Barcelona Archive

Ona, Barcelona. How a Barcelona bookstore is reviving a lost language through literature

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»

Paris Donnatella Callan

Chandal, Barcelona. A shop in El Born to explore what the world has in store

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

Veronica Gisondi

Odd Kiosk, Barcelona. An exploration of queer based literature

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

Pravin Nair

News & Coffee, Barcelona. The kiosk is a social nexus

«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

Chetna Chopra

Alalimón Galería, Barcelona. The phrase ‘al alimon’ means ‘together’ and implies collaboration

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»

Shanay Taylor

Librería KBr, Barcelona. Photography is no longer a material object but a living one

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

Enrico Chhibber

GoodNews, Barcelona. Independent magazines and signature coffee blends creating a sense of community

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

Pravin Nair

Mietis, Barcelona. Opposing fast-fashion by eliminating the structure of the seasons

«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

Elizabeth Germana Arthur