RAIMON PARERA

In the 1970s, due to family decisions as it used to be, I reluctantly began studying Technical Architecture. Everything seemed black and white back then, and I combined my studies with a drafting job at a surveyor’s office on Travessera de Dalt, all the while keeping an eye on the emerging artistic movements of that time.

One day, I stumbled upon a color sheet depicting the interior design of a house, and from that moment on, I made the decision to pursue interior design. I started self-teaching clandestinely, through correspondence courses without my family’s knowledge, with the corresponding personal risk and financial effort.

Then came the Hippie movement and my periodic stays in Ibiza, which ultimately uncovered my rebellious spirit, later reflected in my professional work. Eventually, I had to give in and pursue formal studies at the corresponding School of Applied Arts for Interior Design (which even today I don’t fully understand its significance), to the point of becoming a part of the Board of the National Association of Interior Decorators.

Parallel to this education, I became interested in pioneering architectural movements of modernity, both from my country – GATPAC – and the European – LA BAUHAUS – where the rationalist and minimalist influences have left a mark on my work.

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