Vernita Studio&Shop

Overalls, sleeping bags, towels, bags for toys, wraps for sandwiches… Finding all the ‘essential’ children’s accoutrements these days can actually be quite fun if you go for an entire co-ordinated set of goodies. Such sets are just one of the specialities at Vernita, a workshop, studio and shop created by three designers who bring a touch of originality to their kids’ products. The limited-edition ranges they design are made by an association in the neighbourhood of the Raval that helps people at risk of social exclusion; the rest of their pieces – and commissioned projects – are created in their new space in Poblenou. They’ve kept the ceiling mirrors that were put up by one of the premises’ previous occupants, a shoe shop called Julia, and the collection of colourful trousers from Ebaluh, who also once had a shop there. As well as their own items, Vernita stocks various other small-scale brands – the cuddly creatures from Pipiripops, the illustrated T-shirts by Thiagatz, Japanese-inspired jewellery by Lumaia, and the illustrated diary from Editorial Mediterrània.