In The Bauhaus Kitchen

What if we could recreate the spirit of the Bauhaus through a dinner? This question inspired In the Bauhaus Kitchen, a documentary film exploring the intersections between art, design and gastronomy in a unique visual and sensory experience.

It all began with Nicholas Fox Weber's essay "In The Bauhaus Kitchen" and the idea of celebrating the centenary of the iconic German school through gastronomy. Elsa Yranzo and Sebastian Alberdi asked themselves how food rituals had been central to the Bauhaus, and decided to recreate that essence.

The perfect setting was the Barcelona Pavilion, designed by Mies van der Rohe—the Bauhaus's last director—and Lilly Reich for the 1929 International Exposition. A coincidence that revealed itself as destiny.

With the sponsorship of The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, they brought together Barcelona's most outstanding professionals: chefs, designers, artisans, poets, filmmakers, sculptors, photographers, stylists and musicians. Each team received keywords drawn from the original essay—gastronomic ingredients, specific materials, Bauhaus values—that became the inspiration for their creations.

The result: a gastronomic experience divided into cinematic sequences that carried 18 guests on a three-hour sensory journey into the essence of the Bauhaus. A table turned into a stage for living art, full of emotion, surprise and discovery.

Every moment of the process—work sessions, experiments, the final experience on October 20th—was captured on camera. Together with director Joan Simó, they created a documentary film that premiered on February 26th at the Auditorium of the Barcelona Design Museum Hub.

Sponsorship

The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation

Supported by

Fundació Mies van der Rohe Barcelona

In collaboration with

BCD, Le Nouveau Chef, Plateselector, Racó d´en Cesc, Soho House, Utset 1894, Versemblant & Wine is Social

Curated by

Elsa Yranzo & Sebastian Alberdi

Photography

Mar Simó & Sonia Troncoso

Audiovisual direction

Joan Simó

Visual design

David Leon Fiene

Design and illustration

Verònica Fuerte

Art direction and styling

Andrea Pele

Styling

Clara Borrull

Imagineer

Nacho de Juan-Creix

Sculpture

Antoni Yranzo

Poetry, music and performance

Prostíbulo Poético

Creative bakery

Daniel Jordà

Product and interior design

Jordi Canudas

Sommelier

Cèsar Canovas

Glass art

Ferran Collado

Head chef

Helena Carbó

Furniture and object design

Sanna Völker

Hidden Factory BCN

Xavier Morón (founder & CEO)

Product design and art direction

Goula Figuera

Digital gastronomic fabrication

Makeat

Jewellery and porcelain objects

Trinidad Contreras

Bartenders

Héctor Henche & Damià Mulà

Music and violin

Olvido Lanza

Music, composition and production

Mariano Fugillo

Food design

Raquel García

Architecture

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