Joya: AiR / Cecile Carre / FRA
photo Simon Beckmann
Joya: AiR / Cecile Carre / FRA
"It begins with a long road through the Spanish landscape. Little by little, the road narrows and turns into a dirt path, the houses disappear, and the excitement grows along with the impatience of being on the right track.
Around a bend in the hill, the cortijo EMERGES from between the trees.
It’s exactly the same road I started down 30 years ago. First a highway, countless sketches during my interior architecture studies, then watercolors and observational drawings during my long travels.
One day, much later—and not so long ago—came gouache, with its intense colors on small formats, and
the excitement grows along with the impatience of being on the right track.
Joya: AiR is the spark, the medium through which the energy EMERGES, making it possible to dare to work on large formats, on canvas, with big brushes and sweeping gestures.
The spaces of Joya: AIR allow imagination to run free, and the perfect calm, without any obligation or pressure, was essential.
Back home, a new door has opened. New friendships have been made, memories nourish me. And above all, new projects are on the horizon.
Incredible—thank you Donna and Simon, and thank you Sesame and Solomon (bon voyage !) for this different kind of time”.
Cecile Carré
Cécile is French but lives in Barcelona. She’s an interior designer with a degree from the Ecole Boulle in Paris. She has her own office (www.mis-mas.com) where she does residential and contract work. She also creates everyday objects in collaboration with local artisans using sustainable methods. https://mis-mas.com/es/proyectos/productos
Her latest projects speak of living more discreetly, more sincerely, within an essential core that opens up according to the needs of its occupants, utilising local resources in construction and environmental impact. https://mis-mas.com/es/proyecto/el-tros
She also creates travel journals and has published a book about a one-year trip between Istanbul and Beijing (Carnet de Voyage de Noces, Le seuil 2003).
She teaches construction at the ES Design school in Barcelona.