About Taller Oliva - Design Research Center in Barcelona
About
Taller Oliva
A design research center working at the intersection of collaborative intelligence, access-centered design, and impact across Latin America and Europe.
Founded by Tomás Milgrón. Based in Barcelona.
What We Do
We work across three areas that reinforce each other:
Think
Research into collaborative intelligence, critical AI studies, and design methodology. We publish, present, and collaborate with institutions exploring the future of human-AI creative practice.
Build
Design and development of tools, platforms, and systems. Every project is a research opportunity — we build with and for communities, not just for clients.
Teach
COLAB Sessions, university collaborations, and community workshops. We transfer methodology so teams can work independently with collaborative intelligence.
The Question We Keep Asking
How do we preserve and amplify human agency in an age of artificial capability?
This is not just a technical question but a philosophical one. It touches the core of what we believe about creativity, consciousness, and the future of human potential. Our work is an ongoing attempt to answer it — through research, through practice, through teaching.
We reject the false dichotomy between human and artificial intelligence. Intelligence has always been collaborative: with tools, with materials, with other minds. AI represents not a departure from this tradition, but its evolution.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Taller Oliva?
Taller Oliva is a design research center based in Barcelona investigating collaborative intelligence: how human creativity and AI capabilities work together. We run workshops, conduct research, and develop methodology for teams exploring human-AI collaboration.
What is collaborative intelligence?
Collaborative intelligence is our framework for understanding how humans and AI systems can create together. Not AI replacing human work, but AI amplifying human judgment, creativity, and capability. The focus is on partnership, not automation.
Do you only work in Barcelona?
We're based in Barcelona, but available globally. We offer in-person sessions in Barcelona and remote sessions for teams worldwide. For corporate and university engagements, we travel to your location.
Will AI replace designers?
No. AI changes what designers do, not whether designers are needed. The most valuable design work — understanding context, making judgment calls, navigating ambiguity — remains human. AI handles generation and iteration. Humans handle direction and decision.
Get in Touch
Whether you're interested in collaboration, have questions about our work, or want to explore how collaborative intelligence can support your practice — we'd like to hear from you.
Taller Oliva
Design Research Center
Barcelona