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Liliana Ovalle (Mexico City, 1977)
Product and furniture designer based in London. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art, she has been running her own practice developing design projects in Mexico, Italy and London.
Born and raised in Mexico City, her work is strongly influenced by her background. In her objects, functionality and comfort dialogue with values such as the improvised, the broken and the unfinished. Some of her furniture projects are now produced by Plusdesign Gallery in Milan, and Nodus amongst others.
She was given the Talent Award by the British Council in 2006 and the mexican Clara Porset Special Award in 2008.
Since February 2011 Liliana works as a part-time researcher at the Interaction Research Studio, Goldsmiths University of London. In April 2011 she joined Okay Studio, a design collective based in North London.
Studies
2004 - 2006
MA Design Products, Royal College of Art, London.
1995 - 2000
Bachelor with Major in Industrial Design. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Graduated with Honours.
2000
Erasmus Exchange Program at Les Ateliers, École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle, Paris.
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