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Digital Impact

An art and design experience bridging the physical and virtual words.
Common objects. Local stories, global discussions

We associate design with objects that are present in our everyday lives. But also with certain objects that have something special. These are common objects to
Do you Work or Design? New Visual Communication. 1980-2003

The 1980s and 1990s were peak moments for graphic design.
Modernisme: toward the design culture

Barcelona Design Museum, within the scope of its historical collections, dedicates an exhibition reading the collection in terms of "culture of design".
Extraordinary! Collections of decorative arts (3rd-19th Century)

This exhibition offers a chronological overview of the various collections of ceramics, textiles, furniture, glassware, miniatures, clocks, wallpaper and other
Dressing the Body. Silhouettes and fashion (1550-2015)

The exhibition Dressing the Body sets out to show how clothes modify the appearance of the body by way of actions that have alternately tended to compress it

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Guided tours

Guided tour of the Museum-Apartment at the Casa Bloc, Dwelling 1/11

03 / 04 / 2021 to 31 / 12 / 2023

The Casa Bloc is a symbol of rationalist architecture in Barcelona.

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Themed routes

Relats des-orientats. Un arxiu sonor sobre mobiliari urbà

03 / 06 / 2022 to 31 / 12 / 2027

Microrelats sobre els objectes de mobiliari urbà.

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Guided tours

Visites guiades gratuïtes a les exposicions permanents

14 / 01 / 2023 to 17 / 06 / 2023

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Others

ArtsLibris, Fira Internacional del llibre d'artista

09 / 06 / 2023 to 11 / 06 / 2023

Un centenar d’editors i una ambiciosa proposta cultural formada per xerrades, debats i tallers al voltant de les publicacions d’artista.

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Permanent

Do you Work or Design? New Visual Communication. 1980-2003

08 / 02 / 2020 to 31 / 08 / 2027

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Permanent

Dressing the Body. Silhouettes and fashion (1550-2015)

20 / 07 / 2020 to 03 / 12 / 2023

The exhibition Dressing the Body sets out to show how clothes modify the appearance of the body by way of actions that have alternately tended to compress it and liberate it, from the sixteenth century to the present.

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Permanent

Modernisme: toward the design culture

12 / 11 / 2020 to 28 / 02 / 2025

Barcelona Design Museum, within the scope of its historical collections, dedicates an exhibition reading the collection in terms of "culture of design".

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Permanent

Extraordinary! Collections of decorative arts (3rd-19th Century)

17 / 11 / 2020 to 31 / 12 / 2025

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Permanent

Museum-Apartment at the Casa Bloc, Dwelling 1/11

01 / 12 / 2020 to 31 / 12 / 2023

A symbol of rationalist architecture in Barcelona.

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Permanent

Common objects. Local stories, global discussions

03 / 12 / 2021 to 31 / 12 / 2025

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Temporary

Digital Impact

28 / 04 / 2023 to 27 / 08 / 2023

An art and design experience bridging the physical and virtual words.

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Pop-up

Ella

11 / 05 / 2023 to 18 / 06 / 2023

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Collections objects

Socarrat

Ceiling plaque. Paterna, 15th century.
Terracotta painted with iron oxid and manganese.

Is one of the pieces you can see in the exhibition Picasso's will. The ceramics that inspired the artist.
"Mirallmar" mirror

Designed by Eduard Samsó and produced by BD. Ediciones de Diseño (1991)

A good design example during the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.
"Welcome" table

Designed by Xiu Xiu Design

Valencia (2003)

Find out other product design examples in our "online collections"
Tall'n'Small

Fotografia de Daniel Riera. Barcelona, 2010. MTIB 3990/13

Quina relació mantenim amb el nostre cos i la nostra manera de vestir? A la jornada D-Generades posem en qüestió el paper de la moda en la legitimació de certes corporalitats i la demonització de les que no s’hi ajusten.
Chapas

Game
Designed by Fernando Amat Ferré for the Vinçon store.
Denia, c. 1980.
You can discover more objects from the iconic Barcelona store in Vinçon, 1929-2015
Coffee maker DIN

Produced by: AEG Ibérica de Electricidad.
Madrid, c. 1950.

You can found more product design in our online collection.
Christmas

Ricard Giralt Miracle
Entre 1951-1953

You can see more pieces by this designer in our online collection
Arquitectura

Construction game
Daniel Nebot
Noáin, 1993

You can see more wooden games in our online collection
Cadira

Francesc Vidal i Jevellí
Barcelona, 1884-1889
Podeu descobrir la figura de Francesc Vidal a la publicació Francesc Vidal. L'aposta per les indústries d'art a Barcelona (1878-1914)
Photography by Ferran Casanova

Barcelona, 2008
Dress by Maria Escoté
MTIB 3917/13

You can see more photos by Ferran Casanova in our online collection.

Blog

We go from “designing for” to “designing with”. Anaïs Esmerado
08 / 06 / 2023

Anaïs Esmerado is the founder and director of Ojalá projects, an association which arose out of the concerns of university teachers with the aim of innovating Read more >
“Sustainability is based on a good eco-design.” Interview with Verónica Amorós, Endutex
31 / 05 / 2023

We often see how design and innovation work together as a response to current challenges. For this reason, the MATERFAD Materials Centre has created the Green Read more >
We reuses 80% of the materials of the ‘Knock on Wood!’ exhibition
30 / 05 / 2023

Disseny Hub Barcelona design has carried out a series of actions that are in line with its firm commitment to responsible and environmentally friendly Read more >
“Women and dissenting bodies are still uncomfortable for the big collections”, D-Generades conversations with Júlia Lull
24 / 05 / 2023

Talk with Júlia Lull about the impact of mediation with a feminist view in cultural facilities. Read more >
D-Generated Conversations: Inclusive fashion with Rut Turró and Marina Vergés
17 / 05 / 2023

During this month of May, the Disseny Hub has hosted the third edition of the D-Generated Days: an annual event to reflect on the representation of bodies in Read more >
“I think design will allow us to find a new perspective for humanity”. Interview with Refik Anadol
09 / 05 / 2023

Refik Anadol is one of the most innovative and powerful artists on the international scene, director and pioneer in data aesthetics and artificial intelligence Read more >
“The key is to take care of local projects with an international perspective”, Laura Serra
03 / 05 / 2023

Laura Serra Estorch is an executive producer for CANADA Read more >
"Els mapes i dibuixos cartogràfics sempre han situat al punt de mira allò considerat valuós"
25 / 04 / 2023

Una de les activitats que es poden veure a Model. Festival d'Arquitectures de Barcelona és l'exposició “73 Barcelones”, on es mostren dibuixos de la ciutat des Read more >
“It is not the space itself, but how each person perceives it”. Interview with Guillermo Santomà
20 / 04 / 2023

Guillermo Santomà (architect and designer). This year he has led the Inspired in Barcelona proposal at the Fuorisalone events in Milan Read more >
Design, all in one click
20 / 04 / 2023

A new era begins for the Barcelona Design Museum and the Design Hub in which both programs merge and unify the communication channels to have a single voice. Read more >