Singulares Magazine #4 English Version

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Table of contents 6

EDITORIAL

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P. 70 Love at second sight

SINGULAR & FEMENINE Decasa

SINGULARES AT HOME P. 58 A Danish touch

STAFF

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CONTRIBUTORS

MANU FACTUM Old Fashioned

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KALEIDOSCOPE P. 18 Spring Addictions P. 20 Open air P. 22 Green, how I want you green P. 24 Metal revolution P. 26 Pink green

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GENIUS LOCI The Minimís dolls, a heart of felt

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P. 96 From Buenos Aires to Oslo

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SINGULARES PREMISES P. 112 Postal Snacks.

An innovative place where to buy organic nuts and candies

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2.0 COMMUNITY Moniquilla

P. 126 It feels having a sweet

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SHOPPING ROUTE SEVILLE

Cover image Ana誰s Gordils

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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WE WANT TO HEAR YOU! We arrive to this issue with a strong will to spring. It has been several months walking side by side from this little cyberspace corner that is Singulares and I encourage you to visit our Facebook and Twitter and share with us your feelings and remarks. We want to hear your stories, your relationship with Singulares, what you like more and less… We are here to progress and we are going to do it.

“I find out your magazine by chance as I am an enthusiastic amateur of interior design and digital edition so

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Singulares brings together my two passions. And besides I love it! Its freshness and the story hidden behind: it’s a fantastic initiative and also a praiseworthy these days. Anyway, a lot of good an positive things, subjects, ideas…”

This is just a little extract from a cheering email that we received from one of our readers who lives in Paris. You have no idea what reading your words represents for all the staff. In Singulares we took a risk going for a fresh different magazine and I admit that, sometimes, this is

quite frightening. We have assessed and we already know the value of a printed page but we also are aware of the frustration that entails not to find the place that someday left us a mark. We are also concerned about our (your) time value and we don’t want to waste it that is why we make easier the access to the issues that are no longer in progress as well as its downloading. There is no more time to kill!

zing houses, shops: in short full of ideas. Enjoy Singulares and share your thoughts with us.

Belén López Editor in chief

The last issue is finally here and we hope that it will be of your liking again. We return to battle with ama-

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Spring Go beyond the door that gives access to an earlier nature and collect for your home small samples of its wild beauty.

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Lusiphotography dearirisblog.blogspot.com.es

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Add us to your interests’ lists

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The team.

Belén López

Elena Valdés

Fran Soguero

Antioquía Interiorismo

Ministry of Deco

Etxekodeco

Maria Marcet

Olga Fernández

Tránsito Inicial

Mes Caprices Belges

Illustration of Bibiana Vicente for Singulares Mag.

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¡Thanks! ;)

Álvaro Leco Photographer

Anaïs Gordils Photographer

Ariana Ruglio Translator

Asier Rua Photographer

Bibiana Vicente Ilustradora

Lilia Koutsoukou Photographer

Lucía López Photographer

Manuel Guijarro Photographer

Natalia Ferrero Graphic designer

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DRAW

Set 1

Set 2

Singulares Magazine and Estilo Nordico (Spanish distributor for House Doctor and Affari)

are welcoming spring in a big way.

Tell us which is the original country of House Doctor and you will take part of a draw of a wonderful boxes set.

There are two different designs.

If you want to participate you just have to send us an e-mail with the answer and your personal details at hola@singularesmag.com pointing out in the subject House Doctor’s Draw.

GOOD LUCK!! * The draw is only available for residents of the Iberian Peninsula.

The deadline to participate is Saturday 15 of May at 23:59 Spanish hour.

The draw will be done at Random.org among all the received e-mails.

BELEN’S FAVOURITES

SPRING

Addictions Floral prin dress Mango

Spring is finally here.

We welcome in a big way the most exuberant season fulfilling our lives of colours.

Arne Jacobsen Mayor Sofa Nordicthick

Moooi Lolita Lamp Oliva Iluminación

Chest of drawers Moissonnier

Necklace Zara Mara Matey Dulce Antonieta armchair Castelló 120 18 | SINGULARESMAG #4

Jimmy Choo sandals Net a Porter

Tin box Pip Studio

Painting Bibiana Vicente

Multicolour handbag Cupl茅

Head-dress Bimba & Lola

Sun mirror Artglobale Iron magazine rack Urban Outfitters

Parrot Parade base Lladr贸

Fifties German Desk Tiempos Modernos

Formosa Carpet Nani Marquina

KALEIDOSCOPE

Modernist bench Wabi Sabi Shop & Gallery

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ELENA’S FAVOURITES

OPEN AIR Colouristic exoticism, vital impulse and rhythm inside and outside the house: there are a thousand reasons to enjoy spring.

Rattan chaise longue Maisons du Monde

Collected Heirloom earings Anthropologie Necklace Blanco

Lighthouse lantern Butlers A Day in the Park picnic basket Butlers

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Plimsoll Boots Pull & Bear Modernists bowls West Elm

Namaste indian silver closet Maisons du Monde

Industrial lamp Francisco Segarra

Sweater Zoe Karssen

Giupure lace mini dress Hoss Intropia

Werner Bikino Wood chair Moroso

Ariel carpet Anthropologie KALEIDOSCOPE

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FRAN’S FAVOURITES

Green, how I want you

GREEN

The great Federico García Lorca already wrote it in his poems. After being state as the colour of the year, green is more in fashion tan ever, for all these reasons and because it also is the spring colour par excellence.

Charlotte Hedeman Pineapple Cushion Happy Home book Rocío Olmo Amazon España

Linen cords vase Pin-art

Industrial style metal chest of drawers Kulunka Deco Shop

Mad Men green Linara Sofa Maisons du Monde

Ceramic book shape vase El Corte Inglés

Sixties teacher desk Indoors Madrid

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Highlands armchair Portobello Street

Mostachos fabric La Tapicera

House Doctor Bolina mirror Kulunka Deco Shop Headboard Rue Vintage 74

Old linen cushions El taller de Chloé

Two flowerpot metal holders set Olaimar

Sixties zinc wine rack Rue Vintage 74

Sixties bread can Indoors Madrid

Acapulco chair Làpety KALEIDOSCOPE

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MARIA’S FAVOURITES

METAL Revolution Objects wich materials are present in outdoor life, in its various alloys, from zinc bluish white to the elegance of bright reddish bronze ending with its brass union, in an attractive gold colour.

Waterland plate Decoupage Terrain

Metal table-top dinning table Maisons du Monde

Rustic wood basket Mr. Wonderful Shop

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Rake Terrain

Portable clip-on lamp Merci

Screen Terrain

Spade Terrain

Pashley Poppy bicycle Biciclasica

Watering can Vinรงon

Set of two chrome trunks Maisons du Monde

Marquee Stars Vintage&Chic Aubergine suitcases set Rue Vintage 74

KALEIDOSCOPE

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OLGA’S FAVOURITES

PINK GREEN The spring trend: soft pastel shades with some gold and silver sparkles.

Bottom sofa Decora tu alma

Rose Garden nail polish OPI

Ginni cushion Zara Home

Nearer Nurata carpet Anthropologie

Chesterfield armchair Decora tu alma

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Charles & Ray Eames book Vinçon

Retro lamp Rue Vintage 74

Two-tone Murano glass centrepiece Nitelshop

Golden candelabra Nitelshop

Sibast Scandinavian buffet by Anne Vodder Nitelshop

Hawaiana cushion Zara Home

Dress Bimba & Lola

Louisiane armchair Maisons du Monde

Cesta table lamp from Santa & Cole Vinรงon Sandals Bimba & Lola KALEIDOSCOPE

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& FEMENINE We get to the TV set of “Con Material de Derribo” where the restorer Chus Cano will show us another way of looking at decoration and how to create exclusive pieces and timeless designs. She will discover great stories hidden in every furniture piece as we also interview Mandi Ciriza, the director of Canal Decasa TV.

PRODUCTION: BELÉN LÓPEZ.

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PHOTOGRAPHY: ASIER RUA.

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On April the 1st the restorer Chus Cano came back to Canal Decasa with a new challenge: to prove that it is possible to recover and transform any kind of objects, even the ones coming from architectural salvage.

Chus is a familiar and well-known face for Canal Decasa’ spectators.

After presenting the show Reciclar-

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te she comes back with a program called Con Material de Derribo where she is taking a step forward in transformation and recycling using all kind of architectural salvage, from pallets or wood doors to beams and other metallic elements.

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In this show, the restorer Chus Cano will show us another way of looking at decoration and how to create exclusive pieces and timeless designs. She will discover great stories hidden in every furniture piece. She will use any kind of material: beams, doors and windows, stone flooring, grilles, carpenter tables or even wine barrels.

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she thinks that the recovering task gets its bests results using the most humble pieces. Throughout the show, spectators will see how boards of and old wooden flooring turn out into a dinning table or a lamp or how a forge balcony becomes an original hall furniture and how a panel’s door comes to life as a rustic bed’s headboard.

In this occasion Singulares went to the TV set where, besides spending some time with Chus Cano and catching her red-handed, we also had the pleasure of talking together with Mandi Ciriza, director of Chello Multicanal and, of course, of Canal Decasa.

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You have run shows of quite relevance in National TV. How long have you been at the head of Multichannel?

I have trained myself working in free view TV, in fact when I started working, at 23, private TV didn’t existed.

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have worked in shows of all kinds and then I specialized in weekend large format TV. After a while I received a call from a producer and for 6 years I worked in shows like “Lo que necesitas es amor”, “El precio justo” or “Furor” for different TV chains like Antena 3, TVE, regional channels… But it was through some documentaries I run when they offered me the chance to work in Theme TV and despite the first surprise I decided it was my best option, I got really excited and, even if a bit later I had the chance to come back to free view TV, right now I wouldn’t change it.

How long have you been at the head of Multichannel?

It’s going to be about 7 years in May. When I first arrived there was only Canal Cocina but after a short while we started-up Canal Decasa. We’re also working in own production in channels like Sol Musica or Canal Panda, dedicated to the little ones.

We want to promote own production as we want to grow more and more and to start-up new channels of own production.

Which is the basis and how did Canal Decasa appear?

In Spain there was nothing similar at the moment and we went for creating a lifestyle cannel that didn’t existed and still doesn’t exist. We believe 34 | SINGULARESMAG #4

in a TV full of nice, transparent and likeable contents so our channel must serve to have fun as much as to teach lots of things that will get better your life. That is why we strong believe in our four pillars: decoration, beauty, fashion and wellness.

It is a very feminine channel even thought we have a great masculine audience but, in the end it’s about doing the things we love and that makes people feel better. When you’re surrounded by a pleasant ambience you feel beautiful, you feel well dressed, you know how to relax yourself and this small things helps you to be happier and feel better.

Are your presenters specially women?

Oh no, they don’t. In fact it’s a challenge finding professional Chef women for Canal Cocina. We often talk about it in cuisine forums and we think that it’s probably in relation with the hotel industry timetables, which are in fact terrible. It becomes really difficult fitting together the mother’s role and taking care of your child with a restaurant schedule, but I like having a bit of everything and this is what I try to do. For example, in Decasa I look for interior designers and I don’t care if they are men or women, what I’m interested in is what they do, as it happens with Chus, she suddenly appeared when

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I was looking for someone that did those wonderful things she does.

Is this a channel for women?

I think that every day the percentage of men-women spectators is a little more equalised, mostly in Canal Cocina. When this channel startedup, it was focused on housewives but the audience has been increased and we have now lots of men that follows us, also singles and young couples so it’s not strictly a channel for women.

This kind of theme channels is working pretty well abroad. Is Decasa based in any of this shows?

Actually no. When we started-up with Canal Cocina we though that it will help all the housewives around the country to well-nourish their families and then we pointed it so everyone that enjoys food and cooking could enjoy it. It’s not just about what you eat it’s about how you eat it or where you go to; if you’re well nourished or interested in wine… We create the shows as a clear reflection of us, that is why I believe that we are pioneers as much for Decasa as for Cocina because there is no other channel that resemble these ones and, above all, we offer a full and complete variety of contents.

What do you think about interior design?

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point of view. I love the houses that as soon as you are in you already know the owner as the space accurately reflects the personality of the persons that live in. I like the houses that look worldly. I’m not confortable in a house where all seems waiting for a picture to be taken, I need a bit of life in them and, even though you

get inspiration from the bests ones and the masters I have always liked going my own way. I like mixing up styles, taking a little bit from here or there and, at the end, doing something that is a part of me.

Do you read art magazines or interior design and trends publications?

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I buy magazines because I like having some information, see what’s new and what people does… But the truth is that I’m not a fan of any of them. I think that there must exist a magazine based on our channel (laughs). In the end you are not able to identify yourself with this publications at a one hundred per cent.

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Tell us a piece that represents your house.

A 19th century’s pedestal table. It’s a unique piece, I have never seen nothing like that and I’m very fond of it because it’s a present from my parents. They knew that I wanted to keep it because I used to hide under it when I was a little girl. It’s in marquetry, with a marble table top and I find it especially beautiful.

Is there any decorative style that define your house?

There’s no doubt about it: mixing everything. It’s not just about antiques; it’s also about old things…

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little girl. I’m lucky because I have an enormous box room where I can store piles of knickknacks that have already take their own place so I’m incapable to bin them because it’s like they have a soul… But I also have very modern objects, as a three meters white leather sofa with chaise longue next to the pedestal table we were talking about mixed up with an antique blonde mahogany serving cart from the beginning of the 20th century that I bought in a second hand dealer and that is amazing. As I was saying, I love mixing.

A future project?

A project for me or for Decasa? (laughs) I think that we must keep on growing as we’ve been doing until now and providing novelties.

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OLD FASHIONED WE RENEW THE FRAME OF AN OLD LAMP

MANU FACTUM We start with an obsolete design lamp structure from wich we have removed the beige velvet lampshade and the mustard fringes to create a piece that gives off a spring-like breeze. A perfect and unique piece to decorate a young space full of colour and energy.

PRODUCTION AND PHOTOGRAPHY: MARIA MARCET.

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YOU WILL NEED

· Desired shape and shade’s ribbons. The number

· The frame of an old lamp.

of ribbons wil be proportionnal to the size of the lamp

· Fishing line.

you are going to work in.

· Rremains of clothes.

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· Scissors, tape measure, needle and thread.

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1 We built a tough lattice with the fishing line tied as tauten as possible as it will hold up the lamp holder gear.Â

2 We make cuts of approximatly 1,5 cm in our clothes to tear them in large bands with wich we cover the lamp structure.

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3 Once we have the same number of bands as bars are in the frame we will use them to cover the structure doing a simple knot at the beggining and at the end of every piece.

4 This step is completely determined by the means and creativity of each one.

I have employed a metallic flowers’ garland using a shade as similar as possible as the one used in the clothes.

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5 We compile the ribbons for the lamp customization and we cut them keeping a length of half a meter in every band.

6 Finally we knot the ribbons to the external bars directing them to the interior lamp’s base, trying to give out the shades in a balanced way all over the lampshade’s frame.

To obtain a meticulous result you must fix thicker ribbons to the structure doing some thread stitchs and trying to mantain the same tonatlity.

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THE MINIMÍS DOLLS A HEART OF FELT

But they also are a way of freeing-art.

That is why Irene Belenguer decided to change the stressful audio-visual sector where she worked for her passion, which is now her new way of life.

The Minimís, her collection of customized felt dolls, has turned her into a 2.0 craftswoman.

We visit her in her studio in Valencia.

PRODUCTION: ELENA VALDÉS.

GENIUS LOCI

PHOTOGRAPHY: LILIA KOUTSOUKOU.

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Her love story with felt began a few years before when Irene found out a specialised felt shop as she was wandering around Barcelona. It was love at first sight and she couldn’t help buying some pieces, she was already thinking on something even if she didn’t knew yet what she was going to do. As niece and granddaughter of dressmakers, Irene was very used to see remnants, trinkets and threads all over her house so she was also used to work with them.

A few months went by, as Irene moved to Barcelona from Valencia, her city of birth, and finally this felt pieces came back to her mind. She made a little green face figure she felt ashamed of (“ugly, really ugly” she tells us) but some friends saw it and told her that she had potential.

After that she started creating little

dolls, the most for her work colleagues, and she decided to customize them according to the appearance of this friends and the way they used to dress.

She was then inside the audio-visual sector, in fact, Irene and the one you’re reading right now agreeing on the career they had studied. But, at the end, the audio-visual used up her curious soul, her free time and her energy and, day after day, the dolls fully filled the hole left by her old job.

After a three months course of starup business and administration she found the final encouragement to turn her passion into her way of life.

Nowadays, her time is fulfilled with the Minimís dolls but the great difference is that now she is passionate by her job and under no stress.

Imported tissues, trinkets, fabrics, threads samples (one of her fetish) and personal keepsakes gather around the corners of her studio.

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In her studio, situated in a two streets chamfer apartment in the Ensanche of Valencia, light crosses all the windows during all the day and Irene keeps the space specially organized. “It’s not always so tidy”, she tells us but she confesses us that, 52 | SINGULARESMAG #4

at work, she likes being meticulous.

To be honest, there is no other way to work. She is now working on The Little Prince figure one of her favourites characters, and to achieve the work exactly as she wants to she has to hand cut every lock of blond hair,

with a little scissors. By hand she cut out the felt, she pastes the details, she sews the eyes and she hangs trinkets that works like shoes and little chains that represents the arms and legs.

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In a corner of her living room we can see a mannequin created by Belén from La Factoría Plástica bought by Irene in the Bazar de Vintage and Chic.

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Rosa is one of the last satisfactions of Irene. It’s her creation to collaborate with the AECC (the Spanish association against cancer) to fight breast cancer in a strong media campaign.

From the first draws of Irene sprouts lots of characters. She has brought to life characters as Edward Scissorhands (one of her favourites), The Little Prince, Marilyn Monroe, etc.

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understand why her passion breaks the walls of her studio and touch the heart of all the ones that wear a Minimí Doll with no need that the pin sticks anything else than the lapel.

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MY WEDDING DRESS One of the most important things for a bride in her wedding day is the dress she will wear.

In this show you will see the dressmaking and how to choose a wedding dress. We will walk with the brides as they visit the designer, which will be different in each program, while he shows them their different collections, styles and fabrics.

We will learn first hand the bride’s opinion, their dreams, their ideas and also their doubts.

The Premiere will be the 6 of May. Every monday at 12 pm, 15 pm and at 21:30 pm.

A DANISH

TOUCH Welcoming and well-cared indoors with a beautiful Scandinavian interior design under an immaculate white blanket and a clear perception.

TEXT: BELÉN LÓPEZ.

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PHOTOGRAPHY: ASIER RUA.

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“Molgar chair” armchair from Peter Hvidt, Denmark 1952.

Danish teakwood magazine rack original from the 50’s.

This flat is located in the Madrilenian Puerta del Sol. The architectural Retamalalburquerque has accomplished the refurbishing. It’s a house with a welcoming and well-cared indoors, with a beautiful Scandinavian interior design. This style is the best option for those who want a fresh, well-aired and simple house.

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ce as much in the entrance as in the living room. This platform stands in a black box and in white reliefs that actually are the bathroom and the kitchen respectively. The structure and the industrial steal stairs as well as the raw wood perfectly contrasts with the classical pre-existences of wide cornices and enormous balconies of the building. The furniture is from the 50’s.

Footrest from a Valencian factory of the 60’s. Upholstery from Pepe Peñalver. “ch30” teakwood and oak chair from Hans J. Wegner produced by Carl Hansen, Denmark 1952.

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Picture from Antonio Cores.

In the picture, from left to right: Alberti, Picasso, Luis Miguel Dominguín and Antonio Gades. 1966.

Sculpture from Silvana Retamal.

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”Coffe table” from Nanna Ditzel, 1950.

Teakwood coffe table changeable from rectangular to round.

Danish design from the Fifties.

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This flat is located in the Madrilenian Puerta del Sol. The architectural Retamalalburquerque has accomplished the refurbishing. It’s a house with a welcoming and well-cared indoors, with a beautiful Scandinavian interior design. This style is the best option for those who want a fresh,

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well-aired and simple house.

A platform situated in the centre of the flat creates a double-height space as much in the entrance as in the living room. This platform stands in a black box and in white reliefs that actually are the bathroom and the kitchen respectively. The structure

Teapot and jar from Alessi. Blackboard Russian Dolls from Muji.

and the industrial steal stairs as well as the raw wood perfectly contrasts with the classical pre-existences of wide cornices and enormous balconies of the building. The furniture is from the 50’s.

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Iron and wood foldable chair “Tívoli chair” in white and blue from the Tivoli coffe shop in Copenhagen.

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Original picture from Werner Bokelberg.

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Teak and oak bentwood “Dining chair”.

Danish design from the 50’s. Original upholstery.

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LOVE AT SECOND SIGHT

Today, it’s time for the editors of Singulares Magazine.

We have decided to bare us a little more.

Here you are the headquarters of Mes Caprices Belges, the house were I live in since we came back from Brussels and that I refurbished myself to make room for the five of us and our cat.

This is the history of my passion for recycling and for keeping the essence of houses.

TEXT: OLGA FERNÁNDEZ.

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PHOTOGRAPHY: ANAÏS GORDILS.

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The studio is situated at the entrance and it’s basically set up by pieces that I have renovate, as the two side tables or the Thonet chairs. We bought all the mirrors in street markets in Brussels.

The typewriter is a present from my father and the Polaroid camera is a present from my husband.

I have to confess that it wasn’t love at first sight keeping in mind the condition of the house when we first saw it. But its location, right in the old town of Sant Cugat del Vallés, and the squared meters that the house had won the battle over any hesitation.

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I made the Keep Calm canvas with a salmon coloured base fabric and the letters with and old sheet.

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The pale grey sofa is from Azul Tierra, the other one, originally in a burgundy colour, was magically transformed by the wonderful hands of my mother using a dark grey velvet bought in Brussels.

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Next to the sofa, you can see a Santa and Cole lamp that has travelled around with us. We bought the African figures in the Marolles street market, in Brussels.

The mirror situated in the area of the fireplace is part of a set formed by the dark grey side tables of the entrance. I preserved the colour and the original patina and I enamel the beige brick fireplace in white.

The refurbishing project meant making lots of modifications but we tried to keep the being of the house. During its past’s years, the house was enlarged several times and through the iron and wood beams, through the walls and the different flooring we found when we started the construction jobs we could appreciate all the changes the house

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The little figures of Star Wars are a present from my brother to Javi, my husband, a great fan from these movies. I give him the Tintin rocket just before we moved to Brussels.

was exposed to.

But, for us, our great investment was updating all the systems and enclosures and, once the challenge of making it suitable for our lifestyle was achieved, we carry on with the rest and then the most enjoyable part came: we needed to mix a lot of search with inventiveness and recycling.

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Lula, our cat, has been in our family for more than 14 years. She loves chasing paper balls and she is constantly running away from Olivia.

We did lots of searching, especially for light, the weak spot of the house. We have tried to increase the lighting in different ways as opening false ceilings with windows or connecting rooms. The ingenuity to find light in the homebuilding is now banded together with white walls and doors and pale floors, everything we stand up for.

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We bought the table and the black chairs in Barcelona, eight years ago, and they have travelled with us in all our moves. I bought the varnished Thonet chairs with the ones situated at the studio. The chandelier was another bargain from Brussels.

We bought it for just 90â‚Ź. The white shelve is from Ikea.

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The kitchen is from Ikea. We were searching for a clean dark style because we wanted to create contrast with the rest of the house. We chose low furniture to give the impression of more space, make the wide windows the centre of attention and enjoy the beautiful sight of the courtyard.

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The stair, originally from the house, is a Catalan vault. I painted in white the marble of the steps to give light to the space and we love the brightness it brings to the house.

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The washbasin is from Ikea. I bought and restore all the mirrors in Brussels, except from the little one bought in Zara Home. I reused the bracket of a sewing machine for the table. The table top is from DM; I painted it with the paint that was left over from the walls and furniture of my daughter’s room.

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The brick and the wood ceiling were varnished in a brilliant brown when we bought the house.

The light was increased and all the room was brighten up. The furniture is still the same that we bought when LucĂ­a, our first daughter, was born. The changing table is now a chest of drawers. I painted it in a mink colour and I added some fabric pieces.

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With the rests of the boxes of the move I made the letters of papier mâché. My daughters chose the colours they liked the most to paint them. The only one who’s left is Olivia’s one; she has not yet decided the colour. We found the birdhouse in the trash. We painted it and we added fabrics.

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In the playroom we created a window in the ceiling to give more light to the room and we left visible the originally beams. The room is connected with the girl’s room; as they say, it’s her secret passageway.

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The bedclothes are from Zara Home and I did the purple cushions.

We bought the nesting tables in Brussels.

And, finally, we did lots and lots of recycling. You can find it everywhere: in the structural components, as we have restored and painted doors and closets, or in the reuse of antique ceramic tiles that we found hidden in a little storage space of the house and that we used for the bathrooms.

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The kitchen and bathroom’s furniture are from Ikea, where we decided to buy because of our budget and because we were looking for a clean style.

The rest is furniture that we’ve been collecting during the years and that

Our whim was the replica from the Tom Dixon lamps situated at the end of our room.

it’s still with us in our home. Other objects were bought in street markets and then restored, the most during our stay in Brussels.

touches of colour spreads from different objects that we’ve been calmly compiling to finally have the ambience that we want and give the finally touch to our home.

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The washbasin is from Ikea. I rescue the black furniture from its imminent destiny to end in collection furniture. I saw it in a client house that was going to throw it up. I immediately saw that it was the piece that we were looking for the bathroom.

The bathroom and the laundry area share a sliding door.

We found out in a little box room of the house some ceramic tiles that we use in the flooring combining it with polished concrete. We love the contrast of new and old material.

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FROM BUENOS AIRES

TO OSLO Right from Norway, the Argentinian Marcela Recondo shares her inspiration and passion for design and shows us her house where eclecticism is a symbol of identity.

PRODUCTION AND TEXT: FRAN SOGUERO.

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PHOTOGRAPHY: MARCELA RECONDO.

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Different views from one of the studios of the house where vintage furniture, found by Mars in flea markets, prevails.

Generally when we think in moving our mind don’t go beyond a move to another house in the same city or its surrounding area, at most to another locality nearby. That is why it’s very hard to imagine what moving almost from one pole to another of the terrestrial globe, more than 10.000 km away, could represent. This is exactly what happened to the protagonist of this article.

Mareloa Recondo (Mars as she herself sign her posts in her blog Penélope Home and as she wants to be named by her friends) comes from Buenos Aires but lives now in Oslo with her husband Christian and SINGULARES AT HOME

their children Penélope and Máximo. The three-floor house they live in is located in Blommenholm, a residential area, just 14 km away from Oslo. They have fit out a studio in the basement they rent to foreigners just like an en-suite guestroom for the family from Argentina they often welcome. In the main floor are the common areas: the kitchen and the dinning room, a living room, Christian’s studio, a reading corner and a TV room. In the second floor we found 5 rooms and a bathroom.

In one of these rooms it’s hidden Mars’ studio and a small vintage living room that is the entrance hall of the main room.

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They moved on two years ago. As Mars tells: “when we first saw the house we said this house rules! We didn’t need to make lots of arrangements but, since then, we haven’t stopped to make changes, there is 100 | SINGULARESMAG #4

always a new project in our minds.”

One of these projects was replacing the box room that had once been on the basement by a bathroom that is now integrated in the guestroom; they have also painted the living

Nordic inspiration can be found in the kitchen, with a total black furniture, and industrial details (the wide spotlights over the table) and a vintage touch, like the wonderful buffet where we can see a beautiful white and black photo of Max, Marcela’ son.

room two or three times since they moved in. Now they are thinking in painting in white the surface of all the rooms of the upper floor. Mars says “I dream of white floors” and, someday, in getting the kitchen betSINGULARES AT HOME

ter which floor, by the way, has already a coat of paint. “As far as I live in this house the most likely thing is being in a continuous change, I can’t help trying to get the house better in any occasion.”

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The TV room is just nearby the stairs. The brightness that fulfils the house flows through the wide windows.

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In Marcela’ studio, that is a hall to the main room, stands out the wall over the table that she has turn into an inspiration board and the beautiful vintage chest of drawers.

As for design, there is a mixture of styles, from Nordic inspiration to vintage objects, completely built in. As Mars says, since they arrived “I started to make an incursion in flea markets and I have find many treasures that are filling the house for example the two chairs that complement the living room or the piece of furniture of the dinning room, it’s totally vintage and I love it!” When we ask her about her house’ style she says firmly: “the style that prevails is my own style and I say that because I SINGULARES AT HOME

like all styles. If you pay attention to my house you will see that in the living room and the dinning room there is a lot of Nordic industrial inspiration but mixed with some vintage furniture and, if you go to my studio you will find vintage everywhere.

My kid’s rooms are full of colour and that isn’t very Nordic…” Mars has built an eclectic home from where she shares her inspiration (as in the slogan of her blog) with readers all over the world.

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Penélope’s room, in white and pink.

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Max’s room.

The colour that the seventies inspiration wallpaper gives to the room stands out.

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In the main room, in a spotless white, the hollows of the wall are projected and work as headboard and shelves where to place some ornaments or books.

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The style that prevails is my own style […] because I like all styles. If you pay attention to my house you will see that in the living room and the dinning room there is a lot of Nordic industrial inspiration […] My kid’s rooms are full of colour and that isn’t very Nordic… ” SINGULARES AT HOME

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POSTAL SNACKS:

AN INNOVATIVE PLACE WHERE TO BUY ORGANIC NUTS AND CANDIES

TEXT: OLGA FERNÁNDEZ.

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PHOTOGRAPHY: ANAÏS GORDILS.

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Buy snacks online and make them fly to their addressee.

This local opened just two months ago in Sant Cugat del VallĂŠs, Barcelona and it will get people talking.

It’s a unique completely innovative idea in Europe that is enclosed in a few meters squared. Lluis Castellet, its owner, starts this venture great experience in ecology under his belt.

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As it name suggests “Postal Snacks� is a snack shop that gives you the possibility to buy its products online.

It is an innovative way to purchase these products and give them as a present, with a personal dedication, that will arrive inside a genuine green cardboard packaging made of craft recyclable paper.

They may look as simple snacks but the truth is that they are all natural as well as their sweeties, made from organic juice and even suitable for vegetarians. Besides you will find dried fruits and nuts, chocolates and completely natural candies with no additives or preservatives.

Some attractive postcards you can sign to send with your remittances from Postal Snacks.

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Innovative lighting: several meters of red cable pendant luminaires.

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An innovative way of exhibiting the snacks: methacrylate boxes that imitate letterboxes of the USA.

Nuria Vila Disseny has perfomed the interior design and the corporate image trying to fit in the space reused fabrics, as in the furniture, all made by Wood pieces from the pallets. The led luminaires contribute to have low consumption and less environmental impact.

American letterboxes and they constantly remind you that any product of the shop can be send by post.

Postal Snacks is a natural ecofriendly space, as you will notice inside, through its products, and outside thanks to its eco design.

All the methacrylate containers, where products are exhibit, imitate the

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Dried fruits and nuts mixed: a contrast of sweet and salt flavours.

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We want to enjoy the small pleasures that organic farming can bring us: natural and healthy products with no additives or artificial colouring neither preservatives, transgenic, pesticides or weed-killers.

Our project is based in Ecodiseño’s criteria, as it is visible in our furniture, materials, packaging and our product’s presentation.

Because we care about our environment we respect it, because we want to be different, we try to take part.

We want you to be part of this world enjoying a healthy diet.

Discover Postal Snacks’ World.

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Ecological woods coming from the pallets were used to create the furniture of the shop.

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Postal Snacks Calle de la Torre, 18-22, San Cugat del Vallès postalsnacks.com/ Nuria Vila. Espai nuriavila.net/

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IT FEELS HAVING

A SWEET

Personal relationchips. A coffee with friends or a breakfast with workmates. Say hello to the waitress. Knit in front of a cup of tea.

Having a snack with your nephews. Smile.

Enjoy and, finally, have sometihng sweet.

Something of dulce de leche.

PRODUCTION:: ELENA VALDÉS.

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PHOTOGRAPHY: JAVIER FERRER.

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The plaster from the 70’s was conserved and, together with the grey floor, the place became the perfect container for European furniture from many origins.

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Behind Dulce de Leche you will find the story of Analía and Javier. She is an Argentinian fashion stylish and he a Valencian photographer settled in Valencia and with lots of inquisitiveness. When they travel, they like finding places with something special, the kind of places you always want to come back to and they felt the need to create a place like this in the city they lived in. The stylistic inspiration of Dulce de Leche issue from the cleanliness of lines and the SINGULARES PREMISES

simplicity of Nordic style to the German naturalness. Analía has teutonic ancestors and a pastry tradition family from whom she has learned the key recipes of Dulce de Leche, as the strudels or the Argentinian confectionery that she cooks with her mother, always with whole wheat organic flour. Don’t miss the alfajores, a typical Argentinian cookie filled with dulce de leche or the cañoncitos, filled with the same delightful product.

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The furniture of Dulce de leche perfectly combines with the decorative style of the couple. So much that some pieces were previously decorating their house and this is something that provides a relaxed air to the place as much as it’s constantly renewing the ambience.

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The furniture of Dulce de Leche it’s a mix of finds and pieces that come and go from the owner’s house ”

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Alfajores, filled donuts, Lemon Pie or small puf pastry filled with strawberries and whipped cream, natural tamptations with no artificial additives.

Dulce de leche could be a coffe shop from Stockholm or a patisserie situated in the centre of Buenos Aires, a place that is both private and public.

It’s a small island to be on your own reading the coffee grounds served in a single tray the same way you would do it in your most personal space or in square where you can calmly chat with your table neigh134 | SINGULARESMAG #4

bour. As Javier says, “we are interested in everything that is Dulce de Leche: from the music that is heard to the work clothes and the magazine that people read. For Javier and Analía Dulce de Leche is a place where they would like to go, as there are no superfluous details or shrillness just a lot a flavour.

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Dulce de Leche Calle Pintor Gisbert, 2, Valencia facebook.com/DulceDeLecheRuzafa

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SEVILLE This interesting shopping route by the centre of Seville brings you the present and future of decoration and interior design of the Andalucian capital and it’s ready for all tastes and budgets.

A short but really exciting list of boutiques where you can contemplate, enjoy and delight your senses. There’s no doubt about it: they have a great deal to say.

PRODUCTION: BELÉN LÓPEZ.

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PHOTOGRAPHY: MANUEL GUIJARRO.

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Artefactum Artefactum is the first space dedicated to design and art in a confortable and affordable way. It’s a bet for modern design and contemporary art that fits the needs of every single client. Rising artists’ new projects, own designs and customized products are mixed up with unique pieces and classic designs that define the wide assortment of services they offer.

In Artefactum they have give power to imagination as they had to deal with a visibility problem (they don’t have a shop window). They make up this handicap creating a kind of little living room at the entrance of the shop that works as a hallway that attracts the attention of anyone who walks around.

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Once inside you will find design furniture and they have the best design firms either national and worlwide: Flos, Artemide, Sancal, Bd Barcelona, Vitra, Andreu World, Vondon, Kartell, Marset or Equipo DRT are just an example.

But Artefactum is something else: you can find fabrics, wallpapers, vinyl wall covering and any kind of furniture and ornament as much for your home as for professionals. They also work as an art gallery that tries to promote new artists and rising inventors. Artefactum is adapted and affordable art that encourages new principles, culture and art.

Artefactum Plaza Cristo de Burgos, 21, Sevilla artefactum.es

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Wabi Sabi Shop & Gallery This is an eclectic and wonderful outdoor opened double-high cultural space with iron pillars located in the town centre where we can find everything from art, books, magazines, fashion and unique accessories to antiques, furniture, design, painting, sculpture, photography, art exhibitions and cultural events. It also is a different place where everything is constantly changing and originality is one of the most important criteria. Different disciplines of modern artistic creation come together with technology, design and communication in this crossing point.

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In Wabi Sabi they’re always searching and seeking for new ideas, new projects, workshops, writers and artists. There’s no space for routine or conformity that is why they’re always watching the current picture and all the changes that push everyone to surpass their selves when facing bad circumstances or difficult times. They are in a constant move in every field between art and design that can be cultivated so they will discover new artists and establish new relations.

Wabi Sabi Shop & Gallery Calle Viriato, 9, Sevilla wabisabigallery.com

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Rompemoldes Rompemoldes is a handcraft creation space located in a modern architectural project where artisans take up both home and studio under low-cost and good qualities renting.

They have recovered the tradition of the artisan’s old townhouses replacing its decadent ambience by a functional and attractive contemporary architecture.

The artisans’ studios and shops are spread around a wide central courtyard; among them we can find as different disciplines as pottery, painting, restoration, bookbinding, sculpture, fashion, jewellery and graphic design.

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Everything is contained in Rompemoldes, from traditional skills and styles to the most innovative and contemporary creations but the most amazing thing is that they all live together in the same space day after day nourishing themselves one from another as it used to happen in the ancient townhouses. Without a doubt, an interesting space where to know the artisan’s work and creative process in situ and find among every studio the perfect and unique present you’re looking for.

Rompemoldes Calle San Luis, 70, Sevilla rompemoldes.com/

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Neutra Neutra is a place dedicated to XX and XXI century’s furniture design with a wide selection of pieces of the most important firms. Furniture is available either to buy or rent for shootings and events. They propose a well-cared selection of original versions of last century’s best firms as Magistretti, Prouvé, Zanuso, Nelson, Le Corbusier, Piretti, Mies van der Rohe, Scarpa, Eames, Tusquets, Mangiarotti, Colombo, Van Severen, Milà, Castiglioni or Ostuni next to XXI century emblematic pieces. All this wide variety together with high quality vintage furniture from different places (like Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy or France) mixed up with lamps from many origins, materials 146 | SINGULARESMAG #4

and eras (mainly from the fifties, the sixties and the seventies).

His owner, Jesús Regueira, as well as film and opera producer and scriptwriter it’s also a collector of design pieces, that is why he decided to open this unique space in Seville.

But Neutra covers something more tan just selling design pieces. Neutra it’s a wider and interesting project that includes editing and producing furniture, either being mass-produced or in limited editions, in collaboration with artisans, young designers, and artists.

Neutra Calle Castellar, 11, Sevilla neutra.es

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In Moniquilla everything revolves around the illustrated patterns she creates, always dyed with floral, geometrical and cheerful designs.

PRODUCTION: BELÉN LÓPEZ.

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PHOTOGRAPHY: ÁLVARO LECO.

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Mónica Muñoz is illustrator, pattern and graphic designer and the heart and soul of Moniquilla, an interesting project full of life. The staff of Singulares has slip inside her house and her studio to discover a fresh, coloured and clean decoration and an open layout, a great solution to optimize to the top the spaces. Once inside there are no doubts: this house is a clear reflection of her owner.

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tion, textiles, portables and mobile’s cases are just an example of some of the products you may find.

We also find prints, fabric’s notebooks, weddings or events invitations and a lot of creations that all have Moniquilla’s hallmark. She creates unique and completely personal designs all of them following her handmade philosophy. The prices are affordable and the creations are perfect when you have to make a gift.

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Tell us what would you define as a perfect decoration (or a decorative style which you feel confortable with) I like Nordic style, or this is what I have worked out after seen the images selection that I have in my Home Printerest folder. A lot of white everywhere, wood, light and plants with some touch of colour (I normally use it in textiles) and, above everything very functional.

But the truth is that if I see another style of house, for example a very traditional one, in pictures or decoration magazines I also like it: It’s about finding a beautiful space and imagine myself living in it.

As an interior designer, how do you approach your house design?

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tings, drawings, cushions, wicker’s baskets full of foulards and piles of magazines…

As a pattern designer I love wallpaper and I was sure, when doing the refurbishing, that in my house it will be at least a corner with paper.

Our houses are a reflection of ourselves, a reflection of our lifestyle.

Your favorite shop on-line?

Merci-merci.com/fr/ There are lots of things, not just clothes or decoration; they sell a way of life.

Tell us a piece of decoration you will choose if you could only choose one.

I think it would be a real wood cupboard. I love making visible all the porcelain dishes’ colours and patterns.

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When do you enjoy the most your house?

I always enjoy my house. But there’s a special time, the twilight, when a beautiful light falls through the window.

Above everything I enjoy it during spring season and all over the summer nights that I spend in the terrace… Water the plants and have dinner under the sky is a little whim in Madrid.

I feel there’s still left the personality that this house deserves.

How would you define your style?

Wow… That’s difficult… I don’t even know if I do have a defined style.

I like mixing things, like old pieces with modern ones, as for example the Singer table of my mother’s sewing machine combined with the restored side table of the room, coloured with modern tones as mint Which room or corner of your house green over neutral backgrounds, grey walls and white doors. dissatisfy you the most?

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experience, I’m happy they choose me to take part of it because it’s a really good launch pad, it gives a lot of visibility, contact with media apart from the sales of course…

Considering the different design aspects you work in, which one does you prefer?

The best ever is pattern design. And after that the collection design arrives: taking photos, editing, and designing the catalogue… As I am so passionate of my work and I have fun with it, I enjoy every single moment.

I like being part of it and being the one who decides every detail.

Sometimes I take the photos and work as a model too because when you are a small brand there is no

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alternative but to earn the living and find every day solutions.

I also like getting my blog updated, show the creative process to all the readers. I love being on Facebook and keeping contact with all my clients.

Can you give us a clue of what are you working in right now?

I just launched a foulard’s collection and the next month the spring-summer collection it’s about to be launched too, full of patterns and chiffon dresses… It’s also possible that soon I’ll give some workshops both of pattern design and painting technics over silk.

And regarding deco… I am thinking in decorated trays!

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