Barcelona Design Center celebrates its 50th anniversary

December 19th 2023

Barcelona Center of Disseny

Barcelona Design Center (BcD) has commemorated its 50 years of promoting creativity and design with a celebration that took place at the Roca Barcelona Gallery. The event brought together about 200 people, including designers, business representatives and prominent members of institutions that have contributed to forging the history of this entity since its founding in 1973.

Among the attendees was the presence of the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, who praised the value that design brings to the image of the city and expressed his unconditional support for the innovative work of the Barcelona Design Center. On the other hand, the Secretary of Business and Competitiveness of the Generalitat of Catalonia also attended the event, Albert Castellanos, who highlighted the relevance of design as a key factor for business competitiveness.

makeat, a company from the Design Cluster, devised a gastronomic experience for the occasion that featured the Barcelona gastronomic ecosystem as an example of creative talent.

The gastronomic experience was inaugurated with a welcome cocktail with some magnificent and striking cloud cocktails from Vom edible cloud. Paul Casagrande y Xavier Donnay from the Lasarte restaurant delighted the guests with a lobster toast and a croissant Gianduia. Mixed Taste was the curious point of the night with a surprising proposal with products made with digital printing of cocusWhereas Vakuum by Martin Lippo delighted us with a yogurt Nitrowaffle served with edible spoons of Here.

Innoflower offered its sweets made from edible flowers and the spectacular cake with an imposing 50 in modernist style was in charge of Miquel Guarro, executive pastry chef Hoffman and which was designed together with Makeat.

The World Chocolate Master 22, Lluc Crusellas, gave all attendees some coffee nougats from Eukarya Xocolata.

The 50th anniversary of the Barcelona Design Center had the notable sponsorship of Balvi and Roca, as well as with the collaboration of Mastinell.

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