Bori A.
Yelp
Museu del Disseny was very close to the hotel we stayed at in Barcelona, so on our last day, a Saturday morning, I decided to discover what's in there.
The experience was somewhat unusual to me, as in the beginning, I had a small museum on my own: no one but the staff and myself were around.
They advised me to visit the museum top down and I followed the instruction. On the way upwards, I could not resist the temptation to take a selfie at the designated spot with comic bubbles on the wall - if only I would find out how to master the art of smiling at my own place, I would sure share with you.
At the time of the visit, the exhibitions were the following: on the fourth floor, the history of commercial graphic design in advertising "from trade to profession" - it was interesting to see how different yet similar ads were in the past few decades.
My favourite was the fashion presentation on the second floor: a really well structured exhibition built around proving that the four principles of lengthening-profiling- adding and distracting volume guided fashion since it came to exist, and also sneaking a contemporary designer piece in to every showcase, inspired by the age the stage was about.
The second floor is dedicated to collections of author-centered art, including ceramics, glassware, textile and such, displaying an amazingly wide selection.
The first floor is all about design and its influence. The aspect of how it is able to make every day objects more useful, full of interesting ideas is something I always like to see more of.
To sum up, I think that the entry fee to this small and hidden curiosity was 6 Euros really well spent. If you are nearby, give it a try.