Camper is an international shoe company based in Spain

Spain

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. Lorenzo Fluxa founded the company in 1975 after inheriting a shoe factory from his father, Antonio Fluxa, a Spanish shoemaker. Camper operates 52 company-owned stores around North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, as well as distributing to thousands of independently-owned multi-brand retailers. The company motto

Motto

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 is "imagination walks."

Recent ventures

Camper has begun expanding its brand into the hospitality

Hospitality

Hospitality is the relationship between guest and host, or the act or practice of being hospitable. Specifically, this includes the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers, resorts, membership clubs, conventions, attractions, special events, and other services for travelers...

 sector with a hotel and restaurant in Barcelona, Spain and in Berlin, Germany. Casa Camper's aesthetic fits into the company's philosophy of "luxury...in simplicity." Adjacent to each hotel is DosPalillos, a concept restaurant to eat asian tapas, but spanish style, in a more informal way. Opened in December 2008 under Albert Raurich management, former El Bulli

El Bulli

elBulli was a Michelin 3-star restaurant near the town of Roses, Catalonia, Spain, run by chef Ferran Adrià. The small restaurant overlooked Cala Montjoi, a bay on Catalonia's Costa Brava, and has been described as "the most imaginative generator of haute cuisine on the planet" and does a great...

 head chef between 2001-2007. Ferran Adrià

Ferran Adrià

Ferran Adrià i Acosta is a Catalan chef born on May 14, 1962 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. He was the head chef of the El Bulli restaurant in Roses on the Costa Brava, and is considered one of the best chefs in the world.-Career:...

 and Fernando Amat from Vinçon were also involved in this project. In June 2010 Camper participated at The Brandery

The Brandery

The Brandery is an urban fashion show, organized by Fira de Barcelona and held twice a year, in summer and winter. The first edition was held in July 2009 at the Montjuïc exhibition site in Barcelona and was initially addressed exclusively to professional visitors.- History :The first edition had...

fashion show in Barcelona.