Valencia’s first African concept store now on-line
The African design brand Lamu opened of its first concept store in Spain in December 2021. The shop, which aimed to become a showcase for the world of emerging African…
Gatopardo’s 40 Years of Resurgence
Gatopardo reinvented itself with an event on Wednesday 18th September 2019, when it showcased new furniture and fabrics inspired by sea and land with a renewed family focus following the…
Istobal Saves Water
ISTOBAL technologies save more than 16.3 million litres of water per year in car rental businesses. Not using water recycling systems in washing equipment would mean an annual waste of…
Valencian Liquid Gold
Late November, early December, as any farmer will tell you, is the time to harvest the olives, and the Valencian fields vibrate with all kinds of devices designed to wrest…
Hawkers: Elche to LA (and Netflix)
The Valencian sunglasses manufacturer, Hawkers, has reached an agreement with Netflix to provide the ‘shades’ for a new Tv series, Jaguar’, a story of Nazi-hunters, who are clearly very cool.…
O Stuff
Their slogan is ‘walk as you think’ which in my case could lead to some pretty hazardous zigzagging, but, nevertheless, the people at O-Stuff, shoemakers from the hub at Elda,…
LIBERTAS 7 is 75 years old.
To celebrate it they have organised an exhibition https://libertas7.es/75-aniversario-exposicion/and a series of events.https://libertas7.es/75-aniversario/ The exhibition, which can be visited at Caballeros 22 in Valencia (Saturdays from 11am to 2pm and…
Chocolate Heaven in Valencia
Ask any Argentinian what their favourite chocolate is and, apparently, they will reply: Franuí! Following ten successful years in Latin America, the company that manufactures them, Rapanui, has decided to…
Lecoc: Valencian Architects Win IF Award
The Valencian architecture firm Lecoc Arquitectura has won the IF Design Award thanks to its project to build an oncological hospital in Oran, Algeria. The Oncopole L’Espoir hospital was one…
Mark O’Neill’s Message in a bottle….of wine
I don’t know if people become more philosophical with wine or if philosophy leads people to wine, but either way, wine and philosophy are inseparable in Mark O’Neill’s world. Philosophy…
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