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Jorge Penadés was born in Málaga in 1985. He hails from a family of cabinet makers and studied Interior Design in Barcelona before graduating with a MA in Product Design from IED Madrid. He established his own practice in the Spanish capital after his graduation in 2015.
His office works across a variety of areas ranging from new materials to furniture, interiors, one-off commissions and temporary architectures for different clients such as Camper, Berluti, BD Barcelona, The Future Perfect or Adidas.
Past awards include the AD Nuevo Talento Campari in 2017, the ICON Volkswagen Design Award in 2018 and the Frame Award on the category of Single-brand Store of the Year in 2021. His work is part of the permanent collection at the Vitra Design Museum.
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Awards
2021 Winner: Single-Brand Store of the Year. Frame Magazine (NL) 2018 Winner: ICON Volkswagen Award. ICON Magazine (SP)2017 Winner: AD Nuevo Talento Campari. AD Magazine (SP)2017 Nominated: AD Design Award. AD Magazine (GER)2016 Nominated: Make me! Award. Lodz Design Festival (PL)2015 Winner: Diploma Selection Award. Designblok (CZ) 2015 Nominated: DMY Award. Berlin Design Festival (GER)2014 Nominated: Audi Design Talent Award (SP)
Exhibitions
SOLO
2021 5Vie - `Looks like Magic!´. Milan (IT)2018 Machado-Muñoz - `Poli-Piel´. Madrid (SP)
GROUP (SELECTION)
2022 Mudac - `A Chair and You`. Lausanne (CH)2022 Alcova - `Tape! Tape! Tape!`. Milan (IT) 2021 HIDW - `Harvest Futurescape´. Xiong'an (PRC)2021 CentroCentro - `Materia Gris´. Madrid (SP)2020 Marta - `Under / Over´. Los Angeles (USA)2020 ICI House - `Shifting Occupancy´. Melbourne (AU)2019 ETSAM - `Historia de BD Barcelona´. Madrid (SP)2019 Oslo Architecture Triennale - `The Library´. Oslo (NOR) 2019 LDF - `Brompton Design District´. London (UK)2019 NYC x Design - `Errata´. New York (US)2019 The Future Perfect - `The Chair´. New York (US)2019 Salone del Mobile - `Piscis for BD Barcelona´. Milan (IT)2019 Collectible Fair - `Vitrine´. Brussels (BEL) 2019 Zona Maco - `Galería Arbequina´. Mexico DF (MX)2018 Colloredo Mansfeld Palace - `Manifesto´. Prague (CZ)2018 London Design Festival - `PlasticScene´. London (UK) 2018 London Design Festival - `Why Materials Matter´. London (UK)2018 Venice Design Biennial - `Design After Darwin´. Venice (IT) 2018 Concéntrico - Architecture Festival. Logroño (SP)2018 Zagreb Design Week - `Contemporary / Timeless´. Zagreb (HR)2018 Casabanchel - `Molto Molto Fuori´. Madrid (SP)2018 Heimtextil - `The Future is Urban´. Cologne (GER) 2017 Lima Design Week - `España es Diseño´. Lima (PE)2017 London Design Festival - `Remake´. London (UK)2017 Bratislava Design Week - Zoya gallery. Bratislava (SK)2017 Galería Dada - `WIP´. Barcelona (SP)2017 Milan Design Week - Rossana Orlandi. Milan (IT)2017 Milan Design Week - `Capitalism is over´. Milan (IT)2017 Arco Art Fair - Machado-Muñoz. Madrid (SP)2016 Museu del Disseny - `Rehogar 8´. Barcelona (SP)2016 Designblok - `Open Studio´. Prague (CZ)2016 CentroCentro - `Do it yourself´. Madrid (SP)2016 Lodz Design Festival - `Make me!´. Lodz (PL)2016 London Design Festival - Mint gallery. London (UK)2016 Vitra Design Museum - Schaudepot Lab. Weil am Rhei (GER)2016 Villa Noailles - 31e Festival International de Mode. Hyères (FR)2016 Milan Design Week - Rossana Orlandi. Milan (IT)2016 Stockholm Design Week - `Ornsbergsauktionen´. Stockholm (SE)2016 Pittimmagine - `Materiality´. Florence (IT) 2015 Designblok - `Diploma Selection´. Prague (CZ)2015 London Design Festival - Mint gallery. London (UK) 2015 National Museum Design - `Domestic Futures´. Stockholm (SE)2015 The Aram Gallery - `Extra Ordinary´. London (UK)2015 DMY Berlin Design Festival - `New Talents´. Berlin (GER)2015 Milan Design Week - Ventura Lambrate. Milan (IT)2015 Disseny Hub - `What´s next?´. Barcelona (SP)2015 CentroCentro - `Recursos Humanos´. Madrid (SP)
TEACHING
2019-22 Universidad de Navarra. Visiting lecturer, BA Product Design. Pamplona (SP)2019-20 Architectural Association. Guest critic, BA Experimental Unit. London (UK)2017-18 IED. Graduation projects head, BA Home Design. Madrid (SP)2017-19 IED. Visiting lecturer, MA Product Design. Madrid (SP)
TALKS
2019 Architectural Association. London (UK)2019 Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura. Madrid (SP)2019 Escola Massana. Barcelona (SP)2019 Pratt Institute. New York (USA)2018 Heimtextil. Cologne (GER)
WORKSHOPS
2021 IN Residence: `Chromatic Alphabets´. Prato (IT)2019 Made Labs: `International Waters´. Syracuse (IT)2019 Universidad Europea: `Verblist´. Madrid (SP)2018 Boisbuchet: `Learning from the wrong places´. Lessac (FR)2017 Demo Design Festival: `Hands thinking´. Barcelona (SP)
Bibliography
2022 Makers Manuals Vol.2 - Store Store (UK)2021 Store Book - Deutscher Ladenbau Verband (GER)2020 Sillipedia - Ed. La Fábrica (SP)2018 Why Materials Matter - Prestel Publishing (GER)2018 Radical Matter - Thames & Hudson (UK)2018 Insiders & Company - Gestalten (GER)
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