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Valencia-based artist and designer Jaime Hayon believes that hybridity is the mother of invention

root — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 07:42:04 +0000

“It’s really hard to define what I do,” admits the Spanish-born creative Jaime Hayon. Originally training in industrial design in Madrid and Paris, Hayon then worked at Fabrica design and communication academy in Treviso for eight years before moving back to Barcelona in 2000. Just one year after being back in his native country, Hayon

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Measure for Measure: Jordi López Aguiló imbues soul into domestic objects

root — Thu, 13 Oct 2016 05:13:04 +0000

After spending time abroad collaborating with prestigious architecture and design firms in Paris and Copenhagen, architect turned designer Jordi completed his masters program in Barcelona and decided to settle down in his home region of Valencia where he’s been leading his own studio since 2012. While he’s focused on designing domestic objects and illumination, Jordi

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Capturing the aesthetic beauty of Santiago Calatrava’s divisive City of Arts and Sciences

root — Fri, 13 May 2016 21:03:32 +0000

However, he has lost the good opinion of many, and even been dubbed ‘the world’s most hated architect’ due to his total disregard for budget and timescale and the dubious stability of his completed projects. Designer Albertine van Iterson remains firmly in the first camp, having long held an interest in Calatravas’ work. In this

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