In the late seventies, the company moved to the Casa Thomas, a sumptuous modernista edifice commissioned by a publishing company at the turn of the 20th century. The choice spoke volumes about the company's (by now well-defined) philosophy: the conjunction of traditional values and non-conformity, which echoed the symbolic Catalan traits of rauxa (unconventionality) and seny (common sense). For the next two and half decades, BD edited and sold furniture and domestic objects signed by Mackintosh, Antoni Gaudí and Salvador Dalí, alongside the best in international design, and more utilitarian elements such as door handles and bathroom taps. This prolific period produced such icons as the 'Varius' chair and 'Buzones' letterbox and many other objects that feature in Barcelona's world-renowned urban landscape.
BD Barcelona Design Gallery
BD Barcelona Design's new showroom gallery occupies a former industrial warehouse in 22@, Barcelona's emerging creative and dot.com district.
In the late seventies, the company moved to the Casa Thomas, a sumptuous modernista edifice commissioned by a publishing company at the turn of the 20th century. The choice spoke volumes about the company's (by now well-defined) philosophy: the conjunction of traditional values and non-conformity, which echoed the symbolic Catalan traits of rauxa (unconventionality) and seny (common sense). For the next two and half decades, BD edited and sold furniture and domestic objects signed by Mackintosh, Antoni Gaudí and Salvador Dalí, alongside the best in international design, and more utilitarian elements such as door handles and bathroom taps. This prolific period produced such icons as the 'Varius' chair and 'Buzones' letterbox and many other objects that feature in Barcelona's world-renowned urban landscape.