Olive Me

It’s tough to come home to a drab office after a vacation surrounded by Barcelona’s design vibe. Konema offers a fix you can take with you, from funny Spanish notebooks, to fancy German pens, or howabout a gorgeous Italian eraser? Also, they stock those locally made Slang bags (you can view the collection online, but Slang doesn’t sell retail on the web), reasonably priced non-leather urban handbags for men and women in great colors and shapes. Even if you’re not greedy for office stuff, check out the store’s changing Pantone-esque displays, like this all yellow window I saw last time I walked by:

Konema, Rambla de Catalunya, 43 (at Consell de Cent), Barcelona. Tel: 93-488-33-25. They don’t have a website.