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Damon Bopp’s wall art

Wall artist Damon Bopp, BoppArt, did some stunning features in our entrance. The pattern is the same one from the building’s facade, built in 1900, using the colours from the mosaic floor tiles. Damon hand-painted the walls, doing his own stencils. Visit […]

We are open!

Here we go!!! yök Casa + Cultura opens its doors today!  Thank you to everyone who made this happen so far; you know who you are ;)  

Early birds get 25% off our first month!

Book now for 25% off during our first month! Visit our web for prices and email us to do a booking or if you have any questions, thanks!

El Naufraguito and tourist terrorism

We are fans of El Naufraguito! At the end of the day, yök was born in order to fight the tourist-terrorist, a real threat to Barcelona!  

Works that Work; a design magazine featuring unexpected creativity

We just discovered Works that Work, a magazine in english and spanish “for the curious mind, intending to surprise its readers with a rich mix of diverse subjects connected by the theme of unexpected creativity that improved our lives.” Finally in-depth design […]

Behomm, house swapping for creatives.

A great way to travel for creative minds! Swap your home with another designer or visual artist via Behomm. By invite only.

Lighting design by Anoche for our Casas!

We are delighted (pun intended) to be working with Jordi Ballesta and his team at Anoche, to make yök a well-illuminated and at the same time energy-efficient place.  

Why No One Will Buy Tourism in the Future

Interesting talk by Neal Gorenflo: #HackTravel: Why No One Will Buy Tourism in the Future. The gist of the talk is that the rise of net culture, with it’s emphasis on collaboration, peer relationships, and social good, is changing the habits of […]

Happy 2014!

We signed a commitment to sustainability!

Today we signed Agenda 21’s Citizen Commitment to Sustainability 2002-2012!  

Our view of Barcelona from the terrace! Opening in 2014

It’s hard to come up here and not take any photos!

Check-out our first office space!

Hello from our new work space at APOCAPOC co-working! Thanks to Val, Fabien and Sébastien for letting us work from such a gorgeous eco-designed space while we renovate ours.

Vicente de la Fuente, expert in Modernismo/Art Nouveau

Today we had a special visitor: Vicente de la Fuente, expert in Modernismo/Art Nouveau. Visit his blog Del Modernismo.

Wine bottle awards by Katie Barcelona

Designer Katie Barcelona (also responsible for our logo and web site design), created these wine labels so we could award the people who helped us to start off yök! Best “joint” (millor xivatassu) goes to Gonzalo Milà Best connector goes to Toni […]

yök Sneak Peek Video

This is our video from last saturday’s yök sneak peek! Thank you everyone who made it, and moltes gràcies Casa Mariol pel vermut! Video by Sergio LOES