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Tour the Cozy and Quirky Madrid Apartment of Product Designer Alvaro Catalan de Ocon

Our friends at the Berlin-based publication Freunde von Freunden recently posted an interview with product designer Alvaro Catalán de Ocón. Here, we share a few images from the story, which captures the designer's lovely live-work space in Madrid.

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"The three things that come with me everywhere are my books, my music and my plants," Catalán de Ocón says.
"The three things that come with me everywhere are my books, my music and my plants," Catalán de Ocón says.
Various models of the designer's PET Lamp, made with the help of local weavers in Chile, Colombia, and Ethiopia, hang from the ceiling.
Various models of the designer's PET Lamp, made with the help of local weavers in Chile, Colombia, and Ethiopia, hang from the ceiling.
“My generation of designers—we’re a bit overwhelmed by how many things are being produced these days, and how much has already been done," Catalán de Ocón says. "My worry when I design another chair or another lamp is: should it really exist?”
“My generation of designers—we’re a bit overwhelmed by how many things are being produced these days, and how much has already been done," Catalán de Ocón says. "My worry when I design another chair or another lamp is: should it really exist?”