Museu del Disseny de Barcelona
7 expert reviews
“With its vast holdings in textiles, product design, and printed materials through the centuries, it provides a perfect entrance-level survey into the world of design.”
– goop
"This new center of activity represents the efforts... to plant an eye-catching architectural anchor in the long-delayed renewal project on Plaça de les Glories." Full review
"Unkindly nicknamed la grapadora (the stapler) by locals. The museum... will house a dazzling collection of ceramics, decorative arts and textiles." Full review
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"The goal of the DHUB (Disseny Hub) is to study and raise awareness of Decorative Arts and Design." Full review
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"Its aim is to offer an insight into "the culture of objects, from applied arts to contemporary design"." Full review
"Four floors are devoted to permanent exhibitions, covering graphic design, fashion, decorative pieces (like ceramics), and household products...only everything is given a Catalan or Spanish slant." Full review
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Curators recommend that you start on the fourth floor and work down—loosely, this takes you from the exhibits that require more focus (books, say) to products like bikes and cars that don’t.
"Some 70,000 objects – among them tableware, ceramics, corsets, chairs, boxes and publicity posters – that show the evolution of the decorative arts in design and the works of contemporary artists." Full review