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Festive Designer illumination

5 January 2015

Cristina Morozzi

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For Christmas 2014, Barcelona decorates Paseo de Gracia, the noblest narrow streets of the Catalan capital, onto which look the two emblematic buildings of Antoni Gaudi, Casa Mila and Casa Batlló, with illuminations created by Lagranja design, a studio founded in Barcelona in 2001 by the Catalan Gerard Sanmartì and Gabriele Schiavon from Padua.

Paseo de Gracia Lagranja Design Barcellona light
Passeo de Gracia Barcellona Casa Battlo lagranja design

The shapes of the illuminations are freely inspired by the maquette from Gaudi’s arches, constructed with ropes and sandbags.
Made in different sizes, with red and white LEDs, the unusual illuminations give the Paseo an original Christmas air. The designer illuminations inaugurate a promising new chapter of urban design, proving that one can party, avoiding the replication of tradition and refraining from being kitsch.

passeo De gracia Lagranja design barcellona light
Passeo de gracia barcellona lagranja design light
Passeo de Gracia Barcellona Lagranja design light
Passeo de Garcia Barcellona Lagranja design light

For Christmas 2014, Barcelona decorates Paseo de Gracia, the noblest narrow streets of the Catalan capital, onto which look the two emblematic buildings of Antoni Gaudi, Casa Mila and Casa Batlló, with illuminations created by Lagranja design, a studio founded in Barcelona in 2001 by the Catalan Gerard Sanmartì and Gabriele Schiavon from Padua.
The shapes of the illuminations are freely inspired by the maquette from Gaudi’s arches, constructed with ropes and sandbags.
Made in different sizes, with red and white LEDs, the unusual illuminations give the Paseo an original Christmas air. The designer illuminations inaugurate a promising new chapter of urban design, proving that one can party, avoiding the replication of tradition and refraining from being kitsch.

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