Landscape Photographic Observatory of the Balearic Islands

The web-site of the Landscape PhotographicObservatory of the Balearic Islands is open. The project is administrated by the research group on Audiovisual Heritage, Mass-media and Illustration from the Balearic Islands University.

www.observatorifotograficbalears.com

The web-site is a compilation of information about the evolution of the Balearic landscape especially through photographs, but also through drawings. At the same time, it wants to give information about photographic and audio-visual archives and show the relationship between all this material and the development of the tourism.

p1xelad0 + Born To Run

Reinventa Paquetería Contest. Sections E-commerce and Urgente. 2011, Correos.
 

The initiative proposes to rethink the sending boxes for the Spanish mailing company Correos.

Base created by the company

 

For E-commerce, the box dedicated to on-line shopping, the proposal is the box that I’ve called p1xelad0. The box is divided into two parts: the center, which reflects the mathematic bases of any computer system; and the sides, that represent the logo of the company translated into big-pixels.

 

 

In the Urgente (express mailing) section, the proposal is Born To Run. It’s a box that travels fast.  So, its color changes from green into yellow, the company color. And the company logo transforms into a speed motorcyclist.

Tutorial. How to make an academic poster?

Publication. 2011, Universitat de les Illes Balears.

This tutorial is the result of the collaboration with the teacher Isabel Escandell. It has been done to help students of second year of History of Art degree in the making of an academic poster.

The aim is to give basic instructions for creating academia posters from first steps like size and color, to the end with the print process. It also includes a few designing examples for posters.

'Round&'Round&

International competition Hands on Door Handles. 2011, Designboom + Colombo Design.

The project begins questioning the usual polygonal shape of door handles. If usually bags have round handles, why doors don’t? So the door handle becomes a metallic ring.

At the same time we can answer ourselves what happens if we make a hole in the door. That’s not a problem. At home we have lots of “symbolical doors”. Circulation zones, storage rooms... don’t need to be hermetically closed. Even it can be better if we permit light and wind to enter.

Concept of privacy should be revised...

Of course, we should also give the chance of a more conventional solution, where the handle is made of two pieces so the door can be massive.

TallaT

Ideas competition for a care equipment and dwellings for older people in the social housing of Camp Redó, Palma. 2011, Consorci Riba.

The existing social housing imposes the need of maintaining the rectangular volume, but to rebuild it. So, the new building has the same floor ground but from first to third ground the volume splits in three small pieces.

It’s a “TallaT” building (“tallat” means cut in catalan). This way, the connection with its surroundings is bigger than now. Furthermore, the new terraces, which now no longer exist, make the neighbours live in a truly community.