Suzanne Wales

Made in Spain: A Shopper's Guide to Artisans and Their Crafts by Region (-)

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The Counterculture Phenomenon That Made Barcelona a Design Hotspot

A look at the "madcap creativity that has made Barcelona the uniquely inspiring city it is today."

Construction Diary: Jaime Hayon's 1920s Valencia Apartment Is a Master Class in Color

The famed designer shares how he jumped to snag a place that hadn't been touched in years, and worked tile by tile to turn it into an artist's residency. Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has always been a trailblazer.

Three Museums Mark Valencia's Status as World Design Capital

Valencia is famous for many things-abundant citrus groves, rice paddies, and baroque-tinged streets and squares filled with swaying palm trees. Yet despite being home to the first modern and art museum in Spain, the IVAM, and Hábitat, the country's only international furniture and design fair, the city has never had the reputation of being a cultural powerhouse, unlike Barcelona or Madrid.

The First Winery in Europe to Receive LEED Gold Is a Subterranean Marvel - Metropolis

From the exterior, the bodega is barely perceptible. It's gently curved, low-level roof is vegetated, except for an earth-colored weathering steel canopy that shelters a bay for the delivery of grapes during the harvest.

An Open Office Based on the Concept of the "Five Skins" - Metropolis

The project brings together Coatresa's offices and production facilities under one roof-a nave (warehouse) in Barcelona's industrialized belt of satellite towns and villages. The office space, which accommodates a staff of 25, has been gently sectioned into generous work neighborhoods with a metallic mesh that acts as filter between functions, but its semitransparency and lightness allows a sense of connection.

Studiolilo Transforms Flowers to Sculptural Works - Sixtysix Magazine

It's just past lunchtime in Berlin when Lilo Klinkenberg finishes doing what she does nearly every morning. "I am looking for a big tree to bring to a shoot next week. So I was outside Berlin looking at trees. It was a lovely start to the day!"

Felipe Pantone Defies Genre - Sixtysix Magazine

Like one of his artworks, there is a lot to take in at the studio of Felipe Pantone, situated in an industrial zone near Valencia. In one section, a team of masked painters is rendering surfaces with the dynamically colored grids, stripes, bolts, and checkerboards that typify his work.

A Childhood Home in Madrid Grows Up

In Spain, it is not uncommon for first-time nesters to settle close to their family home and aging parents, either in the same village or neighborhood, or in the apartment building where they grew up. This was the case with Joaquin Altamirano, who was raised in a seven-story red-brick apartment building in Madrid's central Ventas district.

Apparatu is a Ceramic Design Lab Transforming Traditional Pottery

Barcelona had seen more rain than usual over the past weeks, making the pine forests to the north of the city green and verdant. They make the 40-minute trip on the commuter train to Rubí a pleasant experience. Xavier Mañosa, the brains and creative behind the ceramics workshop Apparatu, does the journey every day, using the time to read.

Portrait of the experimental architecture studio TAKK

A Cabin Near Barcelona Is Designed for Quarantine - Metropolis

The Voxel, or 'the quarantine cabin', is a prototype designed and built by 17 international students studying a master's degree in Advanced Ecological Buildings and Biocities at Valldaura Labs, the rural annex of the Barcelona-based school IAAC (Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia.)

Las Cuadras by Estudio JI Arquitectos

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Chapel House by Carlos Garmendia

Architect Carlos Garmendia breathes new life into a crumbling Spanish church.

Muntaner Residence by Scala Studio

Scala Studio transforms a disused, ground-floor workspace into a tranquil family dwelling.

Barcelona's Stunning Art Nouveau Casa Burés Receives Restoration

Even for the stylistic excesses of Catalan modernista (or Art Nouveau) architecture, the Casa Burés, dating from 1905, is in a class of its own. Like many landmarks in Barcelona's Eixample district, it was commissioned by a wealthy merchant at the height of the region's textile boom.

Selgascano: The Spanish Architects Mastering the Coworking Space

The open-plan office space has its origins in the late 1950s, when Quickborner , a German design group, came up with the concept of Bürolandschaft , or "office landscape." The firm's proposal for a workplace layout where desks were grouped into islands to facilitate human contact and a breakdown in hierarchy is now conventional wisdom.

Exhibition Showcases Lina Bo Bardi's Architectural and Artistic Drawings

In 1956, the Italian-born architect and designer Lina Bo Bardi visited Barcelona. At that point, she had lived in Brazil, her chosen country of residence, for 10 years, having migrated there with her husband Pietro Maria Bardi, a critic and curator.

Born again: Gaudí's meticulously restored Casa Vicens reopens in Barcelona

Born again: Gaudí's meticulously restored Casa Vicens reopens in Barcelona On a quiet street in Barcelona's Gràcia district, Casa Vicens has long been an off-radar landmark. The first major project by Catalonian modernist Antonio Gaudí, it attracts curious looks from the sidewalk, with passersby peering though the forged iron gates at a façade of rich red brick and fanciful tile work.

The Barcelona Home Like No Other

Layer by layer, a crumbling 18th-century flat in the middle of Barcelona finds new life at the hands of architect Benedetta Tagliabue. In the midst of Barcelona's medieval core, a short walk from the city's famous cathedral, sits a market like no other.

How Barcelona's Poblenou district is becoming the city's creative heart

Poblenou, or the 'new village', is Barcelona's work-in-progress. Straddling the Mediterranean and with numerous late-19th century industrial complexes ripe for redevelopment, it has stepped in to accommodate diverse roles for the modern urbanite. The transformation of the barri started about 20 years ago, when artists collectives took over abandoned factories to work and host parties.

10 Barcelona restaurants with awe-inspiring interiors

In a city famed for gastronomy, architecture and interior design, the wealth of stunning restaurants in Barcelona is staggering. Superchef Ferran Adrià spearheaded a global movement with his high-tech 'New Catalan Cuisine', and fairly soon designers and architects were called upon to create restaurant interiors (and plates and cutlery) as daring as the 50-course tasting menus devised by this new wave of chefs.

How I live: Catalan artist Antoni Miralda

Catalan artist Antoni Miralda is obsessed with food. Not in the way of a gourmand, but in the culture, politics and ritual of what we eat. Since the 1970s, he has expressed his views in avant-garde installations, happenings and performances all over Europe and the US, where his experiential restaurant El Internacional (created with partner Montse Guillén) became a celebrated New York hot spot.

Exploring Gaudí's Last Completed Work In Barcelona: The Casa Milà

BAZAAR goes inside the home of Ana Viladomiu, one of the three remaining residents of the Casa Mila In Barcelona, on any given morning, you will see crowds gather at the corner of Carrer Provença and Passieg de Gràcia.

Barcelona Bazaar

Courtesy Rafael Vargas Despite the presence of a handful of important buildings, the Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, in the eastern section of Barcelona, has always been considered a bit of a mess. Jean Nouvel's colorful Torre Agbar is here, and L'Auditori and the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya-by the prominent Spanish architects Rafael Moneo and Ricardo Bofill respectively-are nearby.

A Hole in the Darkness

by Suzanne Wales (1399 words) Even a simple portable lamp has the potential to improve people's lives, but only if it is introduced with respect for their culture. When visitors come to Africa they can suddenly find themselves 'cracked open', as the British writer and expert on Africa Richard Dowden so eloquently put it.

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Wood and Beauty Packaging

White paper on the use of sustainable wood for the beauty packaging industry

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Is it time to outsource your company's business travel needs?

Business travel. It's complicated. From strikes to cancellations to botched bookings, stuff happens in the travel industry. When it does it can have a ripple effect that could cost your company way more than the cost of the trip. But how do you know if it's time to outsource your company's corporate travel management to a professional business travel outsourcing platform?

Marchesa for Pronovias collection | Pronovias

Discover Marchesa For Pronovias. A spectacular bridal collection featuring corset bodices, lightweight layering and Spanish soul.

Are you looking for ideas for your old wedding dress? From wall art to children's dresses and...

The wedding is over and your new life begins. Your dream dress has been hanging on the back of your bedroom door, bringing back beautiful memories of your wedding day. But it can't stay there forever. Here are some creative uses for old wedding dresses.

Try these 7 corporate travel hacks on your next business trip

Now that borders are opening up again business travel is back on board! Yay or meh? Frequent business travelers may have enjoyed the break, while others will have missed the frisson of meeting up with colleagues in far-flung places.

The Importance of Personal Branding in Hospitality - hosco.

In the age of social media, a review, comment or star rating is just a click away, making personal branding in hospitality more important than ever. Every successful hospitality company has a strong brand defined by visual identity, storytelling, tone of voice and other features that communicate its DNA to its market and makes them stand out from the rest.

Flying high! The role of a corporate travel buyer

Take a moment to consider how much time and energy we use-up when we organize our own leisure travel or vacation. Think about how much screen time is spent digging for the best flight and hotel deals, agonizing over car rental cancellation policies, and if it's really worth paying for extras like breakfast and airport pick-ups.

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Launch video for sustainable wedding dress collection

Barcelona Design Tours

For Travellers with Design on their Minds From Gaudí to Gehry, Barcelona Design Tours lets you discover the city's rich design, art and architecture.

HOME - Centered Coaching

Development and change are closely linked. Our development programs vary for we believe that there is no single ideal direction or route. Organisations need to plan their journey based on clarity about where they are and where they want to get to.

Analia Yacot - International Leadership Development

"We believe that anyone can be a leader, as long as they have the courage to fulfill their purpose and empower others to do their best." Read More "We are leaders of our own talent, the rest is collaboration."

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