From 8 to 13 April 2014, during the week of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, the Spanish platform O | CULTS will present the best projects selected for the Spanish Makers contest at the design Supermarket de la Rinascente in Piazza Duomo.
It is creative and unique pieces made by local manufacturers and auto-Spanish handicrafts.
An exhibition of accessories and small furniture makers and designers selected from the 167 31 reality products from Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Gerona, Cuenca, Bilbao, Seville and Las Palmas.
16 selected studies for the final expo: Aparentment, Aviv Shany, Bicolter, Bussoga, Cookplay, Fambuena, Gauzak by Quattria, Krasznai, Mad Lab, Noviembre Estudio, Obbious, Ossby, Joaquim Roqué, SquadOne, Tcherassi-Vilató, Sputnik.
Spanish Makers emphasizes current issues concerning creativity and planning, combined with craftsmanship, in a unique and international context such as that of the design week par excellence.
"There is a return to value and artisan knowledge, in Italy as in Spain" says Alex Bosch, one of the founders of O | CULTS who, with this Exhibition-Event in Milan, wishes to focus on these themes, obviously contaminating them with a contemporary approach.
"The collaboration with an exceptional brand such as la Rinascente, which began a few months ago, continues now with this initiative - adds Bosch - which will see the products selected for Spanish Makers, hosted in the prestigious window of the Design Supermarket in Piazza Duomo, with the possibility then to become part of the catalog of la Rinascente ".
O | CULTS, which firmly believes in the network and in the potential generated by the platform, will have as a partner, for this as for other initiatives, Labóh - a consultancy agency, based in Barcelona and Venice, dedicated to design and architecture.
The goal of O-cults is in fact to promote the best talents in the field of design by putting them in contact with international producers, publishers and distributors, generating new opportunities for growth and notoriety both for designers and for the companies with which they work. establish collaboration.
The official presentation of the exhibition Spanish Makers will take place at the Design Supermarket 10 April, with a Press Day starts at 18: 00 21 to: 00.
Every weekday, on time 18: 00-21: 00, the audience of design week will learn about the exhibition through the Design Dates: meetings with young Spanish designers who, in turn, will explain live their products and their different experiences as makers.
More information about: www.o-cults.com
