Art and refugees, stars of the City of Barcelona Prize for Art

On the evening of Thursday 16 February, the Saló de Cent at Barcelona City Hall hosted the award ceremony for the City of Barcelona Prizes. In the design category, the winner of this year’s prize was the studio  La Casa de Carlota for Citizen Refugees ProjectK.

The project is closely linked to what is currently going on in the Mediterranean and Barcelona and has revolved around designing a flag for refugees using pieces of the flags of the countries they have fled in recent years.  A number of companies and NGO’s have already signed up to the initiative, as well as the City Hall itself.

During the award ceremony, a special mention was given to the book Barcelona.  Publicitat  i  Ephemera by Víctor  Oliva  Pascuet and Oriol Oliva Sanosa. The publication, which was presented last year at the Documentation Centre at the Design Museum for Barcelona, gives an overview of the graphic heritage created in Barcelona over the last 150 years.

BTV journalist Eva Arderius hosted the ceremony, which was attended by the Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, and the Deputy Mayor for Enterprise, Culture and Innovation, Jaume Collboni.