Do you remember the moment when the monumental building of the DHub opened its doors one day in 2014? Well, it’s now been ten years, during which time the facility has become a benchmark for Barcelona design and, in general, for many of the city’s creative industries. They celebrate it as they should, in the company of the locals who bring it to life. On the weekend of Saturday 14th to Sunday 15th, the doors are open free of charge so that the public can enjoy the collections on display and the exhibitions in progress.

The DHub building was inaugurated in 2014, as we said, as a result of a public competition for the architectural project held in 2001, which was won by the firm MBM Arquitectes, which included Josep Maria Martorell, Oriol Bohigas, David Mackay, Oriol Capdevila and Francesc Gual. Over a decade, the four walls have welcomed more than 2.5 million visitors, 58 exhibitions, and a great many educational activities, workshops, seminars, debates, lectures and festivals organised in collaboration with local organisations, including the Barcelona Design Centre (BCD), the Foment de les Arts i del Disseny (FAD), the Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE), the Associació per a l’Estudi del Moble (AEM) and the Biblioteca El Clot-Josep Benet. A total of 37,115 people took part in one of the guided tours of the exhibitions; 40,648 people took part in the workshop visits; and a further 9,547 people took part in family workshops, summer or Christmas camps or reading workshops.

The centre has become the epicentre for disseminating the heritage and culture of design, and for promoting activity and fostering talent in the fields of design, architecture, audiovisuals, innovation and technology, the centre has opened its own shop and bookshop, the DShop, as well as an annexe called the Cub, which enlarges the exhibition space and, when the work there is finished, it will even have its own underground station inside the building.

How to celebrate the DHub’s tenth anniversary? By coming to see it and enjoying the current exhibitions during the two days when you can access the centre freely. There are currently three permanent exhibitions ‘[Objectes comuns. Històries locals, debats globals’; ’El cos vestit. Siluetes i moda (1550-2015)’; and ’Dissenyes o treballes? La nova comunicació visual (1980-2003)]‘, as well as four temporary exhibitions (’L’Oceà parla. Noves ecologies i noves economies del mar”; “100 objectes d’IKEA que ens hagués agradat tenir a VINÇON”; “La producció de l’alteritat”; and “Inspired in Barcelona: Terra Rossa”).

But there is still another incentive to come and celebrate the DHub’s anniversary: to enjoy Constel-lacions, an installation that will illuminate the main hall of the building from 12 December. It is a sculpture made up of around fifty illuminated bowls supported by rods up to four metres high. It is sure to remind you of a Christmas tree, a tree of lights that symbolises all the design disciplines that are part of the DHub. You can see it from Carrer d’Àvila (don’t confuse it with the miniature at the entrance to Plaça de les Glòries) and in the evening, the intensity of the lights in the building will be dimmed to highlight the lights of the sculpture.

If you would like to celebrate the tenth anniversary of a fundamental part of Barcelona’s design and creative industries, come to the DHub, but first check out the website for all the information on the venue’s tenth anniversary.