by brianbarcelona | Feb 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
The interior design of restaurants often reflects the nature of the neighbourhoods where they are located. So the Eixample is filled with spaces characterised by their high ceilings, deep plans and classical detailing. When it comes to Barcelona’s Forum / Diagonal Mar...
by brianbarcelona | Aug 21, 2021 | Arquitecture, Design, The City, Uncategorized
The pavement that we walk on every day can together with other urban furniture, have a huge impact on the way our cities function. Helping to define circulation, separating pedestrian traffic from vehicular traffic, incorporating planting and trees and overall making...
by suzannewales | Jan 14, 2018 | Design, Fashion, Shopping, Uncategorized
Many things happened in 2017, but the in the design world it marked the centenary of the birth, and a new appreciation of, Ettore Sottass; founder of the Memphis Group. Suddenly, his boldly coloured, often-laminated and unapologetically post-modernist pieces of...
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...
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