Curro Claret (Barcelona, 1968)

He studied industrial design at the Elisava School of Design and Engineering and the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.

He has been a freelance designer since the end of the 1990s, designing artefacts, products, objects, services and strategies carried out either for or with companies such as BD Barcelona, Camper, Metalarte and Zicla and associations as well as foundations such as the Arrels Fundació, Tot Raval, Impulsem, the San Martín de Porres Foundation and the We are Water Foundation.

At the same time, he also carries out a teaching role, collaborating with various universities such as the Elisava School, the Massana Art and Design Centre, the IED Istituto Europeo di Design and the Universita degli Studi di Sassari (UNISS) and he teaches workshops in other centres and countries.

He has been the curator of exhibitions such as Krea, different views in creative processes (together with Martín Azúa) for the Barcelona Design Centre, at the Barcelona Design Museum, and the Intermediate Zone; design, art and society at the ACVIC.

There is a published book on his work Retrato imperfecto de Curro Claret (Imperfect portrait of Curro Claret), by Oscar Guayabero and Ramón Ubeda, (published by Gustavo Gil, 2014), and his works have been referenced in various media and publications such as The Design Encyclopedia, by Mel Byars, the Museum of Modern Art New York, 2004.

His work has been exhibited and some of his pieces form part of different museums and centres such as the Barcelona Design Museum, the Jesuitenkirche (Lower Austria Contemporary) as well as in private collections such as that of the Q. Loss Collection. In addition to all this, he has received several awards and distinctions.

Presentation updated in September 2022