Fira de Barcelona
| 2014 Report
Handmade Festival Barcelona
A Unique Do-it-Yourself Experience
25-27/April
Montjuïc. 1st edition
The first edition of Handmade Festival
Barcelona positioned the city among European
capitals interested in the "DIY" (Do it Yourself)
phenomenon. The show brought together
more than 150 exhibitors, who presented
all kinds of products, materials and new
developments related to the different specialties
in such sectors as yarn, paper, cooking, DIY
and gardening.
The format chosen, which combined
commercial exhibition with more than a hundred
courses and workshops, offered a broad,
practical and up-to-date view of the world of
handmade, adapted to the creative potential of
both experts and professionals and amateurs
and beginners. In field of cuisine, for example,
chefs like Jordi Narro and Ada Parellada shared
their recipes and culinary techniques with foodie
visitors, whilst other professionals showed
participants how to get started in making bread
and cakes.
Visitors were also able to learn or perfect
techniques for creating personal and decorative
accessories, restoring furniture and establishing
an urban garden in the home, amongst many
other activities, always with the help of experts.
One of the sections most visited at the show
was “
Handmade Home – Living DIYsign
”,
featuring a recreation of a 60 m2 apartment
with its main areas (kitchen, living room,
bedrooms, office, terrace and garden). This
space combined functional furniture with original
style based on innovative DIY features. Another
popular section was an exhibition of paper
dresses from Mollerussa Paper Museum.
In recognition of its long tradition in the use
of handmade techniques, France was the guest
country at this first edition of the Festival.
•
+info
Area
12,000 m
2
Exhibitors
150
Type
Public
Activities
Workshops, master
classes, exhibitions,
book presentations,
seminars, concerts
Organised by
Fira de Barcelona
and the creative agency
Evident Events
+100
courses and workshops
