Odd Kiosk was a response to the climate of these spaces, giving the youth, in importance, a space to explore their sense of self without harming one’s mental health

«We are on the street. We don’t belong to the four walls. There is no limit of a window or a door to come through». In conversation with founders Pablo Padro, Gautier Robial, Yaël Huppert

The gallery-bookshop space was used as a textile facility for five years «Our store is filled with books that have a few in copy, we are not looking for mainstream- novels, but for one-of-a-kind finds»

Founder Juan Naranjo draws an analogy between the significance of bookstores and that of galleries and museums. A tale of wood, windows, and the dynamism of light

The story of the foundation begun as a response to the pandemic:  «There was a sense of fear and an unnerving feeling that we as a society shared», explains Head of Product, Laura García Guardans

Hunting for objects that integrate functionality, beauty and responsibility in their production is what the store’s owners have been doing since 2008, allowing Chandal’s perspective to grow with them

«If you want to control the quality of the product you need to be close to the manufactories», states co-founder and creative director Maria Fontanellas

A store that vies to preserve Catalan culture through literature, spearheaded by Taxto Benet: «Catalan needs people to read in Catalan, to write in Catalan, to purchase Catalan books»