's…
21 Jan 11 | Products