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Valencia in Spain gets international UNESCO recognition for its work with design

VALENCIA’S record in encouraging new designs has helped it become a UNESCO Creative City in an announcement made on Tuesday to coincide with World Cities Day. The UNESCO Creative Cities Network is

1 Nov, 2023 @ 14:30

Valencia·Valencian Community

Valencia, Ciudad De Las Ciencias Y De Las Artes

TRAVEL SPAIN: Five really good reasons why Valencia deserves to be World Design Capital 2022

SPANISH architecture usually makes one think of a Gaudi building melting into itself. Either that or an intricate archway at the Alhambra, a honey-coloured farmhouse, or an ancient castle or two. In

18 Apr, 2022 @ 09:30

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Premium·Travel: Valencia Region·Valencia·Valencian Community

Antonio Miro 2005 photo by Guillem Medina/Wikipedia

Iconic Catalan fashion designer Toni Miro dies age 74

Catalan fashion designer Antonio Miro passed away on Thursday, February 3 after suffering a heart attack. Born in Sabadell in 1947, the son of a tailor burst onto the fashion scene when

3 Feb, 2022 @ 16:45

Barcelona·Catalunya·La Cultura·Lead

Valencia Unveils Massive Programme Of Events Celebrating Being The 2022 World Design Capital In Spain

Spain’s Valencia announces major attractions for its year as World Design Capital 2022

A big programme for Valencia’s year as ‘World Design Capital’ has been unveiled with exhibitions and conferences highlighting all aspects of design. A special launch night was held at the Palau de

23 Nov, 2021 @ 15:39

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

OH BE-CAVE! Architect in Spain turns tatty tool shed into stunning cave home

The project, which took just four months to complete, enshrines the concept of minimalism with natural materials

3 Nov, 2019 @ 10:02

Lead·Mallorca·Property

Rule-breaking Madrid design firm gives grunge office block some colour therapy

TAKE an austere concrete shell, lob some paint at it, and what have you got? The ominously-titled building, LH135. This is the latest ambitious project of Mariano, the award-winning Madrid design studio,

15 Jun, 2019 @ 18:52

Lead·Property

Living with Gaudi – Turkish art dealer builds home inside iconic tourist attraction

AN award-winning GAUDI building has been transformed into a stylish apartment thanks to a local design firm. Mimouca Barcelona used muted greys and blacks to bring to life the colourful mosaics and

20 Mar, 2019 @ 18:38

Barcelona·La Cultura·Lead·Property

Lady Elizabeth School, in Benitachell Alicante, is to have its grand inauguration this month

IT is certainly one of the most stunning school developments of recent years. And now with the completion of its indoor pool, the brand new Lady Elizabeth School, in Alicante, is to

19 Mar, 2019 @ 10:32

Costa Blanca·Education·Lead

Ceramics are the hot new design trend styling up interiors this year

IF you love interior design and are not afraid to use bold colours and patterns, you would have been in your element at this year’s Cevisama. The only annual ceramic tile trade

18 Mar, 2019 @ 10:22

Costa Blanca·Lead·Property

Oslo-sur-Med – modern home praised for its cutting edge design

A SPANISH architect has received praise for his Norway-inspired and totally white house, lodged like an iceberg in the foothills Alicante’s mountains. The impressive Oslo House, surrounded by pine trees, is the

3 Oct, 2018 @ 19:02

Property

In the latest round of the Design World Cup – Clinical vs Colour

IT seems all Europeans have their own unique DNA when it comes to interior styles, like stripes that never go away. In our last property magazine, I explained how I could tell

29 Sep, 2018 @ 13:33

Property

British fashion designer creates a unique suite for Deia’s Belmont La Residencia hotel

A SPLASH of floral blue and soft pinks have created one of the island’s hippest suites. Designed by British fashion designer Matthew Williamson, Suite 67, at Deia’s Belmont La Residencia hotel, also

27 Jun, 2018 @ 13:18

Mallorca·Property·Travel News

Marbella Design Academy opens doors to public

Do you dream of being a designer?

9 Mar, 2015 @ 19:30

Education·Malaga

Gaudi’s long-lost chapel to finally be built in Chile

It's the first of the architect's projects outside Spain

17 Jan, 2015 @ 14:00

La Cultura·Other News

Myleene’s got Klass in Ibiza

The former singer shows off her new bikini designs

17 Sep, 2014 @ 16:23

Graduation day at the Marbella Design Academy

Marbella Design Academy students graduated in style with a catwalk show and art exhibition

12 Dec, 2012 @ 18:00

Malaga

stella mccartney picks up fashion award in madrid

Stellar designs from British fashionista

Stella McCartney picks up prestigious award in Madrid

14 Nov, 2012 @ 11:52