Barcelona at the Design Miami Fair
Barcelona affirms its role as a reference city for design and the avant-garde at the Design Miami international fair, the leading exhibition for collectible design, where it presents the project 12 out of 100K from 3 to 8 December 2024.
The initiative, curated by the il·lacions design gallery, promoted by the Barcelona City Council and the Disseny Hub Barcelona, and organized by the Barcelona Creativity & Design Foundation, presents the work of 12 creators with ties to the city who are noteworthy for their innovative and disruptive visions.
12 out of 100K is the conceptual framework of the exhibition that sees participation by Andreu Carulla, Antoni Pallejà, Bussoga, Cristian Herrera Dalmau, Curro Claret, ELIURPÍ, Joshua Linacisoro, Kutarq, Max Enrich, MSubiràs, Rosa Cortiella and a booth mural by Cristian Zuzunaga.
Promoting Barcelona Design on the world stage
Barcelona is working to strengthen its historically prominent position on the global design map. The city’s rich tradition in design, architecture, and craftsmanship has generated a boom of new designers and creators, a massive community that is being expanded and reinforced year after year by its 18 top-tier design schools.
This vibrant pool of talent has cemented the city’s leading role in the international design scene of southern Europe. The multicultural background of this great community has helped the city become a hub for thousands and thousands of individual voices, origins, and diverse ways of thinking, creating a vibrant and dynamic breeding ground for creation and thought applied to avant-garde design.
It is estimated that in Barcelona, with a population of 1.7 million inhabitants, there is a community of over 100,000 people dedicated to design and creativity. Every year 10,000 students graduate from local design schools.
Our gallery embraces all expressions of design linked to thought and artistic vision. This diversity of voices is so varied that it generates a wide range of expressions and specializations, such as critical design, speculative design, transitional design, social design, and many others.
We are therefore committed to presenting 12 artists who best represent the diverse range of voices among the 100,000 creators working today in Barcelona.
Static Continuum by Cristian Zuzunaga
The mural captures the essence of Barcelona, his hometown, with the sea rendered in 11 shades of blue and the hand-drawn word ‘Barcelona’ in 5 blue tones, symbolising Gaudí’s fluid, architectural forms. Pixelated elements link ancient analogue techniques, such as Roman mosaics, with modern digital aesthetics, emphasising the role of hand-painted art in a digital age dominated by AI and computers.
The sea, with its unending motion, represents life, rhythm, and the subconscious, flowing and receding in an eternal rhythm that balances stasis and transformation. In Static Continuum, he explores the merging of sky and sea, drawing on personal experiences that embody Barcelona’s unique rhythm. The fluidly hand-drawn ‘Barcelona’ evokes Gaudí’s adaptability and organic vision, uniting the stable with that which is ever-changing, fluid and continuous.
This mural represents his journey through Barcelona’s landscape, inviting viewers to experience the balance between motion and stillness, transformation and continuity—all in the boundless blue of Barcelona’s sea and sky.
Description of the mural:
– Title: Static Continuum
– Medium: Hand-painted using acrylic emulsion paint, unique piece – made to order.
– Dimensions: 350 x 732cm
– Unique piece: Made to order