A01. Discover DHUB
B01. What is it?
Disseny Hub Barcelona is the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona’s new centre for promoting knowledge, understanding and proper use of the design world. A space billed to go beyond the scope of a museum or institution which aims to advance all facets of this discipline. It is all of this and much more.
To achieve this, Disseny Hub Barcelona is becoming an operating system which transcends its own physical space, part of its action unfolding in a virtual environment, turning it into the hub of a network of design curators, creators and consumers – an exchange for cutting-edge information in this sector.
This umbrella organisation for the endowments of existing museums – Museu de les Arts Decoratives, Museu Tèxtil i de la Indumentària and Gabinet de les Arts Gràfiques – sets out to observe the past and present of the design world in order to stimulate research and precipitate activity, in collaboration with the business sector. The result will be a forum for professional dialogue and appraisal, a locale which, drawing on the new technologies, will disseminate among the public at large knowledge of a discipline that features powerfully in our lives and is essential to the economy.
Disseny Hub Barcelona originated in Barcelona, a city which, owing to its historical ties to the design world and its excellent pool of schools, consumers, industry and professionals, has an enormous potential for becoming a great centre of international production.
Disseny Hub Barcelona commissioner: Ramon Prat.
Museums director of Disseny Hub Barcelona: Marta Montmany.
The four areas of operation are
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Museum
The most well-known and classic activity of a museum – the programming of events and exhibitions around its collections, which will continue to grow and become a resource of documentary and strategic interest.
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Scene
Using a variety of activities that include exhibitions, conferences, workshops and publications, this branch aspires to detect and understand the modern-day reality of the world of design.
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Research
A space for reflection, debate and criticism that hopes to contribute to the future definition of design. Research, by organising the intensive exploration of specific subjects, is the first step before moving into action.
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Action
The active stimulation of and collaboration with the business world, with the ultimate aim of generating the final production of products and services.
The four disciplines of Disseny Hub Barcelona are
Product design
Visual communications design
Architecture and interior design
Fashion design