Álvaro Catalán de Ocón
Alvaro Catalán de Ocón is one of the most acclaimed Spanish designers. An honors graduate of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, he is the author of the PET Lamp Project which has been a growing success since its presentation in 2013. PET Lamp has already developed several collections in Colombia, Chile, Japan, Ethiopia, Australia, Thailand and Ghana. This project and the Studio Alvaro Catalán de Ocón has been backed up by several prizes and nominations such as: First prize Guiltless Plastic 2021, Best Product Designer of the year by IED Awards 2019, Finalist of the Dezeen Awards 2019 for the best Design Studio, the AD prize for the Best Emerging Design Studio 2014, nomination for the London Design Museum as best product of the year 2014, CODESPA for best PYME Solidaria, Silver Delta Award 2014 in Barcelona, 4th Ibero American Biennial of Design (BID_14) Design for Development Award, nomination for the German Design Award 2015 and finalist at Ecoembes R Awards, for Best Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project, among others.
His work is part of the design collections at Centre George Pompidou and Centre National des Arts Plastiques in Paris, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, M+ West Kowloon Museum in Hong Kong, Victoria and Alberts Museum (London), MAK Museum Vienna, and the Denver Art Museum. His designs have been exhibited in internationally renowned galleries such as Spazio Rossana Orlandi (Milan), MINT Gallery (London), the Spanish Machado- Muñoz and has been part of different exhibitions at VitraHaus (Bassel), the London Design Museum, Issey Miyake Foundation 21_21 Design Sight (Tokyo), BAUHAUS (Dessau), Museum of Art and Design (New York), La Sala Vinçon (Barcelona) and Trans Design (Shanghai), Villa Alba Museum (Melbourne) among others. Currently he combines his work as consultant to different companies with the self- production of some of his designs.