Mermelada Studio is an industrial-design collective founded by Laura Blasco, Juanmi Juárez and Álex Estévez, who joined forces to explore design as a journey to find the extraordinary in the everyday.
Meanwhile, Miquel Aparici (Barcelona, 1963) is a designer-sculptor whose practice transforms reclaimed industrial objects into surprising assemblies imbued with wit, narrative and formal clarity.
Aparici describes himself as a collector of stories and repurposed forms, creating works that challenge the viewer’s expectations and invite interaction.
Both these practices — one collective, one individual — highlight a contemporary design ethos rooted in re-interpretation, material storytelling and conceptual richness.