cities - *akka design*

8 mars 2010

A fiber offence

I think my spring cotton scarf offended the Winter God. Today Barcelona is blocked under the worst snow storm of the last I-don't-know-how-many years. Really impressive. My street is on top of a hill, next to a park. My neighbours are riding on plastic...

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Tags: cities, nature, trees

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2 mars 2010

Sunday walk

On Sunday afternoon we walked around the city. We chose a new neighbourhood to discover, Sarrià. There were surprises along the way, including nice patterns and terrible monsters . We ended up at the museum of decorative arts Palau Reial de Pedralbes...

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Tags: cities, pattern, barcelona

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11 novembre 2009

A taste of autumn in Dublin

I was back in the dirty old town for five days. I met my friends, went to my favorite places, visited the Knitting and Stitching Show , got dripping wet, then a sore throat and a cold, and ate some delicious carrot cake. I loved being there again.

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Tags: cities, holidays, craft, dublin, travel

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21 octobre 2009

Street culture

Since I came back to Spain I am fascinated by the amount and the kind of things people throw away. All these things should be inside the rubbish container, but for some reason very often they are just left around the place... Every morning on my way to...

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18 octobre 2009

A day at the market

I spent all Saturday morning at the very popular flea market Els Encants in Barcelona. They sell absolutely everything you can imagine, old and new. I'll come back another day to buy some fabrics and trimmings. This time my only purchase was this packet...

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Tags: cities, shopping

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30 septembre 2009

Ok, let's do something now...

I am new to Barcelona so I don't know if it is just this time of the year or here the festivals, celebrations and holidays are really non stop. Since I came one month ago I've been enjoying lots of outdoor events, the latest of them due to Barcelona's...

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Tags: cities, textile, weaving

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19 septembre 2009

Spain coast to coast

Well, it seems that my life is going back to normal after a month of holidays/relocation from Dublin. I arrived to Barcelona two weeks ago and I've been so busy since then: I spent three days going around the whole city to view rooms to rent, then I had...

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Tags: cities, personal, photography, travel

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10 août 2009

Goodbye Dublin, goodbye Ireland

Only two days to go! As a farewell to Dublin and Ireland I've put together a list of the nicest places and things I've come across in the last three years. You can check them on THIS MAP too (with pictures!). The list is very limited, unfortunately I...

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Tags: cities, shopping, personal, travel, food

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4 août 2009

On the move, again

Great, great news... I'm moving to Barcelona! This is my last week in Dublin, where I lived for the last three years. I am very busy planning the move and organizing my things (they seem to multiply magically when you start packing!) I don't know very...

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Tags: cities, personal

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28 juillet 2009

Ikea is here

Yesterday was the offical opening of Ikea Dublin after a long and hard expectation. Personally, being welcomed by people in Swedish folk costumes and ABBA music playing out loud was quite a surreal experience for me but it didn't seem to affect the Dublin...

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Tags: cities, garden, shopping, interior design, botanic gardens

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30 juin 2009

Souvenir de Freiburg: a mini shopping guide

During my recent trip to Freiburg I spent most of the time walking around and I discovered really nice shops. I started writing down the addresses as a reminder to myself but then I thought that it would be a good idea to share my experience on the blog,...

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Tags: cities, holidays, shopping, personal, photography, travel

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30 juin 2009

Souvenir de Freiburg: a mini shopping guide (the list)

So this is the list of the shops shown in the map above, organized by category. Fabric/Yarn/Haberdashery: One of the reasons why I didn't want to come back to Dublin. In Freiburg the shops selling textiles and yarn are many, and most important: I like...

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30 juin 2009

(the list continues...)

Art/Antiques/Curios: Difficult to visit all of them on a short trip. These are some that caught my eye. - Langenbeck (Gerberaustrasse 6): metal antiques and replicas for period hauses. Beautiful period tiles from Replicata .- Silvia Steinhauser (Gerberaustrasse...

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26 juin 2009

Souvenir de Freiburg (part 5)

Selected Freiburgers:

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25 juin 2009

Souvenir de Freiburg (part 4)

Walking around Freiburg and discovering pattern and texture:

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