Jordi Canudas (b. 1975 Barcelona, Spain) worked in exhibition and interior design in Barcelona while being involved in design and artistic events and wining several design awards. In 2004 he moved to London to work in design studios before starting his Master Degree in Design Products at the Royal College of Art from where he graduated in 2007. He joined the Okay Studio soon after graduating.
WORK STATEMENT
Jordi’s projects stand between mass produced objects, one off pieces and performance-installation pieces. The starting point for a project can be an experience, a material, an interesting phenomena or any small detail that grasps Jordi’s attention. Hi process is a mixture of research, material experimentation and intuition that without having any predefined outcome lets the project navigate to unexpected results.
“Action” is the common denominator in all Jordi’s pieces. Stretchy fabrics, rubber bands, foam, metal springs,… anything that can be reshaped, changed, modified over time or even deformed or destroyed while being used interests him. On this line he is also interested in the melting process of matter, from solid to fluid, from rigidity to softness, from order to chaos.
Light is another recurrent element in his work for which he approaches it from its essence, almost as physical material. Less Lamp demands that the user releases the light by breaking the shade trapping it within, whilst Dripping Light, inspired by the constantly changing light of the sunset, gradually smothers the light source in dripping paint.
EXHIBITIONS
2008 OKAY Studio; Under the Same Roof, The Aram Gallery, London
Farewell Industrial Dogma, Daitumn Funadtion, Cyprus, Greece
1% Water, Z33, Hasselt, Belgium
Young Designers, Die Neue Sammlung, Nuremberg, Germany
DNA Young Designers, FORM, London
One object. One lifetime, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
D3 Contest Youg Designers, International Furniture Fair, Cologne
2007 International Young Designers, Seoul Design Festival, Seoul
New Moves at The Aram Gallery, London
Slow water, Royal College of Art, Londo
Do Masters, Do Shop in Soho, London
Gradual Exhibition, Bromton Design District, London
Light installation, Tent London, London
The Great Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
Sleepless, Great Eastern Hotel, London
56x45x25, +Arch studio, Milan Furniture fair, Milan
Top 10, British Council, Milan Furniture fair, Milan
2006 Work in Progress, student show Royal College of Art, London
Disturbance, Great Eastern Hotel, London
Made by Machine, Zeus Gallery, Milan
2005 Work in Progress, student show Royal College of Art, London
Rojo Motee and “The Mystic Onion”, Galeria La Santa, Barcelona
Darkness, Aram Gallery, London
2001 Reflexus, “Centre d’Art Santa Mònica”, Barcelona
SELECTED PRESS
MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS;
Financial Times, pg. 9, September 13th 2008
Herald Tribune, pg 10, August 11th 2008
Design China, pg 78, April 08
MD magazine, pg. 29, April 08
Salon Magazine, pg 79, March 08
Frame issue 60, pg 245, February 08
Blueprint, pg 88, December 07
Damn Magazine, pg 150, November 07
Casamica, pg 37, Italy, October 07
Telegraph Magazine, pg 75, UK, September 15th 2007
The Independent, pg 12, UK,15th June 07
Grazia Casa, Italy, pg 121 & 122, April 07
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES;
New Moves, Published by The Aram Gallery 2007. ISBN: 978-0-9557098-0-7
The Book of 10. Issue 3 & 4. Published by Platform10. The Royal College of Art 2006/07
The RCA Catalogue. Published by the Royal College of Art 2007. ISBN: 978-1-905000-39-1
RCA Design Products Yearbook 2007. Published by the RCA 2007. ISBN: 978-1-905000-44-9
Simply Material. Published by Victionary 2007. ISBN: 978 988 98228 7 3
D3 design Talents. Published by the German Design Council for the IMM Cologne 2008
Form London 28 Feb- 2 Mar 2008. Olympia. Published by Clarion Events 2008
1% Water catalogue. Curated by Ilse Crawford and Jane Withers. Published by Z33 2008
Zoom In Zoom Out. Published by Z33 & MER 2008. ISBN: 978-907746059-0-7
Under The Same Roof. Published by The Aram Gallery 2008. ISBN: 978-0-9557098-3-8