CARLA ALCALÀ BADIAS
Her practice encompasses a broad spectrum of disciplines, whether developing commercial or self-initiated projects. Recently, she received the prestigious Bio Art and Design Award 2024. Throughout her career, she has worked for award-winning design studios such as MUT Design and Closca. Carla was awarded the Medialab Matadero 2022-23 research grant, and in 2023, she served as an artist-in-residence at Domaine de Boisbuchet (France), supported by Acción Cultural Española. Her projects have been exhibited at internationally recognized events such as Dutch Design Week and Valencia Design Fest, and have been featured in design and contemporary culture magazines such as DAMN Magazine.
Bachelor in Industrial Design and Product Development, CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia (ES), Summa Cum Laude.
2015-19
Product, space and furniture designer, MUT design, Valencia (ES).
Design Researcher (R+D), Biochar as a design material, Domaine de Boisbuchet (FR), Project funded by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E).
Design Research (R+D), Project Development within the Annual Program of Situated Research Residencies at Medialab Matadero (ES), Financially supported by Madrid Destino Culture Tourism and Business, S.A.
Production & development expert, workshop staff member, Domaine de Boisbuchet (FR).
Graphic Design and Art Direction, Internship, Closca Design, Valencia (ES).
Furniture and Product Design, Internship, Yonoh Studio, Valencia (ES).
2021-23
2023
2022-23
2023
2019
2018
Distributed Design Mobility Scheme Prize 2023-24.Co-funded by the EU.
Creative Exchange Residency for Craft Practitioners 2023-25 (WCCE). Co-funded by the EU.
Artistic residency at Domaine de Boisbuchet, Funded by Acción Cultural Española AC/E, May-July.
Research residency at Medialab Matadero, Madrid (ES). April 22-April 23, Funded by Madrid Destino Cultura Turismo y Negocio, S.A.
Academic grant at The New Centre for Research and Practice, 4 ECTS seminar.
Extraordinary End-of-career Award for the Best Academic Record in Engineering and Architecture 2019. CEU Cardenal Herrera University, Valencia.
2024
2024
2023
2022-23
2022
2019
Post-Carbon Alchemy, (group), Material District Utrecht 2024.
Wet-Crypto Myths (solo), La Hoja, Nave 0, Matadero Madrid.
Twisting & Twining (group), Mut Design Studio, València Design Fest 22.
Design Végétal (group), Domaine de Boisbuchet, France Design Week.
Private_Eye_Butler_Spy (group),ARCAM Architecture Centre Amsterdam, May - June.
Graduation Show 2021 Design Academy Eindhoven, Dutch Design Week 2021.
The Object is Absent (group), MU Space, Eindhoven (NL). Dutch Design Week 2020.
2024
2023
2022
2022
2022
2021
2021
Twisting and Twining, furniture design with rattan (MUT Design x Expormim). Domaine de Boisbuchet.
Reencantar a las bestias, 3-day participatory workshop part of Carla Alcalà’s research residency at Medialab Matadero.
Data Streams, Prototyping with Arduino. Assisting Jesse Howard. Design Academy Eindhoven.
2022
2022
2019
Biochar (online publication), Future Materials Bank (Jan van Eyck Academie).
Public presentation Wet-Crypto Myths and conversation with Ross McElwain, 26 May, Nave 0, Matadero.
Digital Home Myth-Making (article), In DAMN°82: Radical Domesticity.
Reencantar a las Bestias, interview, In Radio 3 (RTVE).
Death to algorithms, long live the witches! (article). Dutch Design Week 2021.
2023
2023
2022
2022
2021
Theoretical-practical seminar Daemon&Discord: Anatomy of the DAO, With Jay Springet & Ross McElwain, The New Centre for Research and Practice.
Workshop with Lex Pott. Domaine de Boisbuchet (FR).
Textile design project at Ziguinchor school, Senegal. Social design project Free Design Bank.
2022-23
2018
2019
Autocad
Keyshot / V-Ray
Adobe Creative Suite
Stability AI / Midjourney
MS Office
DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN, 2021
MA THESIS
FEATURED in DAMNº82 SUMMER 2022
Research, Publication
2021