Up in the Air Low Table Designed by Ramon Úbeda & Otto Canalda

Ramón Úbeda + Otto Canalda Ramón Úbeda (Jaén, 1962) is a journalist and designer. He began working in the world of design in 1984, while he was studying Architecture at the ETSAB in Barcelona. What is exceptional is that he has worked on aspects of architecture: as a journalist, graphic artist, designer, art director and curator. Otto Canalda (Barcelona, 1977) is a rarity among young designers because he chose to enter the profession from the kitchen of the industry, which is where projects are really cooked up. Just after finishing his studies at the Elisava School in Barcelona, he joined the...

“Up in the Air, or how to contain the magic of a long story in a single instant.” Designed by Ramón Úbeda & Otto Canalda, 2014 There are many ways to awaken sense and sensibility through a piece of furniture. We can all think of those surrealist designs from decades such as the sixties or the seventies: chairs, armchairs, sofas with impossible shapes, capable of maintaining a defined use and at the same time questioning the hyperfunctionalism of design. Fun-filled museum pieces reserved to fit specific characters. Viccarbe, without usually paying attention to passing fashions or aesthetics, found...

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