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GANDIABLASCO

GANDIABLASCO is the outdoor furniture brand of the Gandia Blasco Group, a family company headquartered in Ontinyent (Valencia, Spain), founded in 1941 by José Gandía Blasco as a manufacturer of yarns and blankets — in the Spanish post-war period a local textile tradition that grew over decades. The turning point came in the mid-1990s: José A. Gandía-Blasco Canales, the founder's son and current President and Creative Director of the group, led the company in a radically new direction. On a hillside on the north coast of Ibiza, at the location Na Xemena, in 1996 the first outdoor furniture collection was created — from aluminium profiles originally intended for window frames, combined with polyethylene. What began as an experiment opened market segments that did not previously exist and confirmed the company's international expansion on all continents. The Gandia Blasco Group today operates with three independent brands: GANDIABLASCO (outdoor furniture and pergolas), GAN (handcrafted designer rugs, manufactured in India), DIABLA (colourful, experimental outdoor design). International presence in >75–80 countries. ISO 9001:2015 certified.

GANDIABLASCO design language: architectural character, Mediterranean simplicity, essentiality and timelessness; strong connection to modern architecture. Outdoor Spaces line: modules and pergolas as an extension of furniture into architectural space. Current designer collaborations: Kengo Kuma (HOS collection, Salone del Mobile 2025 — recycled PET fabric on wooden frames), Luca Nichetto, Todd Bracher (MASS), Sebastian Herkner (ISLA), José A. Gandía-Blasco Canales (ISLABLANCA, PICNIC, DNA), Paula Valentini (R24), Søren Rose (CAPA, ARENA), Fran Silvestre (BLAU), Borja García (RAW), Inma Bermúdez (ROOTS double stool, for GAN), Patricia Urquiola (GAN rugs), Odosdesign (CACAO, ENSOMBRA). Awards: Wallpaper Design Awards, ICFF New York Editors Award, Red Dot Award, EDIDA Awards, Dezeen Awards, German Design Award and many others. All GANDIABLASCO furniture: Valencian or regional production.

For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, hotel and public outdoor projects a Spanish outdoor furniture brand that in 1941 in Ontinyent began as a textile manufacturer, in the mid-1990s under José A. Gandía-Blasco Canales completed the production pivot to outdoor furniture, and with the Na Xemena collection (1996) of aluminium profiles + polyethylene co-founded a dedicated outdoor design segment in Spain, holds a documented international design reference with more than 75–80 countries of market reach and awards from Wallpaper to Dezeen, and maintains a world-class contemporary designer portfolio with Kengo Kuma, Sebastian Herkner and Patricia Urquiola — GANDIABLASCO started in 1941 in Ontinyent with yarns and blankets and made in 1996 on a hillside in Ibiza its first outdoor furniture piece from window profiles: Kengo Kuma, Sebastian Herkner and Patricia Urquiola as design partners, Wallpaper and Dezeen as award-givers, 80 countries as proof of a Mediterranean outdoor design idea that has gone global.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GANDIABLASCO

GANDIABLASCO is the outdoor furniture brand of the Gandia Blasco Group, a family company headquartered in Ontinyent (Valencia, Spain), founded in 1941 by José Gandía Blasco as a manufacturer of yarns and blankets — in the Spanish post-war period a local textile tradition that grew over decades. The turning point came in the mid-1990s: José A. Gandía-Blasco Canales, the founder's son and current President and Creative Director of the group, led the company in a radically new direction. On a hillside on the north coast of Ibiza, at the location Na Xemena, in 1996 the first outdoor furniture collection was created — from aluminium profiles originally intended for window frames, combined with polyethylene. What began as an experiment opened market segments that did not previously exist and confirmed the company's international expansion on all continents. The Gandia Blasco Group today operates with three independent brands: GANDIABLASCO (outdoor furniture and pergolas), GAN (handcrafted designer rugs, manufactured in India), DIABLA (colourful, experimental outdoor design). International presence in >75–80 countries. ISO 9001:2015 certified.

GANDIABLASCO design language: architectural character, Mediterranean simplicity, essentiality and timelessness; strong connection to modern architecture. Outdoor Spaces line: modules and pergolas as an extension of furniture into architectural space. Current designer collaborations: Kengo Kuma (HOS collection, Salone del Mobile 2025 — recycled PET fabric on wooden frames), Luca Nichetto, Todd Bracher (MASS), Sebastian Herkner (ISLA), José A. Gandía-Blasco Canales (ISLABLANCA, PICNIC, DNA), Paula Valentini (R24), Søren Rose (CAPA, ARENA), Fran Silvestre (BLAU), Borja García (RAW), Inma Bermúdez (ROOTS double stool, for GAN), Patricia Urquiola (GAN rugs), Odosdesign (CACAO, ENSOMBRA). Awards: Wallpaper Design Awards, ICFF New York Editors Award, Red Dot Award, EDIDA Awards, Dezeen Awards, German Design Award and many others. All GANDIABLASCO furniture: Valencian or regional production.

For architects and interior designers seeking for residential, hotel and public outdoor projects a Spanish outdoor furniture brand that in 1941 in Ontinyent began as a textile manufacturer, in the mid-1990s under José A. Gandía-Blasco Canales completed the production pivot to outdoor furniture, and with the Na Xemena collection (1996) of aluminium profiles + polyethylene co-founded a dedicated outdoor design segment in Spain, holds a documented international design reference with more than 75–80 countries of market reach and awards from Wallpaper to Dezeen, and maintains a world-class contemporary designer portfolio with Kengo Kuma, Sebastian Herkner and Patricia Urquiola — GANDIABLASCO started in 1941 in Ontinyent with yarns and blankets and made in 1996 on a hillside in Ibiza its first outdoor furniture piece from window profiles: Kengo Kuma, Sebastian Herkner and Patricia Urquiola as design partners, Wallpaper and Dezeen as award-givers, 80 countries as proof of a Mediterranean outdoor design idea that has gone global.