Creative and cultural industries

CREATIVE AND CULTURAL INDUSTRIES

Barcelona is the central pole of creative activities in Catalonia. Audio-visual, fashion, design, architecture, restoration, computer applications for the world of communication and visual arts that create new aesthetic scenarios through new technologies make up the vast world of creative industries.

Barcelona occupies an important position in the international markets of culture and creativity, which attracts foreign investments. Likewise, the city's cultural heritage and creative dynamism are undoubtedly key elements that have contributed to making this territory one of the world's most important destinations for the creative and cultural industry.

From Barcelona Activa we want to activate the city's creative industry and turn the DHUB into the emblematic space that energizes and promotes it. The DHUB is a centre of inspiration, meeting and reception for the local design community, a point of reference for companies and professionals and a point of support for innovation in creative industries.

INSTITUTIONS AND USEFUL LINKS

SECTORAL PROGRAMMES

ADVISORY SERVICE IN MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS STRATEGY

If you are looking for advice to improve your activity, consult the Business Strategy and Management Advisory Service. This service is aimed at small companies and self-employed workers in the city of Barcelona who need guidance and encouragement in improving their activity, either in specific aspects of business management, or because they are interested in more general processes of strategic reflection.

Oh!pera, newly created micro-opera

ÒH!PERA is an innovative contemporary micro-opera project that promotes emerging talent and interdisciplinary creation within the performing arts. Promoted by the Gran Teatre del Liceu and the Disseny Hub Barcelona, and forming part of the Grec Festival, the project invites audiences to enjoy three exceptional evenings—on 25, 26, and 27 July 2025—featuring the premiere of three newly created short operas.

The project is promoted by the Gran Teatre del Liceu and the Disseny Hub Barcelona, with the participation of students from ELISAVA, IED Barcelona and LCI Barcelona. Former students of the Institut del Teatre and students from Eòlia are also collaborating on the three productions.

Production Credits

Project Director
Àlex Ollé

Coordination
Anna Llopart, Anna Ponces and Ariana Fernández

La vergonya, la panerola i El Corte Inglés [Shame, The Cockroach and El Corte Inglés]
•   Composer: Sirah Martínez
•   Librettist: Clàudia Cedó
•   Stage Director: Mercè Vila Godoy
•   Design School: ELISAVA, Barcelona School of Design and Engineering

Ikaria
•   Composer: Ariadna Alsina
•   Librettist: Anna Pazos
•   Stage Director: Berta Prieto
•   Design School: IED Barcelona, School of Design

Estètica i Massacre [Aesthetics and Massacre]
•   Composer: Carles Prat
•   Librettist: Carlota Gurt
•   Stage Director: Oriol Pla
•   Design School: LCI Barcelona

Collaboration
Former students of the Institut del Teatre and students from Eòlia

ÒH!PERA represents a firm commitment to emerging talent and to 21st-century opera: more accessible, experimental and open to the future. It serves as a gateway to the world of opera for young composers, playwrights, directors, musicians and designers. It also showcases the commitment of the Liceu and the Disseny Hub to training, innovation and the city's living culture.