Back when everything still had a name of its own, designers were those people who defined products, furniture, lamps, tools, appliances and new devices. Couturiers made clothes, and if these could be called haute couture, then they were presented in Paris. Graphic artists looked after...
On a street corner in the El Carmen district in Valencia, where calle Ripalda crossed with calle Alta, seven bold forthright letters stand out, telling us that that if we find ourselves in danger, we had a refugio, or shelter. This sign for an air-raid...
The commission. This is a vampire ball and you attend with a washed face and a bare neck screaming to be bit. But you do not care, since you already know what you are going to do. You know the ritual and know this is...
There is an economic crisis. Even the president has acknowledged it. This in spite of months of circumlocutions and euphemisms to evade a term that feels cursed for any statistical analyst: crisis. Now that the problem has been made official comes the shower of cosmetic measures,...
How easy it is for people to pick up designing and … how hard it is for designers to pick up a pen and start writing! That sentence is the starting point for the book you have (maybe) in your hands. And it is a sad...
Con este sugerente título se inicia la crónica de la presentación de Articulado recogida en el Rotativo. Este libro no nació con un fin tan pretencioso pero se ha convertido en una certera radiografía de la situación actual del diseño, especialmente al descubrir que desde...
It is widely accepted that many of this country’s industries and companies need to reinvent themselves. So, while the long shadow of the global economic crisis is painting the future black and all the traditional models for development seem to be exhausted and worn out,...
El trabajo gráfico de la diseñadora valenciana Ana Yago del estudio Sanserif Creatius ha sido elegido como uno de los proyectos finalistas de la primera edición del Premio Europeo de Diseño y Medio Ambiente - BEST ED La diseñadora valenciana realizó una apuesta muy personal en...
Articulado empezó como un proyecto de intercambio de idedas y conocimiento entre diseñadores de todo el mundo y acabó siendo un libro con recetas de diseñadores para combatir la crisis. La revista de la Federación Empresarial de la Madera y el Mueble de la Comunidad...
And the worrying thing is that, just when we thought that design had reached a status amongst all those disciplines enriching and enlightening the way in which we relate with our surroundings, I observe with concern and with rage that the perception and understanding of...
