Design studios · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

TATlab.coop

A Barcelona creative studio with extensive experience in conceiving, organizing, designing, producing, and installing exhibitions on heritage, fine art, and applied art, along with communications and design work.

About TATlab.coop

Exhibition design and creative production

TATlab.coop is a creative studio with extensive experience in exhibition concept development, organization, design, production, and installation, especially in heritage, fine art, and applied art. It also promotes social and solidarity-focused content. The company works across every project phase through a collaborative process and applies the same creative approach to communications and design, exploring contemporary life and helping organizations and companies share knowledge.

Team

  • Tono Framis earned a degree in fine arts from the University of Barcelona. He has worked in exhibition planning, design, production, and installation since 1990. A founding partner of TAT_lab, he has developed museum projects and exhibitions produced by the studio since 1997. He taught exhibition design seminars at Escola Elisava Superior de Disseny i Enginyeria de Barcelona (2005–2009) and at Deià Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny.
  • Toni Giró earned a degree in fine arts from the University of Barcelona and completed coursework in multimedia interactive design. He taught sculpture and art theory at Escola Massana, led its cultural area, and coordinated its exhibition program from 1992 to 1996. A founding partner of TAT_lab, he has worked on museum projects and exhibition design since 1997. He co-directed Joan Brossa: Accions i territori and taught exhibition design seminars at Escola Elisava and Deià Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny. Since 2008, he has collaborated on theater projects, developing concepts and scenic spaces.
  • Art Larson studied design and illustration at San Diego City College (1980–1981), fine arts at San Francisco Academy of Arts College (1983–1985) and San Francisco Art Institute (1986–1987), and literature at the University of San Francisco (1983–1985). He taught in the Winchester School of Art/University of Southampton master's program in Barcelona (1997–2003) and at Strykejernet Kunstskole in Oslo and Barcelona (1998–2005). He has taught exhibition design seminars at Deià Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny and was artistic director of Can Serrat Centre Internacional d'Art in El Bruc (1998–2005). With experience in exhibition concept development, design, production, and installation dating back to 1985, he has been a TAT_lab partner since 2005.

Contact

For inquiries, contact the team at tonoframis@tatlab.coop, tonigiro@tatlab.coop, or artlarson@tatlab.coop.

In brief

Exhibition design and production