Windows connect the interior of our cosy homes to the outside world. Numerous innovative devices have been invented to regulate this delicate relationship between our private and public lives through history and culture.
Strangely, in Spain, a specific type of rolling blind shields practically every window, whether old or new. Why is this object ubiquitous in the south of Europe but almost unheard of in the north?
Video and animation by Álvaro Pérez Ramírez (Alv Peerz)
Producer: Ana Catalá
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