People often ask me what are my inspirations for designs. The answer is that, as a designer, you’re constantly inspired by just about everything you see at any time of the day or night. Decorative and architectural details on buildings; fashions in shop windows, patterns on railings and ironwork; pieces of jewelry; ornamental tiles—the list is endless. There is inspiration on walls, floors, and ceilings – you have to look all around.
On a recent trip to Spain, I took some snapshots of details and patterns that caught my eye. I thought I’d share them.
![Me at the Palau Guell Me at the Palau Guell](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Me-at-the-Palau-Guel-432x324.jpg)
Me at the Palau Guell
![Ceramic Finials Palau Guell Ceramic Finials Palau Guell](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Ceramic-Finials-Palau-Guell-430x576.jpg)
Ceramic finials Palau Guell
![Cupcakes in Madrid Cupcakes in Madrid](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Cupcakes-in-Madrid-430x576.jpg)
Cupcakes in Madrid
![Detail of a window in Toledo Detail of a window in Toledo](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Detail-of-a-window-in-Toledo-1-430x576.jpg)
Detail of a window in Toledo
![Detail of two buildings meeting Old Jewish City Barcelona Detail of two buildings meeting Old Jewish City Barcelona](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Detail-of-two-buildings-meeting-Old-Jewish-City-Barcelona-430x576.jpg)
Detail of two buildings meeting Old Jewish City, Barcelona
![Funky wallpaper at Vincon, a great design store in Barcelona Funky wallpaper at Vincon, a great design store in Barcelona](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Funky-wallpaper-in-Barcelona-at-Vincon1.jpg)
Funky wallpaper at Vincon, a great design store in Barcelona
![A window at Gaudi's Parc Guell in Barcelona A window at Gaudi's Parc Guell in Barcelona](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Gaudi-Window-Parc-Guell-copy.jpg)
A window at Gaudi's Parc Guell in Barcelona
![Door in Toledo Door in Toledo](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Door-in-Toledo-430x576.jpg)
Door in Toledo
![Entry of the Palau Gruell Entry of the Palau Gruell](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Entry-of-the-Palau-Gruell-430x576.jpg)
Entry of the Palau Guell
![Floor inlay by Gaudi Sagrada Familia Floor inlay by Gaudi Sagrada Familia](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Floor-inlay-by-Gaudi-Sagrada-Familia-576x362.jpg)
Floor inlay by Gaudi Sagrada Familia
![Flooring in the Museo Guell Flooring in the Museo Guell](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Flooring-in-the-Museo-Guell-432x322.jpg)
Flooring in the Palau Guell
![Gaudi Window at the Parc Guell Gaudi Window at the Parc Guell](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Gaudi-Window-at-the-Parc-Guell-DSC09970-432x576.jpg)
Gaudi Window at the Parc Guell
![Gold leaf wall detail at the Sagrada Familia Gold leaf wall detail at the Sagrada Familia](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Gold-leaf-wall-detail-at-the-Sagrada-Familia-430x576.jpg)
Gold leaf wall detail at the Sagrada Familia
![Grate at the Prado Grate at the Prado](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Grate-at-the-Prado-576x334.jpg)
Grate at the Prado
![Inlaid wood floors Museo Guell Inlaid wood floors Museo Guell](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Inlaid-Wood-Floors-Museo-Guell1-430x576.jpg)
Inlaid wood floors Museo Guell
![Market off the Rambla Market off the Rambla](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Market-off-the-Rambla-432x322.jpg)
Market off the Rambla -what color!
![Monastery in Toledo Monastery in Toledo](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Monastery-in-Toledo-430x576.jpg)
Monastery in Toledo
![Museo Guell basement floor of stables Museo Guell basement floor of stables](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Museo-Guell-bsement-floor-of-stables-432x322.jpg)
Palau Guell basement floor of stables
![Museo Guell front gate designed for openess from within, privacy from outside Museo Guell front gate designed for openess from within, privacy from outside](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Museo-Guell-Front-Gate-Designed-for-openess-from-within-privacy-from-outside-430x576.jpg)
Palau Guell front gate designed for openness from within, privacy from outside
![Off center door in Barcelona Off center door in Barcelona](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Off-center-door-in-Barcelona-430x576.jpg)
Off center door in Barcelona
![Parc Guell Ceiling Mosaic Parc Guell Ceiling Mosaic](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Parc-Guell-Ceiling-Mosaic-576x430.jpg)
Parc Guell ceiling mosaic
![Parc Guell column capitals Parc Guell column capitals](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Parc-Guell-Column-capitals-430x576.jpg)
Parc Guell column capitals
![Parc Guell mosaic wall Parc Guell mosaic wall](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Parc-Guell-Mosaic-Wall--432x322.jpg)
Parc Guell mosaic wall
![Parc Guell Parc Guell](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Parc-Guell-432x324.jpg)
Parc Guell
![Sidewalk Barcelona Sidewalk Barcelona](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Sidewalk-Barcelona-413x432.jpg)
Sidewalk Barcelona
![Sidewalk in Madrid Sidewalk in Madrid](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Sidewalk-in-Madrid-438x576.jpg)
Sidewalk in Madrid
![Sidewalk in Madrid Sidewalk in Madrid](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Sidewalk-in-MadridDSC09893-432x359.jpg)
Sidewalk in Madrid
![Textured wall of a house in Barcelona Textured wall of a house in Barcelona](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/TExtured-wall-of-a-house-in-Barcelona-415x576.jpg)
Textured wall of a house in Barcelona
![Tower finial Museo Guell (Gaudi) Tower finial Museo Guell (Gaudi)](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Tower-FInial-Museo-Guell-Gaudi-430x576.jpg)
Tower finial Palau Guell (Gaudi)
![Wallpaper in Vincon Wallpaper in Vincon](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Wallpaper-in-Vincon-399x432.jpg)
Wallpaper in Vincon
![Tile in a courtyard in Madrid Tile in a courtyard in Madrid](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Tile-in-a-courtyatrd-in-MAdrid.jpg)
Tile in a courtyard in Madrid
![Wall in Spain Wall in Spain](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Wall-in1.jpg)
Wall Pattern (Gaudi)
![Ceiling at the Monastery of San Juan de Los Reyes in Toledo Ceiling at the Monastery of San Juan de Los Reyes in Toledo](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Ceiling-at-the-Monastery-of-San-Juan-de-Los-Reyes-in-Toledo-432x324.jpg)
Ceiling at the Monastery of San Juan de Los Reyes in Toledo
![Ceiling detail in the Cafe de la Pedrera Ceiling detail in the Cafe de la Pedrera](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Ceiling-Dewtail-in-the-Cafe-de-la-Pedrera--324x432.jpg)
Ceiling detail in the Cafe de la Pedrera
![Ceiling in an old House Ceiling in an old House](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Ceiling-in-an-old-House.jpg)
Ceiling in an old house
![Ceiling in Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona Ceiling in Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona](https://barrygoralnick.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/Ceiling-in-at-the-Sagrada-Familia-.jpg)
Ceiling in Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona