Women at Work

Cristina Daura (Barcelona; 1988) Después de estudiar ilustración en La Massana, complementa sus estudios en la Maryland Institute Collage of Art (Baltimore). Actualmente trabaja para prensa de todo el mundo: The New York Times, The New Yorker, Die Zenit, Süddeutsche Magazine, El País, Penguin Books, Blackie Books, Nike, Moog, Razzmatazz, Gutter Fest, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, etc. Sus ilustraciones han sido consideradas por jugar entre una estética “infantil” pero con la perversidad de alguien que no acaba de estar bien de la cabeza. El cómic y el arte fauvismo podrían ser sus mayores influencias.

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Alba de la Fuente (27), arquitecta y artista 3D, graduada como arquitecta en 2019, ha vivido en Londres, Barcelona y Madrid, estudiando y trabajando con arquitectos y artistas de renombre como Ricardo Bofill, Andres Reisinger, Sabine Marcelis, Charlotte Taylor.

Desde 2020 trabaja como artista/arquitecta 3D, visualiza la esencia del espacio a través de un diseño sensorial, tratando la profundidad poética de los entornos arquitectónicos a través de texturas, materiales y luces.

"Buscando el concepto adecuado en cada proyecto, me interesa la forma de transmitir y la forma de entenderlo a través de la luz, las formas y la esencia del espacio. Las formas y la materialidad cobran especial importancia en mis proyectos, el equilibrio entre materiales, texturas y formas permiten la máxima expresión de la luz. El resultado son espacios que reflejan sencillez y serenidad."

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Na Kim is a graphic designer based in Seoul and Berlin. After studying product design and graphic design in Korea, Kim participated in Werkplaats Typografie in the Netherlands. Kim is currently running the project space, LOOM in Berlin. Na Kim’s design practice as a system engages without putting limits on the field of graphic design. Kim is taking a methodology to collect objects and events found in everyday life and rearrange them into new order and rules, and ultimately expand design literacy. Besides many other projects, she was responsible for the concept and design of GRAPHIC magazine from 2009 till 2011 and has initiated series of projects based on her monograph, SET since 2015. She has held solo exhibitions, such as Bottomless Bag (2020), Black and White (2019), Red, Yellow, Blue (2017), SET (2015), Choice Specimen (2014), Found Abstracts (2011), Fragile (2006). Besides, Kim has been a curator for Brno Biennale, Chaumont Festival, Seoul International Typography Biennale, and Fikra Graphic Design Biennial. Kim also worked on projects with COS, Hermès, ÅLAND, and many other clients, and Kim’s works been invited to international exhibitions at MMCA, SeMA, V&A, MoMA, Milan Triennale Museum, Die Neue Sammlung, etc. Na Kim has been a member of AGI since 2016.

http://ynkim.com

Aiyemobisi “Bisi” Williams serves as Chief Insights & Analytics Officer for Massive Change Network (MCN), the design consultancy she co-founded in 2010 with Bruce Mau. She is also a co-founder and co-host on the Health2049 podcast, a platform that engages today’s top thought leaders from diverse backgrounds in inspirational conversations regarding the future of health care.

Bisi combines more than 20 years of communications experience and strategic design expertise with a deep focus on innovation. By applying the methodology of life-centered design, she takes a holistic approach in designing sustainable solutions to influence change. She collaborates with MCN clients to create impact at scale and drive growth while making the world a better place for all. Under Bisi’s leadership, MCN has become a global leader in the field of enterprise design and is pushing the traditional boundaries of communication and branding. 

Bisi has addressed groups on the power of design to drive positive economic, social and cultural change. Her speaking engagements have included “Future Unknown: Global Education Summit,” held at CAFA (Central Academy of Fine Arts) in Beijing, China; “What Design Can Do,” a global design conference held in Amsterdam, and at “The Human Element Communications Consortium,” a conference hosted by Johnson & Johnson. She also spoke to students at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where she has served as an academic advisor. 

A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Bisi graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in Journalism. Prior to the inception of Massive Change Network, Bisi worked with media, arts and cultural organizations to develop programs and events at the intersection of popular culture, fine art and social transformation. In her adopted hometown of Chicago, Bisi has been involved in shaping fundraising events at several major cultural institutions, including the Shedd Aquarium, Ravinia Festival and the Fashion Department of The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. She served on the Ravinia Women’s Board and with the Winnetka Public Schools Foundation. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband and is a proud mom of three beautiful daughters. 

www.massivechangenetwork.com

Laura Hernández (Compostela, 1992) es diseñadora industrial, especializada en la creación de experiencias inmersivas. Durante años, ha participado en la conceptualización y desarrollo de piezas de realidad virtual, experiencias interactivas y entornos inmersivos para marcas globales relacionadas con el retail, cultura y entretenimiento.

Un campo del diseño pionero, que se suma a una labor de investigación continua. Para ello, recientemente crea Gorreato Estudio, una plataforma a través de la cual divulgar proyectos propios y contenido relacionado con el diseño, la tecnología y la innovación.

Actualmente trabaja en Fever, liderando la integración de nuevas tecnologías en experiencias, combinándolo con su labor docente.

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Las gemelas Marta y Eva Yarza son las fundadoras de Yarza Twins, una agencia creativa de Londres. Nacidas en Vigo, defienden que el diseño y el arte se pueden convertir en una misma disciplina y a la vez ser comercial.

Creen que el diseño está en constante evolución y que es importante encontrar la individualidad en cada proyecto. Entre sus clientes destacan MTV, Smirnoff, Adidas, HP, Vice, Huawei, Vodafone y otras marcas.

El año pasado recibieron el Premio Nacional de Diseño y el Premio Gallego de Innovación y Diseño, ambos en la categoría ‘jóvenes diseñadoras’. Recibieron también un D&AD en packaging design en 2018.

www.yarzatwins.com

Paula Scher is one of the most acclaimed graphic designers in the world. She has been a principal in the New York office of the distinguished international design consultancy Pentagram since 1991, where she has designed identity systems, environmental graphics,

packaging and publications for a wide range of clients that includes, among others, the Public Theater, the Museum of Modern Art, the High Line, the Metropolitan Opera,

Tiffany & Co., Citibank and Microsoft. Scher has been the recipient of hundreds of industry honors including the National Design Award and the AIGA medal. She is an

established artist exhibiting worldwide, and her designs are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, the Library of Congress, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and other institutions. A documentary on Scher and her work can be seen in the Netflix series “Abstract: The Art of Design.”

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Malika Favre is a French artist based in Barcelona.

Her bold, minimal style – often described as Pop Art meets OpArt – is a striking lesson in the use of positive/negative space and colour.

Her unmistakable style has established her as one of Europe’s most sought after graphic artists. Malika’s clients include The New Yorker, Vogue, BAFTA, Sephora and Penguin Books, amongst many others.

www.malikafavre.com

Verònica Fuerte es una diseñadora, ilustradora, speaker internacional y directora creativa afincada en Barcelona.

Después de graduarse en Elisava y Eina, fue ganando experiencia en diversos estudios de diseño hasta que en 2007 fundó Hey, que ha crecido de manera exponencial desde entonces ganando, a su vez, reconocimiento a nivel mundial. Verònica trabaja con un enfoque multidisciplinar y amplio del diseño; apuesta por la creatividad sin límites, un lenguaje contundente, y una perspectiva con visión de futuro sobre qué hacen y cómo lo hacen.

www.heystudio.es

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With over 20 years of experience in the publishing world, Patricia Escalona began her career at Ediciones B, first as a department assistant and then as a commissioning editor of different collections. She was part of the launch of Suma de Letras-Punto de lectura. After a period in New York working at The New Press, she returned to Barcelona to become a founding partner of Rocaeditorial. She then took charge of Malpaso's markedly feminist collection and is currently working freelance. In this new role, she edits books for different publishers, co-directs the international literary festival Capítulo Uno at Matadero Madrid and writes her books. Juegos reunidos feministas is her first published volume, but it will not be the last one.

In March 2018, she participated in the launch, together with other colleagues, of the initiative Mujeres del Libro, which aims to obtain complete information on the employment situation of women in this environment, to fight against the wage gap, the lack of representation of women in the different areas of the world of books, the glass ceiling and the various forms of discrimination suffered by women in the performance of their work duties.