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The Spanish East Coast

Valencia darling! “Oh, how I value the almost always blue skies and sunny days and the cheerful nature of valencianos, celebrating the joy of life, a cold beer in hand!”

La Grande Cole

Elle est entrée dans le design par la grande porte au cœur de cette ville génératrice de créativité grâce à sa fibre industrielle importante. “ Along with creative partners alike, we founded Valencia’s La Nave design studio in 1984 and built a solid experience in the national design scene, eventually becoming a benchmark for Valencian design”. Powerful, daring, slightly crazy and highly creative years…

A Devil In Design

In 1991, came Alessi’s Memory Containers project. The mission was to question the rites of serving and setting the table. Le thème développé fut l’image du diable, un clin d’œil au péché de la gourmandise, profondément ancré dans l’imaginaire collectif occidental. En découle une série de produits utiles et sympathiques à l’image de ce diable gourmand.

Sandra Figuerola is a leading figure of the new Spanish design that emerged in the 1980s, around the emblematic collective La Nave. A pioneer in many ways, her almost forty decades of active work, has seen her constantly innovate, create and develop as a professional in the field of design.

BOLD & BRAVE

« Je suis attirée par ces créateurs aux approches braves et personnelles, corsées et oh trop cool ! » Sandra’s main trifecta of admired talents is composed of Stefan Sagmeister, Jaime Hayón and Patricia Urquiola. “Impeccable trajectories with proposals that continuously surprise me”.