22. Flash-Flash Restaurant. 1969-1970
Architects: Federico Correa and Alfonso Milá
Location: carrer de la Granada del Penedès, 25
The result of a collaboration between the architects Federico Correa and Alfonso Milá and the photographer Leopoldo Pomés, together with Karin Leiz and Cecilia Santo Domingo, Flash-Flash was intended to offer a modern and casual alternative to the luxury restaurants of the time and the old dark, baroque dining rooms. It was designed as a bright restaurant with different levels, long sofas and Formica tables, adding a sophisticated touch to the idea of fast food, which was still unprecedented in Spain at the time.
Reproductions of Pomés’s photographs showing a reporter dressed in black and in multiple poses, at almost life-size, decorated the walls. These images, along with the logo designed by Francesce Daniel, soon became a symbol of the place.
The idea was to create a space with flexible hours, discreet and casual, where the decoration drew on pop influences, visible in the grey marbled rubber on the floor and in the lighting in the restrooms. The main focus of the menu was a varied selection of omelettes, although other possibilities were added shortly after it opened.