Alfonso de la Fuente (Pichiglas Studio)

(Valladolid, 1974)

Based in Barcelona since 1997, Alfonso de la Fuente has evolved as a self-taught artist, bringing renewal airs to the design environment in the field of decoration based on work, talent, passion and imagination.

After his arrival in Barcelona, when finding out more about the recycling of plastic, Pichiglas begins to reuse bottles of mass consumption to create objects, designing his first decorative lighting fixture in 1997. Pichiglas develops then at high speed thanks to his continuous creativity, passion and work, always producing with humor, irony and color, and becoming a participant in that fashionable Barcelona of the first years of the 21st century in which everything was possible.

After reaping a remarkable success with his line of decorative objects and accessories, the designer decides to include in his interests the integral interior design for the decoration of trendy bars, restaurants, shops, stores and clubs, some of which have already become great classics such as the Barcelona disco FONFONE. The work of Pichiglas Studio is already known not only nationally, but begins to receive orders from countries such as France and Italy. What sets Pichiglas Studio apart from other designers is precisely its ability to make textures, materials and everyday objects true combinations of visual effects that leave no one indifferent. In an era in which minimalism triumphs, Alfonso de la Fuente and Pichiglas Studio revolutionize the decoration of spaces with a common denominator: explosion of color combined with a surprising conceptual simplicity that achieve a result of high expressive power.

In the words of the designer himself: "Today, we have to tell things when we create, we must surprise and collide, but without losing our essence, what defines us."