Jury
Rosa FerréSpain
Director of Matadero Madrid, exhibition curator and cultural manager. She was Head of Exhibitions and Cultural Activities at the Centre de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona-CCCB between 2012 and 2018. Her recent projects bring together interdisciplinary artistic creation, scientific research and social innovation.
Nuno GusmãoPortugal
Frequented 4 years in Architecture and 2 years in Fine Arts at the University of Lisbon, Nuno develops environmental design and communication projects, especially graphic interventions in architecture from his studio P-06 Atelier. He has done outstanding national and international work in signage projects, museums and exhibitions, hotels, restoration, communication and editorial design.
Yanina HerreraMéxico
Graphic designer, teacher and campaign developer in print and digital media. Her work focuses on interdisciplinary communication and artistic and scientific dissemination with a social perspective. She has been director of her own studio for more than twenty years and, currently, of the Image Department of the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí.
Esen KarolTurkey
Graphic designer and teacher of typography and visual communication. Editor of Manifold, an online magazine about design, technology, art and everyday life. Her posters are in the permanent collection of the Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich. She is currently managing her studio, which specialises in editorial design.
Alex LobosGuatemala, resident in Nueva York
Industrial designer. His work has focused on sustainability, emotional design and user-centered design. Postgraduate Director and Associate Professor in Industrial Design at Rochester Institute of Technology, New York.
Carlos Arturo TorresColombia, resident in Chicago
An industrial designer, he works for IDEO as a senior Industrial Designer on projects ranging from the future of mobility, ZIka prevention in Puerto Rico, to robotic surgical systems. His work has been awarded and recognized by IDSA, Netexplo, FastCompany Innovation by design award, Cannes Lion and BID16.
Diego VainesmanArgentina, resident in New York
Director of his own design studio 40N47 Design, Inc. in New York, Diego teaches Visual Narrative at the School of Visual Arts Master’s and has taught design at Parsons and Pratt Universities. He is a member of the Type Directors Club and was the first Latino to take office as president and chairman.
This list of experts is added as a jury for the specific calls:
Frank Memelsdorff” Company and Design Award
Soledat Berbegal RoqueSpain
Representing ACTIU, BID16 Business and Design Award.
Specialized in communication and marketing, Soledat is the Head of Strategic Communication at Actiu and of the company’s corporate relations. With a degree in International Commerce from ESCI/ Universidad Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and an MBA from the Instituto de Empresa business school in Madrid, she previously provided her strategic vision in international markets for the multinational Jofel (Spain) and for 3d Tradelik (Holland).
Specialized in communication and marketing, Soledat is the Head of Strategic Communication at Actiu and of the company’s corporate relations. With a degree in International Commerce from ESCI/ Universidad Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and an MBA from the Instituto de Empresa business school in Madrid, she previously provided her strategic vision in international markets for the multinational Jofel (Spain) and for 3d Tradelik (Holland).
Research and Design Award
Almudena Huidobro Pérez-VillamilSpain
Representing the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
With almost 20 years of research experience in the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas in the development of both public and private research projects, Almudena has been carrying out R&D&I management activities from the public sector since 2003, focusing on the monitoring and evaluation of national R&D&I strategies and plans and their programmes, as well as the coordination, management and monitoring of aid for innovative activity.
With almost 20 years of research experience in the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas in the development of both public and private research projects, Almudena has been carrying out R&D&I management activities from the public sector since 2003, focusing on the monitoring and evaluation of national R&D&I strategies and plans and their programmes, as well as the coordination, management and monitoring of aid for innovative activity.