Marti Guixe
Barcelona, Spain
http://www.guixe.com

Born in Barcelona in 1964, Guíxé studied interior design there, then industrial design at Milan Polytechnic. Dedicated to inventing “brilliantly simple ideas of a curious seriousness,” Martí Guixé divides his time between his native Barcelona and Berlin. Dubbing himself an “ex-designer,” he designs products for Authentics and shoe shops for Camper as well as conceptual projects.

As a “product designer who hates objects” Martí Guixé faces something of a conundrum. He reconciles himself to his professional role of continuing to develop new products because “I need to use them” and by focusing on the functionality of his designs, rather than what they look like and the materials they are made from. .