Marisa Gallén and Point, National Design Awards 2019
13/11/2019.
National Design Awards 2019. Ministerio de Ciencia.
metalocus, ÁNGEL TORNE
metalocus, ÁNGEL TORNE
The designer Marisa Gallén and the company Point, specialized in outdoor furniture, have seen her career and its commitment to design recognized with two National Design Awards 2019 in the professional and company categories, respectively.
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Point and Marisa Gallén are two of the drivers of the Valencia Capital Design World 2022 project.
These awards are the highest recognition to the design of Spain and granted by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
These awards are the highest recognition to the design of Spain and granted by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
In its argument, the jury has recognized the “broad, global and innovative trajectory” of Marisa Gallén. In addition, they highlighted “the coherence of her professional career, from the foundation of La Nave, which was a revolution in the world of design, to his current work, very influential in the company's strategy, demonstrating a great projective capacity. Strongly committed to sustainability since her inception, it highlights her ability to imbricate design and art in her projects. her associative activity and her cultural implication, transmitting to society the values of design, are a referent of commitment”.
Marisa Gallén, who was part of the mythical collective La Nave in the 80s, has contributed her work to design innovation and has left her graphic mark on all kinds of Valencian cultural initiatives, institutions and industries. Museums, publishers, music festivals, books, design exhibitions and cultural projects of all kinds. She has worked as a teacher and mentor for generations of designers and currently directs the Gallén + Ibáñez studio together with the designer Carmina Ibáñez, who develops identity and packaging projects, among other aspects of design.
On Point, he pointed out that he stands out for “its continuous and sustainable upward development, with a business strategy oriented towards internationalization, which has contributed to disseminating and consolidating the design ecosystem and giving it visibility. With a philosophy of responsible consumption and willingness to reduce the environmental impact, it highlights its commitment to interconnect crafts and tradition with design and innovation, maintaining its loyalty to natural materials.”
Point, which celebrates its centenary next year, is a benchmark in the manufacture and design of outdoor furniture throughout the world whose pieces combine the know-how of the brand and the signature of designers such as Mario Ruiz, Vicent Martínez and Francesc Rifé, among others.
“2019 is undoubtedly the year of Valencian design. The effort, quality, maturity, talent and success of Valencian design does not stop giving us good news. To the designation of Valencia as the World Capital of Design in 2022, two deserved National Design Awards now come to a designer and a company that are indisputable references of Valencian design. Marisa Gallén and Point have many reasons to feel satisfied. And all the Valencian Community, too. Congratulations”, says the strategic director of Valencia Capital Design World 2022, Xavi Calvo.
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Marisa Gallén
Marisa Gallén, (Valencia, 1958) is a pioneer and a reference in Spanish graphic design, since its inception in the La Nave collective in the 1980s. Since then, her works are essential to understand the evolution of graphic communication in the Valencian cultural industry.
The Dansa València festival, the Teatre Micalet, the Ensems music festival of the Institut Valencià de Cultura, the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM), the Museu Valencià de la Il.lustració i la Modernitat, Grup Instrumental de València and the institutional campaigns of the Generalitat Valenciana, among many other examples, have been nurtured by the design of Marisa Gallén.
Her professional activity has been diverse and multiple, with works focused on corporate image, editorial design, packaging, art direction and web design, with additional forays into industrial and textile design.
In addition to the 2019 National Design Award, her career has been awarded with the San Carlos de València Medal of Fine Arts, the Mestres recognition, the FAD chain and the Special Jury Prize of the magazine Economy 3 for the XXV Anniversary from the La Nave collective.
The Dansa València festival, the Teatre Micalet, the Ensems music festival of the Institut Valencià de Cultura, the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM), the Museu Valencià de la Il.lustració i la Modernitat, Grup Instrumental de València and the institutional campaigns of the Generalitat Valenciana, among many other examples, have been nurtured by the design of Marisa Gallén.
Her professional activity has been diverse and multiple, with works focused on corporate image, editorial design, packaging, art direction and web design, with additional forays into industrial and textile design.
In addition to the 2019 National Design Award, her career has been awarded with the San Carlos de València Medal of Fine Arts, the Mestres recognition, the FAD chain and the Special Jury Prize of the magazine Economy 3 for the XXV Anniversary from the La Nave collective.
Hermanos Pons. Point
Point is an international reference in design furniture for outdoor spaces. A company whose origins date back to 1920 and is present in 70 countries, with more than 40 collections and 300 products, which dress a thousand interior design projects worldwide.
Point, which next year celebrates its centenary and is based in Xaló (Alicante), is a brand that grows and advances every year stimulated by its alliances with prestigious national and international designers who, together with their master craftsmen, create products that combine beauty, elegance and innovation.
Designers such as Vicent Martínez, Mario Ruiz, Christophe Pillet, Esther Campos, Francesc Rifé, Nika Zupanc, Gabriel Teixidó, Joaquín Homs, among others, are part of the POINT family, which is part of the World Design Organization (WDO).
In 2018, Point already received the IIDA Hospitality Design award for the category ‘Seating: Individual Outdoor Seating’ and the ‘Ibero-American CIDI recognition for the business and industrial trajectory of excellence’.
Point, which next year celebrates its centenary and is based in Xaló (Alicante), is a brand that grows and advances every year stimulated by its alliances with prestigious national and international designers who, together with their master craftsmen, create products that combine beauty, elegance and innovation.
Designers such as Vicent Martínez, Mario Ruiz, Christophe Pillet, Esther Campos, Francesc Rifé, Nika Zupanc, Gabriel Teixidó, Joaquín Homs, among others, are part of the POINT family, which is part of the World Design Organization (WDO).
In 2018, Point already received the IIDA Hospitality Design award for the category ‘Seating: Individual Outdoor Seating’ and the ‘Ibero-American CIDI recognition for the business and industrial trajectory of excellence’.
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