“I like to see objects as living organisms, imagining them coming alive and being able to surprise you with their behaviour. I want to create objects with my hands, then I can give them my personality. I turn them into communicative objects that can arouse one’s sensations and imagination. In short, what I want to create are objects with a fictional or fantasy element, that allow you to escape everyday life.” -Nacho Carbonell-

ABOUT NACHO CARBONELL

Nacho Carbonell graduated in 2003 at the Spanish university Cardenal Herrera C.E.U. and the 27 of January 2007 at the Design Academy Eindhoven, with the projects “Dream of sand” and “Pump it up”, and was honoured with Cum Laude. Once graduated he created collections such as Evolution in 2009, which won him nominations to the design of the year by the London Design Museum, and which marked his ongoing collaboration with Galleria Rossana Orlandi. In 2010, a year after being named Designer of the Future by DesignMiami fair organisers, he presented his collection Diversity of 17 prototypes during the Milan Design Week, collection which defines his actual style of organic forms and rough and colourful finishing textures. This identity is bringing him into an international scene of private collections and museums, such as the Groningen Museum in The Netherlands, and the 2121 Museum in Japan, all attracted by the uniqueness of materials and techniques applied in his works. Nacho currently works with his team of people at a 20th century church in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, were he has established his studio.

AWARDS

2007 – Winner Grand Prix SEB 150 years, July

2009 – Design of the year nomination: Lover’s Chair – Design Museum London

2009 – Designer of the Future, DesignMiami Basel – Switzerland

EXHIBITIONS

2006 – INJUVE award Exhibition in Circulo Bellas Artes (Madrid) [November-December] – Spain

2007 – Designersblock – Milan 2007 – Italy

2007 – Family of forms. DesignHuis – The Netherlands

2007 – Exhibition: Salon del Mueble de Valencia – Spain

2007 – DESIGN PARADE international design festival.

2008 – Family of Forms at DesignHuis, Eindhoven – The Netherlands

2008 – SuperStore Four – Modefabrik, RAI, Amsterdam – The Netherlands

2008 – Milan Design Week – Spazio Rossana Orlandi, April – Italy

2008 – Dutch Design Hotel Artemis, 15th May to 6th August – The Netherlands

2008 – Seoul Design Olympiad, September – South Korea

2008 – Nowwhere/Now/Here, LAB –  Spain

2008 – Venice Biennale, Kessels Kramer and Droog – Italy

2009 – Objects Rotterdam, DesignHuis stand – The Netherlands

2009 – DesignHuis, Li Edelkort Retrospective – The Netherlands

2009 – FUMI gallery, January – U.K.

2009 – Milan Design Week – Galleria Rossana Orlandi, April – Italy

2009 – Milan Design Week – Droog, April – Italy

2009 – Milan Design Week – DesignMiami – Spazio Fendi, April – Italy

2009 – Vivid Gallery, April – The Netherlands

2009 – DesignMiami Basel, Galleria Rossana Orlandi – Switzerland

2009 – ExperimentaDesign Lisbon – Portugal

2009 – FUMI gallery, Corn – U.K.

2009 – Brainport, Happy Living, October – The Netherlands

2009 – StrijpX, Chaos and Order – The Netherlands

PUBLICATIONS (magazines and books)

2007 – ICON magazine [April] – U.K.

2007 – Elle Wonen magazine. [June] – The Netherlands

2007 – Diario Qué!, 25 September – Spain

2007 – De Volkskrant newspaper [25 October] – The Netherlands

2007 – Zero Decora magazine #11 – Spain

2007 – Intramuros magazine #133 November/December – France

2007 – AXIS magazine #12 December – Japan

2007 – Domus magazine #908 November – Italy

2007 – Casa Brutus magazine November issue – Japan

2007 – Cover – Design China #44 – China

2008 – NRC Handelsblad newspaper [12 January] – The Netherlands

2008 – NRC newspaper [15 January] – The Netherlands

2008 – Intramuros magazine #134 January/February – France

2008 – Experimenta magazine January issue – Spain2008 – Icon Magazine – Products section – April issue – U.K.

2008 – Int. Herald Tribune – Milan Report – [28 April] – USA

2008 – NY Times – Milan Report – [1 May] – USA

2008 – Dwell.com – Milan Review: Nacho Carbonell – [May]

2008 – Dezeen.com – Evolution Collection [May] – U.K.

2008 – Experimenta #60 May – Spain

2008 – Elle Décor India – Featured product: Por las ramas – [May] – India

2008 – ICON, June – U.K.

2008 – Book – Beachlife, Frame – The Netherlands

2008 – Soups #85 – The Netherlands

2008 – Abitare #484 – Italy

2008 – Purple Fashion Magazine #9 – France

2008 – CasaD #37 – Italy

2008 – LAB Design Magazine #5/44 – Russia

2008 – I.D. Jan/Feb – USA

2008 – Eigenhuis & Interieur #4 – The Netherlands

2008 – The New York Times, Monday, November – USA

2008 – International Herald Tribune, thursday, November 20 – USA

2009 – Diseño Interior #202 – Spain

2009 – Monument #90 – Australia

2009 – Neo2 02/09 – Spain

2009 – The New York Times Magazine, May 31 – USA

2009 – Crossroad, April – Hungary

2009 – Frits #3 – The Netherlands

2009 – Woonbedrijvigheid #2 – The Netherlands

2009 – d(X)i #32 – Spain

2009 – De Volkskrant, 18 February

2009 – The Art Newspaper, 11 June

2009 – Archistorm #37 – France

2009 – de Architect #6 – The Netherlands

2009 – T1 textile & living #3 – Belgium

2009 – Urbis #50 – Australia

2009 – SpazioCasa, April – Italy

2009 – Thema, June – Switzerland

2009 – Vogue Living, September/October – Australia

2009 – Axis #141- Japan

2009 – Cubes #39 – Singapore

2009 – UIT, October – The Netherlands