All the Secrets of DHub

The stories told by everyday objects, the challenges of contemporary design, visual communication, and fashion. You will learn about all these topics if you join one of the guided tours organized by Disseny Hub Barcelona every Saturday, which, in approximately an hour and a half, visit the center’s four permanent exhibitions.

Opened in 2014, DHub is a public facility recognized as a reference point for the promotion and visibility of creative industries, as well as for fostering the dissemination of design heritage and culture. It includes the Museu del Disseny de Barcelona, which preserves, interprets, and exhibits a rich collection that serves as the basis for its displays.

Even if you are already familiar with the center, there are many secrets about the institution and its collections that you can discover on these tours. In Common Objects. Local Stories, Global Debates, the exhibition presents everyday objects that are part of our daily lives and that have either become part of popular culture and preserve collective memory or, thanks to design, have become objects that evoke emotion.

Ecology, geopolitics, and design are three of the key themes around which Matter Matters. Designing with the World revolves. It reflects on the major challenges of contemporary and future design, at a time when raw materials are becoming scarce and product sustainability is increasingly essential.

Do You Design or Work? The New Visual Communication. 1980–2003 will showcase the most brilliant moments of graphic design in our country. Finally, The Dressed Body presents a selection from the facility’s extensive textile collections. The exhibition explores how clothing has altered the appearance of the human body from the 16th century to the present day. Farthingales, breeches, corsets, doublets, shawls, bras, belts… you will see it all here.

If you want an in-depth explanation of DHub’s permanent exhibitions, attend one of the Saturday guided tours, but check the website for details first.