Julio Redacción

On its fifth anniversary, the White Summer Market festival surprises. This time the festival is going to visit the city of Barcelona.

With the arrival of summer, the Costa Brava is again becoming a fashionable destination. A natural landscape and culture which joined five years ago the White Summer Market.

This time the festival will have a special presentation in the city Barcelona. An event featuring the latest trends in fashion, art, food and music.

Weeks ahead the event we will have to start preparing a festival full of colour and sensations, with energy and a truly unique creative synergy.

The summer comes with the White Summer Market!

White Summer in Barcelona

The great fashion festival on the Costa Brava will approach Barcelona from 21st to 22nd of May.

It will be in the former factory of Estrella Damm (Rossello street, 515) with a proposal that wants to take the best of its annual meeting in Pals (Girona).

A combination of music and entertainment in five different scenarios, with performances of new music gems and even circus acrobatics.

On Saturday 21st of May will highlight the performance of the singer Maika Makovski and Sunday 22nd of May will the US singer Maïa Vidal.

Also performing Markooz, Mark&Martin Duo and the well-known Brodas Bros, in an unmissable weekend.

The White Summer Market 2016

Girona’s Costa Brava celebrates again the best festival to enjoy the fashion trends in an exclusive environment. This is the White Market Festival held at the Mas Gelabert located in the town of Pals.

The 5th edition of the event will be held in a few weeks, from July 30th to August 20th, with an offer that goes beyond fashion.

 

More than 300 stands with all kinds of creations, from clothing to accessories, furniture or perfume. All in a bohemian atmosphere, between fantastic mountains and rice paddies of Pals.

Also a good example of gastronomy, with 30 food trucks and 2 restaurants with cuisine, to enjoy healthy food and imaginative pastries.

The offer is completed with a lot of activities, music, workshops and performing arts.

The perfect plan for this summer!

This is the first NBA themed restaurant which opens in Europe

After an intensive search in which it was thought that the project have been stopped, the NBA will open in late summer its first themed restaurant in Europe. The premises, which will be located on the Ramblas, will have a cafeteria area, restoration, sale of merchandising and giant screens where you can see the last matches of the professional basketball league in the United States. It will not be possible to see them live, since the restaurant will not be open at dawn, but the matches which begins before that hour, will be televised.

The search was long, as the NBA shuffled several location, and they finally are going to settle in the city. The list included the former Foneria de Canons and the Palace of Cinema of the Via Laietana, although they were discarded and opted for a place in the district of Ciutat Vella, particularly in the Ramblas. The large number of tourists and locals who walk through this central avenue -one hundred million a year passersby-, have made the NBA choose this location to open its first store in Europe.

The American basketball association has partnered with the local restaurant chain AN Grup, who runs restaurants in Barcelona known as Txapela, Mussol and Attic, among others. Specifically, this last restaurant mentioned, is supposed to possibly host the themed restaurant. The work on the establishment began a few days ago with the limited partnership under the name ANGR Basket Café which was formed last October, suggests that it is likely that the restaurant is installed here.

The establishment will have 500 square meters and giant screens to broadcast the matches. The idea is that this ‘NBA coffee’, very similar to Hard Rock Cafe style, becoming a powerhouse for basketball activities. Barcelona has a long tradition in this sport and the Olympic Games in 1992 helped to forge this link, thanks to the legendary Dream Team of Michael Jordan and Michael Johnson who played in that event.

The news disclosed by Rac1 was very well received by the Amics of the Rambla Association, as they argue, not only will provide a ‘quality’ business and global reputation to the famous avenue, but also to attract even more tourists which will motivate the Barcelona neighbors to walk through the Ramblas.

Barcelona is a benchmark in the world of interactive entertainment. Leading companies, training centers in the development of applications and a large congress are key to the success of their video games.

New technologies have a pillar in the city of Barcelona. Year after year we can see in Congress like the MWC, with Barcelona as Mobile World Capital, and even in the world of music with Sonar Festival.

Today we know the importance of the interactive entertainment industry in the city and its lasts ‘sign up’: the Gamelab Barcelona 2016 and the Barcelona Games World.

Barcelona has a technological hub formed by technology companies dedicated to video game development, universities focused training in digital applications and part of an industry that invoice more than 400 million annually.

This are compelling reasons for create new projects undertaken in the Catalan capital, as BCN World Games and Gamelab. In this city, we have reference events in the field of interactive entertainment which is the perfect meeting place for gaming professionals across Europe.

Let’s learn more about this world!

Game industry in Barcelona

The business world of video games in Spain is a sector at its pick.

The latest statistics available are from the 2014, with a turnover of 412.4 million euros, 31% higher than those from the 2013 and below 1,000 million estimated for 2018.

The White Paper of the Spanish Game Development 2015 stated that there are about 400 companies which revenues are distributed. A dominated by startups sector, where the 96% of companies have less than 50 employees.

Catalonia takes almost a quarter of the business. Exactly it has a 24.5% of game companies. While Madrid takes a 25%.

The prestigious magazine Wired has no doubt to highlight Barcelona as one of the most attractive cities for start-ups.

At the same time, universities develop specialized masters and postgraduate courses, taking advantage of the confluence with the leading companies in technology.

Courses such as the Interactive Digital Contents degree (UB) or the Bachelor of Interactive and Video Applications (UPF) are a proof of that.

 

Gamelab and Barcelona Games World

The AEVI Barcelona has decided to bring the great fair game in Spain: Barcelona Games World. An event to be held from 6 to 9 October at the Fira de Barcelona.

This fair is one of the main events of the gaming industry in Europe and brings together the largest companies in the industry. A meeting between professionals generating synergies of the entertainment industry and other fields (culture, education,…).

The Barcelona World Games is a showcase to open business opportunities and generate networking, but also to open the debate between public and private actors.

The latest edition of the fair had over 92,000 attendees and occupied 30,000 square meters in the Madrid Games Week 2015.

A challenge that Barcelona must overcome!

However, while Barcelona prepares this great fair, the new challenge is in celebration of professional congress game for Europe Gamelab 2016.

An event that will take place from June 29th to July 21st at the Hesperia Tower hotel next to the Fira de Barcelona, in l’Hospitalet de Llobregat.

In Barcelona the start-ups and technology never rest!

The German Pavilion designed by Mies van der Rohe, celebrates 30 years of its reconstruction and a series of official events will follow because of its anniversary

The Universal Exposition in Barcelona in 1929 hosted the pavilion for the first time and almost sixty years later is settled in Barcelona, this time indefinitely. The German Pavilion is now celebrating the 30th anniversary of its reconstruction by the architects Oriol Bohigas, Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Cristian Cirici and Fernando Ramos.

The reconstruction was adapted to the architectural techniques of the time but, as says Ivan Blasi –coordinator the pavilion on conceptual issues–, such as the use of materials, worked carefully choosing materials and looking at all the details as Mies van der Rohe did.

The building was first used for the official opening of the German section of the Universal Exhibition of 1929. It was commissioned by the Weimar Republic in order that other countries could echo the currency of the country through its architecture. For the creation of this space, the architect used the steel, marble and glass as main materials, which were materials little used at the time and thus became one of the reference works of modern architecture.

With works like this, Mies van der Rohe was considered one of the fathers of modern architecture and the works that followed the German Pavilion –the Farnsworth house, Villa Tugendhat and the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery)– which at the end was confirmed.

Although the German architect is very important in the world of architecture and design figure, there are still many that the name Mies van der Rohe grates in them ears. To protect the legacy of architect Mies van der Rohe Foundation was created in Barcelona. The institution is responsible for organizing many cultural activities to disseminate and reflect on contemporary architecture. Since 1988 awarded, every two years, the prestigious Prize for Contemporary Architecture European Union –Mies van der Rohe Prize–, rewarding buildings like the Oslo Opera House, the Kursaal or the National Library in Paris, among others.

Miriam Giordano, a member of the foundation, explains the purpose to publicize the building taking advantage of its 30th anniversary: «We want to use the anniversary to the maximum possible number of people know and understand the relevance of the space». On June 1 will take place the official ceremony of the anniversary, which will have institutional presence and all those who participated both in recovery and in its operation.

The event will include a dance show organized by Toni Mira, an art installation of Luis Martinez Santa-Maria and succeeding them, four days of open doors with many activities of music, art, film and dance.

Barcelona dresses for wedding to embrace a new edition of the Bridal Fashion Week. More brands and events around the city are some of their news.

You only pass by the altar only once in your life, and that may be the secret of this fascinating world where nothing is left to chance.

Judging by spending on bridal gowns and the arrival of new markets, the world of bridal fashion beats over the years and generations with renewed energy.

To test this approach the 26th edition of the Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week is going to be held from 26th to 29th of April in the “Fira de Barcelona”. A bridal event with parades, news of the big brands, professional conferences and events which are open to general public all around the city.

This year, the Bridal Fashion Week is accompanied by the presentation of a report on new consumer trends among the future generation of ‘millennials’ brides.

International style, design and production of consumer trends, in a fashionable city.

Nothing can fail at the most important day!

Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week 2016

Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week have been, for decades, one of the most important events in the sector. An event in which this year are going to be 24 parades featuring national and international designers and will be held with their collections for the 2017 season.

Not forgetting the more than 260 fashion brands, mostly from outside our country, which will bring new wedding fashion for brides and grooms. A wide range of companies that exceeds by 13% the last year event, and that will leave its proposals on display from 29th of April to 1st of May.

Highlights the presence of Naeem Kha, designer of Indian origin and established in New York, who has dressed all kinds of celebrities and Gaul also Lahav, from Israel, with a new collection.

The expected Houghton firm from the US that brings new proposals and flagship models which will debut in Barcelona. Also, we should not forget the classic names who have spent years placing the Bridal Fashion Week at the top.

Parallel to the presentations, this week the bridal fashion is an important business focus and includes the participation of the city. The presence of 400 buyers from over 40 countries and the events which are going to take place in all Barcelona; such as a photographic exhibition at Plaza España, the five special designs of the ‘IED’ or Weeding Summit of Caixaforum.

The ‘millennial’ generation up to the altar

Barcelona Bridal Fashion Week 2016 will begin with the presentation of an important report for the sector. It is the study by José Luis Nueno, professor at the IESE Business School, and entitled ‘Millennial brides, born in the 80’s, married today’.

This generation, born between 1983 and 2000, approaching the altar without skimping on anything and exploiting new markets among Asian countries, especially China.

The report helps to understand how the bridal spending is distributed. In Spain, for example, a wedding budget is around 16.500 euros.

The wedding industry is a gem among events. A sector in our country which has an annual turnover of 1.246 million euros and which produces 755.000 dresses a year which are ‘Made in Spain’.

Who said that marriage is no longer fashionable?