Date: Friday, April 20. 12:00 p.m.
Place: Auditorium of the EASD Antonio Faílde.
Under this title, Pepe Barro, Arturo Álvarez and Sara Coleman, members of the jury of the 7th edition of the Premios Mestre 2018, and prestigious professionals in Galician design, will provide us with their experience in projects where transversality, collaboration and interdisciplinary complementarity is the main axis . This is a unique opportunity to get to know up close how these top-level professionals approach issues related to work planning, communication and project management in multidisciplinary teams, the approach of the briefing, the relationship with the client, the incidences and reorientation of the project and they will communicate their vision on methodological, design, production, management and direction aspects of multidisciplinary teams exemplified in practical cases. After the exhibition, there will be a round table with participation open to the audience present.
Pepe Barro (Pontedeume, 1955) has been working in the profession since 1972. In 1977 he took charge of the graphic project for A Nosa Terra, in addition to other projects for publishing houses, theater groups, magazines, etc... In 1985 he co-founded Grupo Revisión Deseño, from which he elaborates numerous projects in the field of identity and visual communication, which are already part of the history of Galician and state graphic design, as recognized by the reference Historia del Diseño Gráfico by Enric Satué. Some of his best-known works are the first "coupons" of the Eleven, the shirt of the Galician Football Team, the website of the Real Galician Academy, the renovation of the Casa de Rosalía de Castro. In 2000 the Reina Sofía Museum chose the one in Turgalicia as one of the hundred signs of the 20th century. He has recently designed exhibition montages such as the Galician fashion design exhibition at the CGAC "Con-Fío en Galicia" or the itinerant "Saúde e Terra Irmá(n)s" about the Irmandades da Fala. He has received numerous awards such as the Galician Critic and has been part of juries such as the Premios de Seño Galicia, Signes, Laus, AEPD, etc... Pepe Barro is the author of numerous essays on Design, recently compiled in the book O cómo é o que conta.
Arturo Álvarez (Pontevedra, 1964) is a consolidated creator recognized with important awards both inside and outside of Spain, for his conceptual contributions to the world of design lighting. His creations can be found in Great Britain, France, the United States, Australia, etc. It develops from the beginning its own and recognizable style with a strong personality. He freely handles shapes, volumes and light sources in a simple and elegant way, mixing them with mastery and bringing a new vision of creative lighting, coming to conceive surprising light and scenographic montages in the spaces. At present, Arturo Álvarez is developing new forms of expression, with light as the guiding thread and as the protagonist the human being and his relationships, with his lights and shadows, encounters and disagreements. In the last ten years, he has been carrying out an exhaustive work of experimentation and research, developing his own materials that allow him greater creative freedom and expressiveness. Creates and patents SIMETECH®, a translucent material that allows molding and obtaining various textures. His commitment to the new generations of creators leads him to convene the Arturo Álvarez Prize for Young Talents.
Sara Coleman (A Coruña, 1980) Artist and designer of hybrid training, Sara Coleman is a restless creator who constantly faces new questions. She was recently awarded the 2017 ArtsFAD First Prize and is a collaborator and professor in the Master's in Fashion, Art, Culture and Society at the University of A Coruña. In 2007, she founded her own fashion brand: SARA COLEMAN_Organic Design, presenting her fashion collections on the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid runway and at international fairs in the textile sector, an activity that was combined with teaching in different schools and institutions. Throughout her professional career she worked as a designer and pattern designer for various companies in the textile sector, at the same time she collaborated as a costume designer for the Performing Arts and as a stylist in different fashion productions and exhibition assemblies. In his continuous interest in processes, creation and artistic research, he held different workshops. In parallel to these activities, and aware of her own interest in developing a more personal work, Sara Coleman is currently in the midst of research and experimentation in the artistic field.
Date: Friday, April 20. 12:00 p.m.
Place: Auditorium of the EASD Antonio Faílde.
Under this title, Pepe Barro, Arturo Álvarez and Sara Coleman, members of the jury of the 7th edition of the Premios Mestre 2018, and prestigious professionals in Galician design, will provide us with their experience in projects where transversality, collaboration and interdisciplinary complementarity is the main axis . This is a unique opportunity to get to know up close how these top-level professionals approach issues related to work planning, communication and project management in multidisciplinary teams, the approach of the briefing, the relationship with the client, the incidences and reorientation of the project and they will communicate their vision on methodological, design, production, management and direction aspects of multidisciplinary teams exemplified in practical cases. After the exhibition, there will be a round table with participation open to the audience present.
Pepe Barro (Pontedeume, 1955) has been working in the profession since 1972. In 1977 he took charge of the graphic project for A Nosa Terra, in addition to other projects for publishing houses, theater groups, magazines, etc... In 1985 he co-founded Grupo Revisión Deseño, from which he elaborates numerous projects in the field of identity and visual communication, which are already part of the history of Galician and state graphic design, as recognized by the reference Historia del Diseño Gráfico by Enric Satué. Some of his best-known works are the first "coupons" of the Eleven, the shirt of the Galician Football Team, the website of the Real Galician Academy, the renovation of the Casa de Rosalía de Castro. In 2000 the Reina Sofía Museum chose the one in Turgalicia as one of the hundred signs of the 20th century. He has recently designed exhibition montages such as the Galician fashion design exhibition at the CGAC "Con-Fío en Galicia" or the itinerant "Saúde e Terra Irmá(n)s" about the Irmandades da Fala. He has received numerous awards such as the Galician Critic and has been part of juries such as the Premios de Seño Galicia, Signes, Laus, AEPD, etc... Pepe Barro is the author of numerous essays on Design, recently compiled in the book O cómo é o que conta.
Arturo Álvarez (Pontevedra, 1964) is a consolidated creator recognized with important awards both inside and outside of Spain, for his conceptual contributions to the world of design lighting. His creations can be found in Great Britain, France, the United States, Australia, etc. It develops from the beginning its own and recognizable style with a strong personality. He freely handles shapes, volumes and light sources in a simple and elegant way, mixing them with mastery and bringing a new vision of creative lighting, coming to conceive surprising light and scenographic montages in the spaces. At present, Arturo Álvarez is developing new forms of expression, with light as the guiding thread and as the protagonist the human being and his relationships, with his lights and shadows, encounters and disagreements. In the last ten years, he has been carrying out an exhaustive work of experimentation and research, developing his own materials that allow him greater creative freedom and expressiveness. Creates and patents SIMETECH®, a translucent material that allows molding and obtaining various textures. His commitment to the new generations of creators leads him to convene the Arturo Álvarez Prize for Young Talents.
Sara Coleman (A Coruña, 1980) Artist and designer of hybrid training, Sara Coleman is a restless creator who constantly faces new questions. She was recently awarded the 2017 ArtsFAD First Prize and is a collaborator and professor in the Master's in Fashion, Art, Culture and Society at the University of A Coruña. In 2007, she founded her own fashion brand: SARA COLEMAN_Organic Design, presenting her fashion collections on the Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid runway and at international fairs in the textile sector, an activity that was combined with teaching in different schools and institutions. Throughout her professional career she worked as a designer and pattern designer for various companies in the textile sector, at the same time she collaborated as a costume designer for the Performing Arts and as a stylist in different fashion productions and exhibition assemblies. In his continuous interest in processes, creation and artistic research, he held different workshops. In parallel to these activities, and aware of her own interest in developing a more personal work, Sara Coleman is currently in the midst of research and experimentation in the artistic field.
