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Grand Hotel Central
(22 October 2008) - I had the pleasure of spending this past weekend at the boutique Grand Hotel Central situated in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. The Grand has pulled off the rare feat of blending in completely with the city, making a stay in the hotel a perfectly subtle complement to one of the most exciting cities in the world. The hotel is constructed in the shell...
(22 October 2008) - I had the pleasure of spending this past weekend at the boutique Grand Hotel Central situated in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. The Grand has pulled off the rare feat of blending in completely with the city, making a stay in the hotel a perfectly subtle complement to one of the most exciting cities in the world. The hotel is constructed in the shell...
Radiohead at The Daydream Festival
(13 June 2008) - The pressure was on last night in Barcelona as one of the world's biggest bands took to the stage for their only gig in Spain on their European summer tour. Radiohead and festival organizers Sinnamon Productions had to deliver something extra special to a crowd that had traveled from far and wide to hear them perform tracks from In Rainbows. And deliver they did,...
(13 June 2008) - The pressure was on last night in Barcelona as one of the world's biggest bands took to the stage for their only gig in Spain on their European summer tour. Radiohead and festival organizers Sinnamon Productions had to deliver something extra special to a crowd that had traveled from far and wide to hear them perform tracks from In Rainbows. And deliver they did,...
Sutra: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui + The Shaolin Monks
(29 May 2008) - Sutra, the latest and most daring work by Belgian/Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui premiered at Sadlers Wells in London earlier this week. Best known for his celebrated performance with Akram Kahn in Zero Degrees, Larbi continues the collaborative theme in Sutra working with monks from the Shaolin Temple in China, the British artist Anthony Gormley and the Polish composer Szymon Brzóska to create a...
(29 May 2008) - Sutra, the latest and most daring work by Belgian/Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui premiered at Sadlers Wells in London earlier this week. Best known for his celebrated performance with Akram Kahn in Zero Degrees, Larbi continues the collaborative theme in Sutra working with monks from the Shaolin Temple in China, the British artist Anthony Gormley and the Polish composer Szymon Brzóska to create a...
Rojo TV
(08 May 2008) - Just launched today by Barcelona-based art publisher and artist management group Rojo, their new online TV channel Rojo TV is an artsy alternative to the others. Unlike the streaming QOOB TV, which features short movies but done more by filmmakers and designers than fine artists, Rojo TV focuses only on creative video works from artist-filmmakers, such as Javier Longobardo, Iris Piers, Marco di Noia...
(08 May 2008) - Just launched today by Barcelona-based art publisher and artist management group Rojo, their new online TV channel Rojo TV is an artsy alternative to the others. Unlike the streaming QOOB TV, which features short movies but done more by filmmakers and designers than fine artists, Rojo TV focuses only on creative video works from artist-filmmakers, such as Javier Longobardo, Iris Piers, Marco di Noia...
Daydream Music Festival
(30 January 2008) - Just when we thought they couldn't possibly fit any new music festivals into Barcelona's already beat-filled summers, we hear that the organizers of Summercase, Sinnamon Productions, will introduce Daydream, a new one-day festival. What's more, they secured Radiohead's only date in Spain this year. This is no mean feat since Radiohead's been getting serious about their envrionmental footprint and are loath to tour, restricting...
(30 January 2008) - Just when we thought they couldn't possibly fit any new music festivals into Barcelona's already beat-filled summers, we hear that the organizers of Summercase, Sinnamon Productions, will introduce Daydream, a new one-day festival. What's more, they secured Radiohead's only date in Spain this year. This is no mean feat since Radiohead's been getting serious about their envrionmental footprint and are loath to tour, restricting...
Papabubble
(14 January 2008) - We recently came across the Papabubble range of sweetened goodies and who would've thought that lollies—and hard ones at that—could be made to look so creative. And delicious. It's the twists on conventional lolly types that make the Barcelona-based company so worth checking out. We spoke to founder Tommy Tang about the rise of Papabubble from Australian upstarts to international favorites, "Crick, my delicious...
(14 January 2008) - We recently came across the Papabubble range of sweetened goodies and who would've thought that lollies—and hard ones at that—could be made to look so creative. And delicious. It's the twists on conventional lolly types that make the Barcelona-based company so worth checking out. We spoke to founder Tommy Tang about the rise of Papabubble from Australian upstarts to international favorites, "Crick, my delicious...
Interview with Alex Trochut
(24 October 2007) - Deanne Cheuk name-checked him in a recent interview we did with her, so we thought we'd peek into the artistic world of Barcelona-based illustrator, Alex Trochut. How did your assignment to illustrate the cover of Beautiful Decay magazine come about? I was asked to do an interview for Beautiful Decay and, after that, [founder] Amir H. Fallah asked me if I wanted to do...
(24 October 2007) - Deanne Cheuk name-checked him in a recent interview we did with her, so we thought we'd peek into the artistic world of Barcelona-based illustrator, Alex Trochut. How did your assignment to illustrate the cover of Beautiful Decay magazine come about? I was asked to do an interview for Beautiful Decay and, after that, [founder] Amir H. Fallah asked me if I wanted to do...
Summercase 2007
(17 July 2007) - Sunshine, blue skies, sand, sea and waves—sound waves that is— are all elements of summers in Barcelona, the epicenter of summer music festivals. This past weekend the city danced to the happy sounds of Summercase. Now in its second year, the newer, lighter and fluffier festival on the block displayed its youthfulness with a decidedly upbeat line-up, in contrast with the darker edgier sounds...
(17 July 2007) - Sunshine, blue skies, sand, sea and waves—sound waves that is— are all elements of summers in Barcelona, the epicenter of summer music festivals. This past weekend the city danced to the happy sounds of Summercase. Now in its second year, the newer, lighter and fluffier festival on the block displayed its youthfulness with a decidedly upbeat line-up, in contrast with the darker edgier sounds...
Kubrik Pop-up Club: Barcelona, Berlin and Lisbon
(08 June 2007) - We've seen the pop-up store, but a pop-up club? Kubrik is a modular open-air club located in Barcelona, Berlin and Lisbon for this summer only. Designed by Modular Beat and Light Life, the club is an open construction of light-up plastic boxes that make up the walls, hallways, DJ station and bar. Featuring a variety of European DJs, the clubs will be open until...
(08 June 2007) - We've seen the pop-up store, but a pop-up club? Kubrik is a modular open-air club located in Barcelona, Berlin and Lisbon for this summer only. Designed by Modular Beat and Light Life, the club is an open construction of light-up plastic boxes that make up the walls, hallways, DJ station and bar. Featuring a variety of European DJs, the clubs will be open until...
WK Interact: Maxalot Gallery
(18 May 2007) - Starting next week, WK Interact is bombing Barcelona's Maxalot Gallery inside and out. His black and white figures will adorn gallery walls, doors and the street outside from 21 May–23 June 2007. Limited screen–prints, new mixed media paintings (right) and an outdoor triptych piece will be on display. The exhibition will also feature an installation of the artist's outfit and "guerrilla gear" used when...
(18 May 2007) - Starting next week, WK Interact is bombing Barcelona's Maxalot Gallery inside and out. His black and white figures will adorn gallery walls, doors and the street outside from 21 May–23 June 2007. Limited screen–prints, new mixed media paintings (right) and an outdoor triptych piece will be on display. The exhibition will also feature an installation of the artist's outfit and "guerrilla gear" used when...
Refinery29: On Location in Barcelona
(16 October 2006) - Paris and Milan may get all the Euro credit, but with gorgeous architecture from Gothic to Modernisme, scores of sleek furniture and interior design shops, and a mind-bending array of fashion boutiques, Barcelona is surely the sleeper style capital of the continent. Refinery29 paid a recent visit and compiled a list of the best of El Born. RqueR Talk about pride: Conxa Jufresa's shop...
(16 October 2006) - Paris and Milan may get all the Euro credit, but with gorgeous architecture from Gothic to Modernisme, scores of sleek furniture and interior design shops, and a mind-bending array of fashion boutiques, Barcelona is surely the sleeper style capital of the continent. Refinery29 paid a recent visit and compiled a list of the best of El Born. RqueR Talk about pride: Conxa Jufresa's shop...
Hanamaro Chaki
(16 August 2006) - Hanamaro Chaki are fantastical, mysterious and mythical. An exhibition of her work entitled "The Flooded Box" opened earlier this month at Mercado Del Borne in Barcelona and runs through 31 August 2006. The images of strange creatures, which are at once animal and human, seem to come from some deep, dark, but beautiful place—possibly a dream? Her naïve pencil drawings have echoes of a more...
(16 August 2006) - Hanamaro Chaki are fantastical, mysterious and mythical. An exhibition of her work entitled "The Flooded Box" opened earlier this month at Mercado Del Borne in Barcelona and runs through 31 August 2006. The images of strange creatures, which are at once animal and human, seem to come from some deep, dark, but beautiful place—possibly a dream? Her naïve pencil drawings have echoes of a more...
Origen 99.9%
(18 July 2006) - On vacation you want to try the local cuisine, but what is the local cuisine? In Barcelona that problem is solved at Origen 99.9%, a restaurant and retail shop with three locations that specializes in “la cocina Catalana” or the Catalan cooking. Many of the dishes, such as the traditional "Little Octopuses With Chocolate" and a leek and almond soup made from a medieval...
(18 July 2006) - On vacation you want to try the local cuisine, but what is the local cuisine? In Barcelona that problem is solved at Origen 99.9%, a restaurant and retail shop with three locations that specializes in “la cocina Catalana” or the Catalan cooking. Many of the dishes, such as the traditional "Little Octopuses With Chocolate" and a leek and almond soup made from a medieval...
L’appartement
(12 July 2006) - We like Barcelona design store L’appartement for its eclectic—yet cohesive—selection of art and design products. Their main objective is to promote the work of young innovative designers, making everything in the store fresh and exciting. The aesthetic is clean, contemporary, colorful and decorative. Each month L’appartement showcases a young designer’s work. This month features Japanese designer Hiroshi Tsunoda, a Barcelona resident, who's known for...
(12 July 2006) - We like Barcelona design store L’appartement for its eclectic—yet cohesive—selection of art and design products. Their main objective is to promote the work of young innovative designers, making everything in the store fresh and exciting. The aesthetic is clean, contemporary, colorful and decorative. Each month L’appartement showcases a young designer’s work. This month features Japanese designer Hiroshi Tsunoda, a Barcelona resident, who's known for...
Le Cool Changed My Life
(10 July 2006) - Like no other guide book you've seen, Le Cool Changed My Life. A Weird And Wonderful Guide To Barcelona didn't quite change my life but it certainly made my trip to Barcelona a lot more fun. The second edition is just out and British editor Andrew sent a few over for us to check out. The small hardbound guide may look like Mao's Little...
(10 July 2006) - Like no other guide book you've seen, Le Cool Changed My Life. A Weird And Wonderful Guide To Barcelona didn't quite change my life but it certainly made my trip to Barcelona a lot more fun. The second edition is just out and British editor Andrew sent a few over for us to check out. The small hardbound guide may look like Mao's Little...
Trust Nobody x Methamphibian
(06 July 2006) - Bread & Butter, a fashion fair that travels between Barcelona and Berlin every six months. This behemoth event is so overwhelming that after just a few hours you feel like screaming to be let out of the warren of mega-brands, wishing none of us would ever have to wear clothes again. That’s why the smaller events happening around town make for better bite-sized morsels...
(06 July 2006) - Bread & Butter, a fashion fair that travels between Barcelona and Berlin every six months. This behemoth event is so overwhelming that after just a few hours you feel like screaming to be let out of the warren of mega-brands, wishing none of us would ever have to wear clothes again. That’s why the smaller events happening around town make for better bite-sized morsels...
Sónar 2006
(21 June 2006) - After our strange multimedia experience at Sonarama, it was time to get our dancing shoes on for Sónar. I was so enthusiastic about getting there that I was the first person off the first bus Friday night. Why in such as hurry you ask? Just one name: Gilles Peterson, the main man for funky soulful electro beats in the UK, with his amazing worldwide...
(21 June 2006) - After our strange multimedia experience at Sonarama, it was time to get our dancing shoes on for Sónar. I was so enthusiastic about getting there that I was the first person off the first bus Friday night. Why in such as hurry you ask? Just one name: Gilles Peterson, the main man for funky soulful electro beats in the UK, with his amazing worldwide...
Sonarama
(20 June 2006) - Ahhhh, summertime in Barcelona, can you feel the heat and the beats? Year-round this city's thumping to one rhythm or another, but summer months are a whole different story. For all the music festivals that descend on the town at this time of year, how anyone gets any sleep or does any work is a Catalan mystery. At its heart Barcelona is an electropolis...
(20 June 2006) - Ahhhh, summertime in Barcelona, can you feel the heat and the beats? Year-round this city's thumping to one rhythm or another, but summer months are a whole different story. For all the music festivals that descend on the town at this time of year, how anyone gets any sleep or does any work is a Catalan mystery. At its heart Barcelona is an electropolis...
MVRDV's The Hungry Box + Dark Room
(20 December 2005) - MVRDV's characteristically boxy work, opens tomorrow, 21 December, at Fad in Barcelona. Titled "The Hungry Box: Excursions on Capacities," the show runs through 16 January. Timed to coincide with the release of MVRDV's new book, KM3: Excursions and Capacities, Actar (the Barcelona-based publisher), also hosts "Dark Room," ongoing screenings of MVRDV films, also opening tomorrow at Actar's Ras gallery through 21 January. Pre-order the book...
(20 December 2005) - MVRDV's characteristically boxy work, opens tomorrow, 21 December, at Fad in Barcelona. Titled "The Hungry Box: Excursions on Capacities," the show runs through 16 January. Timed to coincide with the release of MVRDV's new book, KM3: Excursions and Capacities, Actar (the Barcelona-based publisher), also hosts "Dark Room," ongoing screenings of MVRDV films, also opening tomorrow at Actar's Ras gallery through 21 January. Pre-order the book...
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