Josep Lluscà
Barcelona
Graduate in Industrial Design from the Eina School in Barcelona, he has been a professor in its Product Design Department and a member of its Board of Governors.
Since 1972 he has worked with prestigious international companies such as ABB Niessen, Actiu, Antonio Puig Perfumes, Arbora&Ausonia, Cassina, DD Resol, Driade, Enea, Escofet, Estel, Famosa, Figueras Internacional, Flos, Fujitec, General Electric, Grupo Forma5, Inoxcrom, Isogona-Bra, La Caixa, Metalarte, Nutrexpa, Ofita, Oken, Panrico, Permasa, Rosenthal, Sara Lee, Simón/Fluvia, Vilagrasa and WMF.
The diverse nature of the projects he has been involved in means that he has been able to work in many different fields, including lighting, furniture, packaging, electrical appliances, applied and consumer electronics, toys, street furniture and fittings, household furniture and electrical material.
He has given seminars and conferences at the Menéndez y Pelayo International University in Santander, the London Design Museum, the Dutch Form Foundation in Amsterdam, the ESADE Business School in Barcelona, the Polytechnic University of Valencia, the International Design Forum in Tokyo, and at various international design events in different countries.
His projects have been the subject of studies and reviews in numerous specialised publications, books and monographs. They also form part of the permanent collections of several design museums and have been included in many international exhibitions.
He has won a number of prestigious international design awards, including the
ADI-FAD Delta de Oro
ADI-FAD Delta de Plata
ADG-FAD LAUS awards
Industrial Design Excellence Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America (USA)
IF Product Design Award for Design Excellence from the IF Industrie Forum Design in Hannover
Red Dot Award: Product Design, by the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Germany
Best of NeoCon Award in Chicago
ALAN International Aluminium Award from the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation
National Design Award in Spain
AEPD Award from the Spanish Association of Design Professionals
Honourable Mention at the ID Furniture Awards in New York
Liderpack Award from Graphispack y Fira in Barcelona
Bronze Award from the Institute of Business Designers (USA )
Award for High Design Quality from the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Germany
First Prize Award of Excellence given by IIDA (International Interior Design Association) in Las vegas
Platinum Award Furniture Excellence in the Malaysian International Furniture (MIFF) fair in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)