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- ↑ Josep M. Carandell, Ricard Pla, and Pere Vivas, The Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona: Triangle Postals SL, ISBN 9788484782100 (2006).
- ↑ "Óscar Tusquets diseña en rattan la silla Fontal para Expormim". Interioresminimalistas.com (in Spanish). 26 April 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ↑ "Premios Nacionales de Diseño 1988" (PDF). Idi.mineco.gob.es (in Spanish). 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ↑ DECRET 399/1987, de 3 de desembre, de concessió de les Creus de Sant Jordi de la Generalitat de Catalunya
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