“Barcelona is our muse” is a phrase that we love and that we have heard quoting in some occasion to Lázaro Rosa-Violán. Biosca&Botey is part of this heritage of Barcelona that goes in search of design and innovations. That’s why, for us it is a pleasure to present for the first time the collection Frank and Eva that the interior designer has carried out for the company Metalarte.
The key to obtain attractive interiors, according to Rosa-Violán, resides in betting for a warm lighting, an intelligent selection of materials, an elegant chromatic election and some eclectic elements.
When you are in charge of an interior design project: how do you face the lighting, what steps do you give first and what prioritize at the moment of choosing a light?
I think about how to create spaces that generate emotions, the lighting is 50 % of the project. Also I am interested in pieces that are only and simultaneously there could be a part of a set.
We have read in an interview with a title that said “Brand that I touch, it marks that it grows”. Can we say then that Metalarte has been touched by the magic Rosa-Violán wand?
More than a wand, I believe that the collaboration and work that we have realized has had positive and attractive results.
“In our study we think: we are going to see these gentlemen, what they sell, to whom its product is directed and where it is located” Lázaro told in an interview for SMODA on October 20, 2014. Metalarte points out that this collection reflects the personality of its author. What features can we see in them that also are in your character?
It is a collection that focuses in the use of noble materials combined with pure lines.
What does Metalarte have that has captivated you so much so that instead of seeing only the brand also we could see in it the person of Lázaro Rosa-Violán?
In my projects I like taking care of the details, doing spaces where the persons could identify, the passion moves me for the design, always looking for new challenges, I believe that Metalarte shares the same ideas.
What does this mean for you, to produce and to commercialize your own designs? What do you want to transmit with them?
It was a question of time, we have designed so many pieces of furniture, lighting and more products so it seemed to be good moment to include the product design, to personalize even more the interiors.
How did you face the process of creation of these lights? Do they answer to a previous briefing of the brand or Metalarte left them to your creative freedom?
I wanted to highlight this attention to detail which I was talking about before, especially in the use of noble materials, they fit perfectly in the line Atelier of Metalarte.
Why Eva and Frank? Where do these names come from? Why one masculine and the other feminine?
We resolved with a touch of humour of the team here, these names are born from the perception we have of the pieces, the marble with its organic, subtle, feminine form, it took us to the name of Eva, on the other hand Frank made with multiple pieces and materials reminds the Frankenstein creation. More than trying to give a genre to the pieces we played with the forms subtle or rough.
Frank and Eva are made by noble materials. Why marble, brass, leather and glass? What do these elements have to be part of this creation?
I use these materials in all my projects. Materials that contrast in forms, processes, some of them cold and hard to the touch, others warm and soft.
We have read in an article published in ABC that these two lamps have small bases to be able to light up the rooms of the new hotels. Is this collection thought to give support to the interior designers for creating contract projects?
The intention of product design is that you can further customize the interior design projects but also to open doors so they can be used further the study projects.
Why do you use your study to illustrate the collection? Did you think about any specific space when you came up with them?
This is the first collection with my name, I wanted it to be something more personal.
And finally… we’d like you to clarify us what is an “urban archaeologist”.
A treasure hunter. It focuses on find, rescue any period pieces and reuse them, provide them with value again.
