24 Jul 2022
Valldaura: A Quarantine Cabin
A group of young architects, confined to a forest in Barcelona during the COVID crisis, explore the problems generated by the ambition of wanting to be completely self-sufficient.
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The personal odysseys of some of the most influential advertising visionaries of all time and the stories behind their campaigns.
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