Life & Style
design
Life & Style
Barcelona is ready for 4 days of fresh talent and style at the annual 080 Autumn/Winter Fashion Week
Culture
Barcelona Design Museum opens with a 70,000 collection bringing together 4 museums
Business
Barcelona-based Desigual launches its own stores in Mexico and Canada
Culture
Beijing Design Week focuses on Barcelona with manifold exhibitions, conferences and activities
Business
Barcelona-based fashion company Desigual increases profit by 50% in the first half of the year
Culture
Barcelona Contemporary Art Museum (MACBA) broadens its horizons with new exhibition spaces and services
Sports
FC Barcelona and Nike unveil new away kit for season 2014-15
Business
SEAT's new SUV model to be produced in the Czech Republic instead of Greater Barcelona
Business
Perfume maker Puig unveils new headquarters designed by Moneo and aims to rank the world's 3rd by 2020
Business
Barcelona fashion company Desigual increased profit by 70% in 2013
Life & Style
The Born Cultural Centre, catwalk for the 2014 edition of the 080 Barcelona Fashion Week
Business
Volkswagen to decide whether Catalonia will produce SEAT's new SUV
Business
Agbar Tower to be transformed into a Grand Hyatt hotel
Culture
Barcelona will be Guest of Honour at the 2014 Beijing Design Week
The city of Barcelona will be the Guest of Honour at the 2014 Beijing Design Week (BJDW). This festival is one of the biggest cultural events in China and will be attended by three and a half millon visitors from all over the world. The news was announced on Thursday by Mayor of Barcelona Xavier Trias, Minister for Culture Ferran Mascarell and Director of the Ramon Llull Institute for Catalan Culture Àlex Susanna. The event is dedicated to Design, Architecture, Urbanism, and Contemporary Creation. Susanna insisted it was the most significant cultural project since Catalonia’s invitation to the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2007.