Prime Highlights
- Renowned Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has transformed his central Valencia apartment into a vibrant “cabinet of curiosities,” showcasing his signature use of bold colour, playful forms and artistic experimentation.
- The home reflects Hayon’s philosophy that living spaces should feel alive and imperfect, blending personal creativity with Mediterranean warmth and natural light.
Key Facts
- The 140 sq metre apartment, purchased in 2019, is located in an early 1900s Valencia building and features original hydraulic cement tile flooring that inspired the home’s colour palette.
- The residence houses numerous Hayon-designed prototypes and artworks, alongside collected pieces from around the world, highlighting Valencia’s role as a long-term creative base for the designer.
Background
Spanish designer Jaime Hayon has transformed his Valencia apartment into a vibrant and creative home full of colour and unique design. Known for creating joyful objects with quirky forms, Hayon’s 140-square-metre home reflects his belief that a house should be alive, imperfect, and full of life.
Hayon first discovered the flat while visiting a vinyl store across the street, spotting a For Sale sign on the fifth floor of an early 1900s building. He was immediately captivated by its Mediterranean-style hydraulic cement tile flooring, which would later provide the inspiration for the home’s vivid colour palette. “I like that it’s imperfect,” he says, “because it has life.” After purchasing the property in 2019, Hayon spent a year restoring it, painting ceilings mustard yellow and doors crimson red to mirror the flooring.
The apartment’s rectangular layout surrounds an inner open-air courtyard, flooding the home with natural light and creating a dynamic flow between rooms. Hayon emphasizes how this design not only mirrors traditional Mediterranean homes with “winter and summer living rooms” but also optimizes comfort throughout Valencia’s hot summers and humid winters.
Hayon’s living room has become a cabinet of curiosities, filled with prototypes that were later produced by major brands, including a yellow Lune sofa for Fritz Hansen and a glossy red coffee table for &Tradition. Other pieces, such as a lacquered sideboard with a marble top, were created exclusively for the flat. The space also showcases treasures from around the world, from a Moroccan clay bust to a Japanese porcelain geisha, alongside contemporary art like a painting by New York-based artist Pepa Prieto.
Family life inspires the designer as well. His two sons, 12 and 14, spend weekends at the flat, and drawings for his children even influenced furniture designs, such as the green Dino armchair. His Valencia home, now a hub of colour, creativity, and personal expression, perfectly embodies his philosophy that a house should be “alive and a little bit wild.”
