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At Garbar, we think of design as a conversation. Something that happens between the person who imagines an object and the person who ends up living with it. That's why it makes sense that designers are part of who we are — not as outside vendors, but as people who share our way of seeing things. And it makes sense that you'd want to know who they are. Because when you know who's behind a chair, you look at it differently. And that, we think, is part of choosing well.
Josep Lluscà: craft as a way of life
There's a generation of designers who practically invented the profession in this country. Josep Lluscà is one of them. Born in Barcelona in 1948, he studied in the very first class at EINA design school and, in 1972, founded LluscàDesign, a studio that has been running for over 50 years.
What makes Lluscà special isn't just his track record, though the awards speak for themselves: the ADI-FAD's Gold Delta, the iF Product Design Award, the National Design Prize… What makes him special is that his objects always have a reason to exist. Nothing is decorative by accident. Nothing is excess. When Lluscà designs a chair for Garbar's furniture catalog, the result is a piece people use without ever asking themselves why it feels right. And that, oddly enough, is the hardest thing to pull off.
He has worked with internationally acclaimed companies like Cassina, Driade, and General Electric, but we're proud that his collaboration with Garbar is part of a career that's still underway.
David Carrasco: design with both feet on the ground
David Carrasco Barceló started his studio in 2010 with one clear idea: design has to solve real problems, not just chase a good-looking photo. And that philosophy shows up in every piece he's created for Garbar.
The Elba chair, the Ona, the Play, the Marsella… these are objects that hold up, that stack, that travel, that clean up easily. They don't give up on style, but they don't put it above what people actually need. There's an honesty in Carrasco's work that's sometimes hard to find in furniture design, where the pull toward the eye-catching can outweigh logic.
Recently, his work with Garbar earned him the iF Design Spain, one of the most demanding recognitions in the industry, for the June chair — a project born out of collaboration between Carrasco's studio, Garbar, and Resol. An award that came not just from the object's shape, but from everything behind it: materials, process, durability.
Resol Studio: design as an ecosystem
Resol isn't exactly a typical design studio. It's closer to an ecosystem: a company that conceives, develops, and produces its own collections and has spent decades building a furniture catalog now available in more than 100 countries.
What sets them apart is that they handle the entire process, from the initial idea to the finished piece, with deep specialization in injection-molded plastic — an area very few in the industry know as well as they do. Their collections for indoor and outdoor spaces have that modern, functional character that fits perfectly with Garbar's vision for hospitality and event furniture.
The collaboration between Resol and Garbar makes sense from the start. They share the conviction that quality design shouldn't be a privilege, and that a well-made chair can be both beautiful and functional.
Why it matters to know who designs your furniture
It might seem like a minor detail. Most people buying furniture for a terrace, a restaurant, or their next event don't stop to ask who designed it. But something shifts when you know.
The way you look at the piece changes. The way you understand why it has that shape, that weight, that finish. Garbar's design furniture is the result of years of craft, research, and many conversations between people who take what they do seriously. And in the end, you feel that. Even if you can't quite say why.