BD Barcelona

BD has been around for over half a century. It was founded in a nightclub in 1972 by a bunch of young architects and designers from Barcelona. They broke into the design world with a new vision: to produce and market their designs, and the designs of their friends with complete creative freedom and design criteria. Beginning with the designs of Ettore Sottsass and Alvaro Siza, BD provoked a curiosity about design. These early pieces helped bring international recognition to the countrys design scene, and many of them still exist today. 50 years later, we are an international design company run by a new collective ownership Nacho Alegre, Marco Velardi and Omar Sosa from Apartamento Magazine; Pablo Bofill Ricardo Bofill, Hernan Cortes, Luna Paiva from Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura; Igor Urdampilleta from Arquitectura-G and Fernando de la Mata all architects, publishers and designers. Along with one of the founders, Oscar Tusquets, this group fosters the same nonconformist sp...