Spanish design, new creative blood
Friday 20 January —
11:00
- 11:45
The Talks — Hall 7
Description
The researcher and expert in global design, Marisa Santamaría, will outline the coordinates of a vibrant moment for design in Spain, connected to the global context. And she will talk with two of the leaders in the promotion of design in Spain, Xavier Franquesa and Álvaro Matías, along with two of the exhibiting designers, Max Milá and Álvaro Aramburu.
Together, they will describe the current scene in Spain, and will trace the common thread and identity of the new generation of Spanish designers.
Nos partenaires : Material Bank
Participants
Alvaro AramburuDesigner & Rising Talent Spain Maison&Objet 2023
Max Mila SerraDesigner & Rising Talent Spain Maison&Objet 2023
Xavier FranquesaFounder & Director - Il-lacions Design Studio & Galerry Il-lacions & Jury - Rising Talent Awards Spain Maison&Objet 2023
Álvaro MatíasFounder & Director - Madrid Design Festival & Jury - Rising Talent Awards Spain Maison&Objet 2023
Marisa SantamariaJournalist
Alvaro Aramburu
Designer & Rising Talent Spain Maison&Objet 2023
Álvaro Aramburu (Madrid, 1991) "After training as an industrial designer in Madrid, I leave the city and move to a village lost in the Swedish forest. Seeking contrast, I embrace wood as a medium, distance myself from industrial products, and reinvent my creative process. Since then, I design and produce both functional and artistic objects, with furniture as the cornerstone of my craft, and timber as the raw material."
Max Mila Serra
Designer & Rising Talent Spain Maison&Objet 2023
Max Milà Serra draws his practice from daily life; things that surround him and his own experiences. Which he then transforms through light and motion in his effort to reach a deeper understanding of them. This approach results in installations, light instruments, lit objects and light emitting objects. Some of his main processes are working with scale (turning what is usually big into something small / working in the smallest possible way), reproducing in a framed way natural phenomena and the will to give life to his works through movement.
Xavier Franquesa
Founder & Director - Il-lacions Design Studio & Galerry Il-lacions & Jury - Rising Talent Awards Spain Maison&Objet 2023
Interior designer by ELISAVA school in Barcelona. He developed most of his career in the architecture sector leading a great number of projects as creative director, interior designer and furniture editor. In the early years he was focused in the Japanese and German markets. After international recognition, he worked in corporate projects for SEAT, Cirsa, Concerto Group (Alicante) and some hotels in Barcelona. In 2010 he founded il·lacions design gallery, the first gallery in Barcelona dedicated exclusively to local 21st-century design, creating value and bringing visibility to its more than 60 collaborating creators, exhibiting their furniture and objects, unique pieces or limited series.
Álvaro Matías
Founder & Director - Madrid Design Festival & Jury - Rising Talent Awards Spain Maison&Objet 2023
Álvaro Matías has a degree in Art History from the University of Valladolid and a postgraduate degree from Oxford University. Master's degree in Cultural Heritage Management from the Complutense University of Madrid. Founder and CEO of ALMADÁS, a consultancy firm specialising in communication and creative design, strategies and programmes for companies committed to change. He is also the director of the Madrid Design Festival since its first edition and CEO of Wander de Soulsight.
Marisa Santamaria
Journalist
Researcher, professor and disseminator of global trends and talents in design. Curator of design exhibitions: "Women X Women, New Talents Around Design", "Biblioteca ilustrada del diseño" or "Cosas de arquitectos, diseño en construcción". Marisa Santamaría works as a design researcher and advisor along with brands such as: Silestone Institute, Rimadesio, Poltrona Frau, Lladró, Simon Electric, Cosentino, Camper, BTicino, Roca, Siematic and Danish Design +, amongst others. She is currently director of the research "Atlas de la Cultura del Diseño en España" with the Ministry of Culture in Spain and MDF. Advisor for Acción Cultural Española, PICE - Programa de Internacionalización de la Cultura de España- on Architecture and Design. She is a professor focused on the analysis of global design trends. She develops a Design Trends Lab at Politécnico de Milán - POLI.Design, and IE University Architecture&Design, IADE Master of Interiors Design and Nebrija University. She writes about trends in design and architecture for El País, Icon Design, AD Spain, ELLE Decoration...