{"id":247017,"date":"2020-09-08T06:15:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T05:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibia.com\/qa-josep-lluis-xucla\/"},"modified":"2020-11-16T14:50:20","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T13:50:20","slug":"qa-josep-lluis-xucla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/qa-josep-lluis-xucla\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A: Josep Llu\u00eds Xucl\u00e0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#ffffff;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1768px + 0px );margin-left: calc(-0px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-0px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important;margin-left:0px!important;}}@media only screen and (max-width:768px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important; margin-right:0px!important;margin-bottom:20px!important; margin-left:0px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:35;line-height:1.3;\">Based in Barcelona, <a href=\"https:\/\/xucla.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josep Llu\u00eds Xucl\u00e0<\/a> is the founder of his namesake <a href=\"https:\/\/xucla.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">design studio<\/a>, known for interior design as well as lighting and furniture design. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibia.com\/us\/usa\/xucla\">Xucl\u00e0<\/a>\u2019s work has earned international recognition over the years, including the RED DOT, IF, and Good Design awards. He has collaborated with Vibia on multiple lighting collections, among them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibia.com\/us\/usa\/outdoor-empty-floor\">Empty<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibia.com\/us\/usa\/wall-fixtures-set-wall\">Set<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibia.com\/us\/usa\/outdoor-break-floor\">Break<\/a>, and Palo Alto. All are distinguished by their pure, minimalist profiles and geometric rigor. Read on to learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vibia.com\/us\/usa\/xucla\">Xucla<\/a>\u2019s work and inspiration.<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>When did you figure out that you wanted to be a designer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was back in 1975, a difficult time here, the word design wasn\u2019t one often heard, looking through a magazine about the Bauhaus I was fascinated by the really simple yet advanced aesthetic. Something encouraged me to enroll in Barcelona\u2019s Llotja School (of design and art).<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><strong>Where does your greatest inspiration come from when creating?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The everyday, the objects that surround us, the practical needs and day to day working.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p><strong>What is the part of the creative process that you enjoy most?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When mysteriously and not being sure exactly why the piece that you were looking for appears.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p><strong>What are the unmissable Barcelona places we should all visit even just once?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Mies Ven der Rohe Pavilion, a walk through Gracia \u2026 and Barceloneta \u2026And of course the Ensanche (Barcelona\u2019s grid network of city blocks)\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p><strong>How do you think the arrival of the \u2018new normal\u2019 is going to affect the world of design?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think that Design is always the consequence of the times we are living through, we\u2019ll have to provide the user with what they need, both in the formal sense and the economic sense.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p><strong>Once we are allowed to travel again what destinations would you recommend a fellow professional or a student of either design or architecture?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Milan, New York and Tokyo\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p><strong>If you could choose what would be your one material of choice for creating?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to think of just one material, but I would choose one that I hadn\u2019t worked with up until now.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><p><strong>Your best and worst quality?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being ordered\u2026.and being ordered.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9\"><p><strong>Something that\u2019s never missing from your fridge?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cold water.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\"><p><strong>An important design or life lesson that you have learned so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Simple design, that which is essential, good health in life and strength.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 0px;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0px;margin-left : 0px;}}@media only screen and (max-width:768px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 0px;margin-left : 0px;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 30px;padding-bottom : 60px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 30px;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":277279,"featured_media":247003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[113],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/277279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247017"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249822,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247017\/revisions\/249822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vibiatest.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}