The DHub presents its July highlights: young talent and architectural legacy.

The Disseny Hub Barcelona (DHub) presents its highlight activities for July, a month marked by young talent and the city’s architectural legacy. From the newly created micro-operas of Òh!pera to the “Architects’ Designs” series, this summer’s programming invites visitors to explore scenic innovation and the history of Barcelona’s interior design.

Òh!pera. Newly Created Micro-operas

• Dates: July 2 to 5, 2026
• Times: Two time slots: at 6:00 PM and 7:30 PM
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Òh!pera, newly created micro-operas, is a show and a meeting point for contemporary opera, playwriting, and emerging talent. It is a pioneering project that champions innovative formats, combining experimentation, interdisciplinarity, and creative risk to give a voice to new talents and artistic languages.

Under the guidance of Àlex Ollé, the project is built around the creation of short operas that, despite their brevity, maintain the essence of the genre: the fusion of music, drama, and stage direction. Conceived by emerging creators in collaboration with artists at more advanced stages of their careers, the works explore contemporary themes such as identity, technology, ecology, and social conflicts, bringing the audience closer to realities that resonate with our daily lives.

Over four nights, at the Fabra i Coats: Fàbrica de Creació i Espai Bota venue, three short operas will be performed. These have been conceived by up-and-coming composers with promising careers and librettists connected to the current theater scene. For many of these creators, this is their first foray into the lyrical genre, bringing a fresh, bold, and unique perspective to the works. Additionally, the project features the active participation of students from various Barcelona design schools: IDEP Barcelona, La Salle-Universitat Ramon Llull, and the UPC School/CCCB are responsible for the set and costume design of the different productions. As a new feature, the Escola de la Dona joins this year, designing the costumes for one of the micro-operas. Eòlia also participates by providing assistant directors, and the collaboration with alumni from the Institut del Teatre (Scenic Design specialization) continues, as they take charge of the lighting design.

This edition features three new works: Jo, núvol, with a libretto by Alicia Kopf, music by Sergi Puig, and stage direction by Lucia del Greco; La vida por los cuernos, with a libretto by Pablo Macho Otero, music by Anna Colom, and stage direction by Alexandre Rodríguez i Fons; and Opereta, with a libretto by Pol Guasch, music by Arnau Brichs, and stage direction by Marc Salicrú.

Òh!pera, newly created micro-operas, is produced by the Department of Culture and Creative Industries of the Barcelona City Council, through the Disseny Hub Barcelona and the Gran Teatre del Liceu.

Architects’ Designs #6. Federico Correa & Alfonso Milá + Dani Freixes

• Date: July 21, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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The Disseny Hub Barcelona hosts the sixth session of the Architects’ Designs series, co-organized by the Fundació Història del Disseny and the DHub. The gathering proposes a dual approach: a historical look at the career of architects and designers Federico Correa and Alfonso Milá, and a contemporary reading focused on the work of Dani Freixes, an architect and designer of interiors and exhibition spaces.

The first part will be led by Aureli Mora and Omar Ornaque, architects and curators of the exhibition on Correa and Milá organized by the Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya in Barcelona in 2023. Their presentation will address the trajectory of the Correa-Milá studio, with special attention to interior, furniture, and lighting design, as well as iconic projects such as the Barceloneta chair, the Olivetti store network in Spain, and dining venues like Reno, Flash-Flash, and Il Giardinetto, among others.

In the second part, Dani Freixes will converse with Ricard Guasch about his career and his ideas regarding the design of exhibition spaces, as well as the bars and nightlife venues that projected Barcelona’s new design onto the international scene from the mid-1980s until the turn of the century.

The session invites attendees to trace the links between architecture, interior design, and urban culture, and to understand how specific spaces, objects, and atmospheres have contributed to shaping a unique way of imagining and experiencing the city.