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Ex-Designer Project Bar
The bar as an object will be exhibited at the DHUB until the 25th of August, 2024
Disseny HUB Barcelona | Pl. de les Glòries Catalanes, 37-38, 08018 Barcelona
Project
The Ex-Designer Bar aims, on the one hand, to build a new perception of design based on technology, innovation, and fiction, and define a new relationship between culture, art, and business, while on the other hand seeking to set up and consolidate the new parameters of the creative class. The Ex-Designer compares the aesthetics and function of experiential products. It proposes the ‘business model’ as a new artistic discipline and experiments with the most radical form of Food Design.
The Ex-Designer evaluates the behavior of the design discipline in the context of micro-production (as opposed to craftsmanship). It tests new formats of products and new products themselves, sets up a new international style, reconstructs the visual imaginary of everyday life and its rituals, and takes on concepts such as ‘collaborative economies’ and ‘crowdfunding.’
What is an Ex-Designer?
The concept of Ex-Designer came about in 2001 to define Martí Guixé’s work in the field of design, as a result of the decontextualization that his work is often characterized by. In 2002, together with Inga Knölke, the concept was presented at the Evolutionäre Zellen contest in Berlin. It was presented as a generic system that confers a new status within the profession, and therefore allows the transcendence of limits imposed by the discipline. Currently, Ex-Designer has become a movement.
What is Ex-Designer?
Ex-Designer is a project that takes place in a space on Carrer Entença 3, Barcelona, taking the form of a bar. The Ex-Designer space started off as a completely empty interior that is slowly being printed (printing began on the 5th of November 2015). The space will be filled with pieces that will be printed until the bar is complete; from the inner space to the equipment used in the bar (glasses, plates, tools for cocktails, and kitchen utensils). The internal space is made from PLA, a grey corn-starch-based material. The glasses and utensils are printed in food-safe PLA. According to my calculations, the 90m² area will be completely finished in three years, although I am often accused of optimism in my studio, so one year could be added to the estimated finish time. Once the furniture and the utensils have been printed, the machines will be used to print food. These edible prints, even if they are still in beta, started with 'DS20Y17' in February 2017, when the digital SPAMT (bread with tomato) was 3D printed. This was exactly 20 years after the first food design presentation of SPAMT, which was presented at the Galleria H2O in Barcelona in February 1997. Martí Guixé 2017
In November 2015, we started the project of the Ex-Designer Project Bar in an empty space on Carrer Entença 3 in Barcelona.
CONSTRUCTION
Over the years, the space was constructed using three 3D printers to eventually create walls, a bar, lights, posters, letters, stools, glasses, plates, and cutlery. All elements were digitally drawn and printed with additive printing technology in grey corn-based PLA. Plates and glassware were produced in colorless gastronomy-grade PLA. The project meant printing the space even as the bar was open for business, with standard opening hours and times booked for events, conferences, and performances.
CLOSING
The bar interior was finished in February 2020, at the time when the pandemic was spreading around the globe. Lockdown began and forced the bar’s closure, and it remains closed.
FROM INTERIOR TO OBJECT
A 1:50 3D printed scale model made in grey PLA, the same material that is used in the bar itself. The interior of the bar is thus consolidated as a scaled object, waiting to be transformed into a life-sized object. With this product, the souvenir precedes the archaeological object. At the beginning of 2021, we decided to transform the interior of the bar into an object.
DISMANTLING
In June 2021, the process of dismantling the bar began, and the first PLA pieces were extracted from the walls to be repositioned in 23 ultralight wooden panels measuring 122x250 cm, and 7 ceiling panels measuring 122x356 cm. The total number of panels will be 30, and these will be stored in transport boxes.
EXPECTED
The Bar will be built inside the DHUB, Museu del Disseny de Barcelona, and will have an opening on the 22nd of May. The Bar will be on display till the 25th of August.
Martí Guixé 2024
The Masterplan 
2017 
2020 Completed and closed 
2021 Dismantling 
2024 DHUB Barcelona 
Ex-Designer Project Bar archive by Inga Knölke
Concerts
70 Marc Egea, viola de roda. Victor Colomer, trombó. Marcel.lí Bayer, saxo i clarinet
69 IMPROJECT Iván Gonzalez, trompeta Josep Maria Comajoncoses, electrònica Joan Antoni Pich, violoncel Àlex Reviriego, contrabaix Oriol Roca, bateria
68 Yexza Lara, veu. Pau Torres, saxo. Nasim Lopez-Palacios, bateria
67 IMPROJECT: Sarah Claman, violí, Josep Ma. Comajoncoses, electrònica. Oriol Roca, bateria. Nuria Andorrà, percussió + Arnas Mikalkenas, bateria
66 Jordi Santanach, clarinet. Míriam Fèlix, violoncel
65 Tom Chant, saxos. Celeste Alías, veu. Nuno Rebelo, guitarra
64 Inhumankind
63 Improject: Pablo Selnik,flauta. Iván González, trompeta. Celeste Alías, veu. Àlex Reviriego, contrabaix. Josep Ma Comajoncoses, electrònica. Oriol Roca, bateria. Núria Andorrà, bombo híbrid
62 Míriam Fèlix, cello. Núria Andorrà, percussió. Sónia Sánchez, ball
61 Ivan González, trompeta.Pablo Selnik, flauta.Amidea Clotet, e-guitarra
60 Improject: Celeste Alías, veu. Tom Chant, saxos. Àlex Reviriego, contrabaix. Joan Antoni Pich, violoncel. Josep Mª Comajoncoses, electrònica. Núria Andorrà, percussió
59 Plancton & Krill
58 Pol Padrós, trompeta. Víctor Colomer, trombó
57 Tom Chant, saxo. Pablo Rega, e-guitarra. Ramon Prats, percussió
56 Josep Tutusaus (aka Busty Fingers)
55 Iván González, trompeta. Amidea Clotet, e-guitarra. Oriol Roca, percussió
54 Auscultare #25 amb Alfredo Costa Monteiro
53 Ferran Besalduch, saxo baix. El Pricto, saxo alt Marcel·lí Bayer, saxo baríton. Ángel Faraldo, electrònica
52 Artur Majewski, trompeta. Núria Andorrà, percussió
51 Taknata
50 Anna Subirana, veu. Mariona Sagarra, veu. Marcel·lí Bayer, clarinet baix. Nuno Rebelo, guitarra
49 Auscultare #23 amb Alfredo Costa Monteiro
48 Auscultare #22 amb Alfredo Costa Monteiro
47 Tom Chant, saxo. Àlex Reviriego, contrabaix. Míriam Fèlix, cello
46 Antonino Restuccia, contrabaix. Santiago Bogacz, guitarra.
45 L'Ocell amb Pere Xirau. Fernando Carrasco, guitarra i fx. Àlex Reviriego, orgue elèctric. Pere Xirau, percussió
44 Anna Subirana, veu. Adelle Madau, violí elèctric. Míriam Fèlix, cello
43 Malard & La 67. Not Jazz Records
42 El Zoo Show Radio + MJM Live
41 Johannes Nästesjö, contrabaix. Tom Chant, saxos. Núria Andorrà, percussió.
40 Les Crròniques de Chejov. Ferran Besalduch
39 Antisongs, Ferran fages & Yexza Lara
38 Alfredo Costa Monteiro
37 Alex Reviriego, contrabaix. Marcel·lí Bayer, saxo. Joni Sigil, percussió
36 Anna Subirana, veu. Míriam Fèlix, violoncel. Pol Padrós, trompeta
35 Black Flower
34 Lux Mala, electrònica experimental
33 Chefa Alonso, saxos. Jorge Frías, contrabaix. Pol Padrós, trompeta
32 Tom Chant, saxos. Iván González, trompeta. Angel Faraldo, no-imput-mixer
31 Don Malfon, saxo, Míriam Fèlix, violoncel
30 Cirera, Prats, Reviriego.
29 Anna Subirana, veu.
Constanza Brncic, dansa.
Pol Padrós, trompeta.
Nuno Rebelo, guitarra
28 Ràdium (Ferran Fages i Àlex Reviriego, tocadisc acústic i contrabaix)
27 Cirera- Saxos+ Stoffner-Guitarra
26 Sincronia i San Ima
25 Cirera, Rebelo, Llombart
24 DUOT presenta "10 anys 10 hores"
23 Albert Bover + Belén Bandera Duo
22 Els Palanca
21 Black Flower
20 Jeff Kaiser - Luis Tabuenca
19 L'ocell
18 Inhumankind
17 El Zooshow radioshowcase
16 Riuichi Daijo - guitarra, Naná Rovira - clarinet baix, Fernando Carrasco - guitarra
15 Clara de Asís + Diego Caicedo
14 Yansolurpy
13 Rocha + Branton
12 Busty Fingers
11 Paul Pignon, instruments de vent + Laia Vallès, electrónica + Àlex Reviriego, contrabaix
10 Farrago | Blazej Kotowski, Nick Branton, Daphne Xanthopoulou
09 Núria Andorrà, percussió + Albert Cirera, saxos + Sarah Claman, violí +
Nuno Rebelo guitarra.
08"Release the Kraken" amb èdipalstròpics soundsystem
07 Manolo Rodríguez, síntesi digital + Luis Tabuenca, percussió + Carlos Costa, contrabaix
06 l'Ull Cec | Alex Mendizabal, globus + Ferran Fages, despisition electroacústic
05 Albert Cirera, saxo + Celeste Alías, veu
04 Ingar Zach, percussió
03 Âlex Reviriego, contrabaix + Tom Chant, saxo
02 Núria Andorrà, percussió + Alfonso Muñoz, saxo
01 Arà Duó | Alessandra Rombolá, flautes ceràmiques + Núria Andorrà, percussió
Food Sessions
09 Mellow Sheng - Wonton Party
08 Mellow Sheng - Kimchi Keisenyaki
07 Mellow Sheng & Dos Papayas - Noche de tacos
06 Mellow Sheng - Golden Dumpling
05
Food Printing Demo Beta Version
04 Mellow Sheng
03 Mellow Sheng + Alberto Pizarro - Ika Ichiyaboshi Pintxo with Signature Bloody Mary
02 Edward Chechike - Malfuf + Hummus
01 Mellow Sheng – Kimshi grilled cheese with shiitake and kombucha sourdough bread + Mango shaved iced with matcha amazake agar jelly
Presentations
2019
23 4y Party
22 Laboratoris de l'A-FAD: Fer paper a l'Ex-Bar
21 Presentació del llibre-pharmakon "Phylosofar" de Sebastià Jovani
20 Conferència "Implants Coclears: El Dispositiu Auditiu Del Futur" a càrrec de Waldo Nogueira
19 Conferència "La consonància: de Pitàgores a Sethares" a càrrec de Paul Poletti
18 "El so al cinema estructural" conferència a càrrec d'Albert Alcoz
17 Fake, copia y remake. Objetos de diseño en la revolución 4.0
2018
16 Pop-up Store Sixx Cult x Sabor x HoodieznHatz.
15 Presentació llibre "Viaplana y Piñon", de David Bestué
14 "El tocadisc com a instrument acústic", a càrrec de Ferran Fages.
13 3 Years Ex-Designer Project Bar Anniversary
12 "Singing Machines: From Early Mechanical Attempts to Current Machine Learning Methods" a càrrec de Merlijn Blaauw
11 "Sonificació de Fenòmens Sísmics" a càrrec de Jordi Espuny
10 Resonant Room 01: Sonic Meditations"
09 Algorismes per a l'Exploració Paramètrica" a càrrec d'Ivan Paz
08 "Músic: una professió de risc" a càrrec d'Enric Guaus
07 Re-thinking Experimentalism. Talk with Ron Kuivila
2017
06 2 Years Celebration Party
05 Presentation of the book 'Sun' by Marc Monzó
2016
04 Shopping night
03 Networking night with Erik Kessels
02 TENU gin taste session
01 Networking night with Pietro Corraini
Opening 5/11/2015 
2018 
Pau Badia | Martí Guixé 
2023 
Pau Badia | Martí Guixé 
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What's next
2020/04 A New Plan
2021/04 Finish but Still Closed
2021/05 Planned
2021/06 Disassembly
2022/01 Ex-Designer Talk
2022/03 Artifacts on show in Berlin
2022/09 NFT EX-Designer BAR
2022/09 Artifacts + NFT on show in Rome: Design for a Phygital World
2024/05 The Ex-designer Project Bar in the DHUB
2024/07 Presentation of the Ex-Designer Project Bar book published by Corraini Edizioni. Dhub Barcelona
Current team
Ex-Designer Project BAR is a project of Studio Martí Guixé:
Pau Badia, architect
Joxean Goya, constructor
Alger Civis, carpenter
Martí Flotats, carpenter
Andreas Thomas Schiffler, carpenter
Inga Knölke, photograph
Martí Guixé, designer
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