On our quest for the typical Barcelona, we remembered Camper´s Dos Palillos Bar in the Raval. They describe it as “a very high bar, not so comfortable bar stools, a tight spot in which one fights for 25cm of space, extravagant decoration with various […]
This box of vintage cigarette papers designer Katie Barcelona (and we love her last name!) found in a flea market in Barcelona, inspired her to do these Luxe Business Cards for Moo! We get excited when our city inspires others to do great work. […]
Buildings are complicated, so why not have portable hotels? Snoozebox delivers rooms made out of shipping containers wherever needed…
Great idea! The customised wallpaper of the Wythe Hotel tells the story of the building… growhousegrow: Beautiful wallpaper cooked up by the very talented Dan Funderburgh for the new Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Can we find a building like the old cooperage in Brooklyn that is now the Wythe Hotel in Barcelona? That’d be nice…
Here’s what I think of the Element Hotel after staying there in New York City for a few nights…
Nano-treated bed linens could save the average hotel more than 100 million liters of water per year. A great example of Biomimicry at work, learning from the Lotus plant how to clean without detergents. [Thanks dMASS for the tip!]
Another locally produced eco-friendly design we can imagine in our future hotel lobby… Trepitjada by Martin Azua. Made from renewable, fully biodegradable esparto in Murcia.
Enzo Mari’s Barcelona Manifesto from 1999 should still be followed by designers; now more than ever! “Barcelona Manifesto The utopizing tension of the origins of design must be recovered. If this is the allegory of a possible transformation, then it should reach […]
Cool 100% recycled glass products, locally produced in Valencia by La Mediterránea. They could be put to good use in our hotel!
Originally designed by Droog for dirty hotel bathroom floors, we think this is still a cool mat, even for clean hotels! Also check out Hotel Droog.
The Soap Flake Dispenser lets you enjoy bars of soap in a comfortable way and has a reduced impact on the environment compared to liquid soap. Today, most of the soap we use is liquid soap, which contains a lot of water. Block soap […]
Here is what current Spanish design can look like: Jaleo restaurant by Juli Capella.
Here you can read Allan Chochinov’s 1000 Words: A Manifesto for Sustainable Design. Good to take into consideration when designing a hotel (or anything else).
The Marquina oil/vinegar recipient that does not drip or stain, is another classic Catalan design we’d like to see at our hotel. By Rafael Marquina, 1961.
