The first event in this inspirational series organised by Cosentino for design and architecture professionals will take place on 23 March. It is an open conversation to highlight the special relationship between the creative studio and the publishing company during the creation of a product or a space.
Expormim and the creative duo of MUT Design and Cosentino—from the field of product development and innovation—will take centre stage at the first Design Crush, presented and moderated by Marina Peñalver, journalist and editor at Architectural Digest Spain.
On Thursday 23 March at 6:30pm at the CTAV (Territorial College of Architects of Valencia) this meeting will take place to answer various questions, such as: What is the greatest value a creative studio can bring to a production company? How can you experiment with the use of traditional materials?
Issues to address the needs of the contemporary world from an emotional as well as a professional perspective.
La Nave was a collective of designers born from the merger of the Caps i Mans and Enebece (NBC) studios, which brought together eleven professionals from different disciplines, ranging from industrial and graphic design professionals to visual artists, architects and quantity surveyors. This exhibition brings together the prolific work of Eduardo Albors, Paco Bascuñán, José Juan Belda, Carlos Bento, Lorenzo Company, Sandra Figuerola, Marisa Gallén, Luis González, Luis Lavernia, Nacho Lavernia and Daniel Nebot.
From 9 March until 10 September, the Institut Valencià d’Art Modern (IVAM) is hosting a retrospective exhibition on the important work of this group of Valencian designers.
The work of La Nave is framed in a social context of transcendental political, social and cultural changes that gave rise to a movement that was known as “La Movida”, which was particularly relevant in Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. This historical moment was also a turning point in the practice of design with the appearance and consolidation of postmodernist aesthetics, which represented a formal liberation and the definitive overcoming of the rigid principles of the Modern Style synthesised in the rejection of ornament—postulated by Adolf Loos—and Sullivan’s maxim “form follows function”. The resulting design was influenced by the major breakaway movements of the time: Memphis and Alchimia in Italy; the emerging figure of Philippe Starck; the graphics of Neville Brody; the work of Sostres or Peret in Barcelona, or that of Tibor Kalman in the United States.
We present the first practical guide to remind you that “yes, it is possible” to manage creative projects from a feminist perspective. Because equality must be pursued every day of the year and in various areas, such as by collecting testimonies, commissioning design professionals, organising round tables or even creating budgets. Design and creativity are drivers of economic change and this should also be the case in the social sphere.
Divided into different phases related to the development of a project (ideation, creation, setting up the team, communication and debriefing), this guide was created within the framework of International Women’s Day (8 March). However, its usefulness is timeless and it is designed to be a tool for use by studios, agencies and all kinds of professionals involved in design and creativity.
Curated by Adriana Cabello and Inma Bermúdez, the “Mujeres que no son florero” (Women who are not vases) exhibition presents the relationship between design and ceramics through the work of 14 female creators. It can be visited from 14 to 18 February in a unique home refurbished by the QUAM Arquitectura studio.
Already presented in 2022 in the context of World Design Capital Valencia 2022, 10 designers, artists and ceramicists, all of whom are from or reside in Valencia, are now joined by the creators working in Madrid, within the framework of the Madrid Design Festival.
A few years ago, become the World Design Capital was simply an unimaginable milestone.
And today, five key words stand out in a special way on our horizon: promote, disseminate, connect, celebrate and position. These are not just trivial actions in our near future, but fundamental pillars to continue building from the momentum that 2022 has given us, the experience we have amassed over the last few decades and the expertise of Mediterranean skills and centuries-old traditions.
We cannot forget the reasons that have brought us this far and that have shaken up the present at an international level: the drive and vision of design companies and professionals, the will and the backbone of entities such as the Marina de València, the Arxiu Valencià del Disseny, schools and universities, technological institutes, museums, cultural centres and all the institutions that have supported us.
The future will be marked by the interests of the territory that defines us: we will continue to seek a better world and a better quality of life from a circular, sustainable and inclusive perspective.
We can only hope that the generosity and entrepreneurial strength of all the people who have made Valencian design a shared project will continue.
Let us understand this new stage as one more link in the chain: we will not tire in our quest to become a consolidated benchmark for international design.
Let’s begin.
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Vicent Martínez
Chairman of the Fundació del Disseny de la Comunitat Valenciana