EASD Castelló

Projects 2024

BIOmatrix: Weaving Sustainability - Reflejos Marinos

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Ana Pérez Blanco, Gema Madueño Marco, Angela Aparici Salvador, Gabriel Nicusor Roata, Erika De Libano Nebot, Ángeles García Moya, Sara Vidal Belda

BIOmatrix: weaving sustainability focuses on developing products from Neptune balls, a marine biomaterial endemic to the Mediterranean Sea, formed by Posidonia fibers. These natural structures serve as a starting point to explore new applications in the field of Design. The goal is not only to create a functional material but also to promote a paradigm shift towards more eco-friendly practices with zero carbon footprint.

"Reflejos Marinos" is an activity integrated into the BIOmatrix project: weaving sustainability which addresses the impact of biotechnology, public understanding of the interaction between biology and technology, and how we can utilize this connection to address environmental challenges and promote sustainability in the Mediterranean Sea. In the "Reflejos Marinos" initiative, families are invited to question environmental reality and raise awareness about the importance of the Mediterranean Sea, allowing children and adults to think about innovative solutions inspired by nature, using recycled, reclaimed, or natural materials.

Alicia Bonillo has has a PhD from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain (UPV). Her previous research project deals with the experimental graphic grid in pattern making and her PhD thesis continues with an experimental anthropometric body analysis, which projects a scenario about the future of fashion. As a designer, she carried out her brand business plan “atravesdel” at the Madrid industrial organization school, projecting reticulated research methodologies applied to fashion design, winning three business awards. She currently holds the Departmental Head of Fashion Design at EASD Castelló, and has been a POI of the specialty for more than fifteen years. She actively participates in extra-cathedratic activities, curates exhibitions dedicated to the national and international media, projecting everything from performances, or catwalks, to collaborations in magazines. He has exhibited at the DHUB Design Museum Barcelona, ​​or at the Halle Freyssinet Paris, among others. In recent years she has created a business support program specialized in denim through experimental textile research.

Lorena Cuenca has a PhD (2013) and Master's degree in Fine Arts (2003) from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain (UPV). She furthered her education at the University of Texas in Austin, USA (2001) and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels of La Cambre (ENSAV) in Brussels, Belgium (2003). With 19 years of teaching experience, she currently works as a professor of Drawing at the Escola d'Art i Superior de Disseny de Castelló, Spain. In this role, she teaches in the Bachelor's degree in Design and in the Official Master's degree in Engraving and Silkscreen printing. Her research work is focused on collective creation and the reconsideration of productive paradigms in the fields of Design and Art. Additionally, she engages in the analysis of new forms of artistic creation and production through collaboration. Her contributions aim to explore innovative approaches in the ever-evolving intersection of Design and Art.

Marina Garcia-Broch obtained the title of architect from the University of Navarra in 2000. She worked in various architecture studios until 2005, when she opened her own architecture studio. Starting in 2016, she began to combine work in his studio with teaching, within the specialty of Interior Design, at the EASD School of Art and Design in Valencia and the EASD Castelló, until today. At the same time, she has continued his training, with a master's degree in pedagogy from the UJI, Universitat Jaume I, which she completed in 2017, and she got a PhD in 2022, from the UJI, in industrial technologies and materials.

Laura Hueso has a PhD from the Jaume I University of Castellón within PhD program in Industrial Technologies and Materials. Master in Sustainable Chemistry, master in Science and technology of ceramic materials, Chemical Engineering and Bachelor in Chemistry. After 6 years in quality control laboratories for raw materials in industry, she became part of the teaching staff at the Schools of Art and Higher School of Design in the specialty of Materials and technology: Design. He currently collaborates with the Innovation Chair of the Jaume I University, focused on the circular economy and energy efficiency.