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Remnants of life and colour: Interview with Zita Chocarro (Hamabi Design)

17/08/2021 by Monapart

Hamabi, which means 12 in Basque, is a number full of symbolism. Twelve are the months of the year, the signs of the Zodiac, and twelve are also the apostles (or the knights of the round table, if you are more chivalrous...). Be sure to visit their online shop and read our interview to find out more about it.

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Personal design for everyone: An interview with Júlia Esqué

07/06/2021 by Monapart

Summarising the essence of Julia Esqué’s (@juliaesque on Instagram) work as a product designer in a few words is easy thanks to all the work behind it. Her projects are grounded in research and hands-on practice, and have been exhibited at the Brussels Collector Fair, the Design Museum Ghent and the HKDI Gallery in Tokyo, among others. With a vision shaped by five years collaborating with Stephen Burks in New York, and after working with Martí Guixé, Jaume Ramírez and Curro Claret, she continues learning (and teaching) things and seeking inspiration without waiting for it to arrive. Between one project and the next, she distils her love for objects for us in this interview.

Design pots: decorate your home with plants

24/02/2021 by Monapart

A home without plants is not a real home. And there are so many benefits... They purify the air; several studies conclude that they help us to concentrate and be more efficient when we live with them; they are the most consistent with a home with ecological values and they brighten up our eyesight. Even NASA loves them! But you know that at Monapart we always like to raise the level of the equation and have products that combine design and functionality in a special way.

Art, fashion and colour (especially one colour): Interview with Sílvia Castelló

18/01/2021 by Monapart

This is not our first foray into the world of textile art. We are referring to Qstura, a school located in Girona that offers online and face-to-face courses in design, pattern-making and dressmaking (including its own diploma in Fashion and Textiles), with a philosophy that is full of values such as sustainability and innovation. We talked to Sílvia Castelló, its director, who explains to us when this passion was born, what her sources of inspiration are and what is the colour that fills - literally - every corner of her life.

Radio, humour and design: Interview with Òscar Dalmau

29/12/2020 by Monapart

In Òscar Dalmau's aesthetic world nothing is casual. You will hardly ever see items from IKEA or Tiger, but you will find ceramics from Sargadelos or furniture from Joe Colombo. If you rummage through his wardrobe, you won't see shirts from H&M, but lots of tweed and vintage ties. And his Instagram is an encyclopaedia of mid-century architecture and vinyl rarities, like the ones you can discover on his -slightly updated but always up to date- blog, Phil Musical's Lounge Corner.

Interiors with functionality and very good taste: Interview with Maite Prats

21/09/2020 by Monapart

What is the most important thing when designing a home? For Maite, the key is to find a good distribution of space. Everything else - which is not little - comes afterwards: the installations, the finishes, the furniture... And when she says home, she means all types of interiors. In this interview we discover how interior architect Maite Prats works.

Imagination, technique and lots of colour: Interview with Laufer

15/05/2020 by Monapart

She has gone from making drawings for her friends at school to illustrating for major publishing houses with the same mindset: projecting onto paper – or the screen – what her audience wants to see. What will they learn from the stories told in each illustration? What feelings will the colour palette evoke? In this interview, Laufer tells us where she gets her inspiration to transform concepts into full-colour illustrations.