About ShopMiquelRius.com
Miquel-Rius 1839, S.A. was started in Barcelona Spain in 1839. We manufactured accounting books for most of our history. When Spain became a democracy in the later half of the 20th century they began manufacturing notebooks and other commercial items for the Spanish market. In 1995 they started to export their product to most of Europe. Today, Miquelrius products are sold in most of Europe, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Mexico, Canada and the United States.
In 2001 Miquel-Rius USA was started in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to sell and distribute to North America and parts of the Caribbean. Our main market is gift stores, stationery stores, art supply stores, fashion boutiques, bookstores and department stores. The product lines consist of notebooks, journals, backpacks, handbags, leather products, fashion accessories, and children and teen gift items.
Because of the large variety of products, we cover almost all demographics. However, there is a large portion of the product line devoted to children and teens. Miquel-Rius products can always be recognized by their unique European design, high quality and beautiful use of colors and materials. Miquel-Rius uses five Spanish designer lines for their products.
The fashion designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada has brought a touch of originality to all the objects on which she has worked with her unmistakable hearts, clouds and flowers. Her designs are characterized by providing a breath of fresh air, being highly attractive and making bold use of color. The notebooks, notepads, leather accessories, diaries and other complements she has developed for Miquel-Rius show her ability to transform traditional products into unique items.
Antonio Miró has managed to create an unmistakable style that is reflected in his men's and women's wear and in the personal objects that bear his signature. The collections of this Catalan fashion designer have been shown in leading international fashion forums and his career in this domain has earned him the Cristóbal Balenciaga Prize for the best Spanish designer.
The team of young Spanish designers DCK, standing for Design Cook, has developed several series of extremely innovative notebooks for Miquel-Rius that draw their inspiration from organic and naturalistic motifs using highly attractive colors.
Jordi Labanda works and lives in Barcelona. He studied industrial design and began his career as a commercial illustrator in 1993. He began working intensively with international press, including The New York Times, Sunday Magazine, Visionaire, Wallpaper*, Tatler, Spruce, W, Vogue America and Vogue Italy. In Spain, he collaborates for the leading newspapers and magazines such as La Vanguardia, Marie Claire, El Pais, AD, Vogue and Elle. He also projects his special world through design, where he has developed creatively towards his branded fashion collection, as well as stationery, writing, accessories and home. All available in Europe, America, Asia and Australia.
Jordi Labanda has launched two books, portraying the best of his artistic world. He continues innovating and expanding his designs to other fields. Labanda's beautiful, chic and sophisticated universe keeps spreading around the world through exhibitions in museums, artistic installations and special projects with corporate clients. He is now working on his third book.
During the 1989 Sanfermin Fiestas, Kukuxumusu ("kiss of the flea in Basque language") first began to spread about their singular drawings with an intelligent soul on their tee shirts. Nowadays, their sheep, owls, worms, cows, frogs or tadpoles are to be found round half the world, on a wide variety of articles and they are still amusing all those who flee from boredom. The creator of the Kukuxumusu universe, Mikel Urmeneta and his team at The Drawing and Ideas Factory come up with three collections of tee shirts each year. They also draw for various leading trademark companies in their respective sectors as well as taking their singular style to a great variety of diverse initiatives. On this occasion they have once again racked their brains and sharpened their pencils to come up with a new collection for Miquelrius where once more their particular outlook of fun and sharing fun is kept as ever.
Divinas Palabras (Divine Words) is a creative platform devoted to communication and fashion projects, carried out within an interdisciplinary framework. Its aim: reclaim the primacy of the word as a means of expression and make man a medium of communication. In a world dominated by images, Divinas Palabras takes on the creative commitment of reconciling form and meaning and of seeking interaction with the individual. So that individuals can feel attracted, choose their favourite among a range of creative proposals, and make themselves a unique medium of expression of an idea, a concept or a state of mind.
Miquel-Rius USA sells most of its products directly to retailers. Miquel-Rius USA can be reached by calling customer service at 610.954.8893 or by email at the following address:
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