Date: Wednesday, April 3. 11:00 a.m.
Place: Auditorium of the EASD Antonio Faílde.
Architecture and craftsmanship occupy their own place within the creative economy. The design and study of materials converge as the main tools for the development of products derived from the talent of creatives, a creativity that accompanies us through history, that surrounds us everywhere: craftsmanship and architecture are in the chairs, the tables, the signs, the buildings, museums, houses, factories, the plates, bowls and utensils that were the product of an analysis, a learning and the spark that produces a creative mind.
At the EASD Antonio Faílde and Ourense ICC Week we want to put a focus on craftsmanship and design as a value that deserves to be protected, to dignify the profession of craftsman and designer, we want to highlight the importance of modernization, growth and consolidation of a sector that is a source of employment , means of social cohesion and with an important cultural and economic value.
Anatxu Zabalbeascoa (Barcelona, 1966) studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Bellaterra in his hometown, and Art History at the Art Institute of Chicago. He also lived in London, Rome and Madrid, where he currently resides. Anatxu is the correspondent of the architecture section of the newspaper El País, where she has been writing for 22 years. He also runs the architecture blog Del Tirador a la Ciudad, hosted in the digital version of said newspaper. In addition, he wrote numerous books on architectural matters, among them, The New Spanish Architecture (Rizzoli, 1993), Constructed Lives. Architect Biographies (Gustavo Gili, 1998); The houses of the century (Gustavo Gili, 1999); Minimalisms (Gustavo Gili, 2000) or Everything about the house (Gustavo Gili, 2011).
Zabalbeascoa has been a jury member in the Spanish National Design Award, the Gold Medal for Spanish Architecture, the Spanish Architecture Biennial, the Architectural Award of the City of Barcelona, the FAD of Architecture or the Villa de Madrid Architecture Award and is currently president of the jury of the Loewe International Craft Award. She was curator of Architecture Shows at the Reina Sofía in Madrid (Minimalismos, MNCARS Madrid, 2001 and Bilbao Project, 2012, of the Alhóndica de Bilbao). Invited professor at Elisava's Masters in Design of Interior Spaces (Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona), she studied at Grinell College (Iowa) and at the School of Architecture of the European University of Madrid.
Date: Wednesday, April 3. 11:00 a.m.
Place: Auditorium of the EASD Antonio Faílde.
Architecture and craftsmanship occupy their own place within the creative economy. The design and study of materials converge as the main tools for the development of products derived from the talent of creatives, a creativity that accompanies us through history, that surrounds us everywhere: craftsmanship and architecture are in the chairs, the tables, the signs, the buildings, museums, houses, factories, the plates, bowls and utensils that were the product of an analysis, a learning and the spark that produces a creative mind.
At the EASD Antonio Faílde and Ourense ICC Week we want to put a focus on craftsmanship and design as a value that deserves to be protected, to dignify the profession of craftsman and designer, we want to highlight the importance of modernization, growth and consolidation of a sector that is a source of employment , means of social cohesion and with an important cultural and economic value.
Anatxu Zabalbeascoa (Barcelona, 1966) studied journalism at the Autonomous University of Bellaterra in his hometown, and Art History at the Art Institute of Chicago. He also lived in London, Rome and Madrid, where he currently resides. Anatxu is the correspondent of the architecture section of the newspaper El País, where she has been writing for 22 years. He also runs the architecture blog Del Tirador a la Ciudad, hosted in the digital version of said newspaper. In addition, he wrote numerous books on architectural matters, among them, The New Spanish Architecture (Rizzoli, 1993), Constructed Lives. Architect Biographies (Gustavo Gili, 1998); The houses of the century (Gustavo Gili, 1999); Minimalisms (Gustavo Gili, 2000) or Everything about the house (Gustavo Gili, 2011).
Zabalbeascoa has been a jury member in the Spanish National Design Award, the Gold Medal for Spanish Architecture, the Spanish Architecture Biennial, the Architectural Award of the City of Barcelona, the FAD of Architecture or the Villa de Madrid Architecture Award and is currently president of the jury of the Loewe International Craft Award. She was curator of Architecture Shows at the Reina Sofía in Madrid (Minimalismos, MNCARS Madrid, 2001 and Bilbao Project, 2012, of the Alhóndica de Bilbao). Invited professor at Elisava's Masters in Design of Interior Spaces (Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona), she studied at Grinell College (Iowa) and at the School of Architecture of the European University of Madrid.
