Spanish-born, London-based designer Attua Aparicio is the winner of the 2024 Ralph Saltzman Prize, the Design Museum’s annual accolade celebrating rising designers. As a part of the prize, Aparicio is being awarded a £5,000 bursary, whereas the museum will current her work by means of a solo exhibition from 1 February till 15 April 2024.
The award was established in 2022, with British designer Mac Collins because the inaugural winner. It was created as a legacy to Ralph Saltzman, co-founder and chairman of Designtex, the main firm within the design and manufacturing of utilized supplies for the constructed atmosphere.
It’s a strategy to supply rising designers a chance to broaden their work and attain, by means of a monetary contribution and the publicity of an exhibition, constructing on Saltzman’s legacy of championing innovation in design and sustainability. ‘My father was an innovator and a pioneer who had a eager eye, nice style and was famend for his creativity,’ says Lisa Saltzman, who created the award on behalf of the Saltzman Household Basis. ‘He was a visionary, and I do know he could be proud to be supporting one of the best rising design expertise by means of the prize. The Ralph Saltzman Prize is a major alternative for younger designers to showcase and develop their expertise.’
Attua Aparicio: 2024 Ralph Saltzman Prize winner
‘Solaris de Esgueva’ bookcase
(Picture credit score: Courtesy Gallery Fumi)
‘Attua’s work is exterior of vogue and doesn’t observe any pattern,’ says Martino Gamper, who nominated Aparicio for the award. ‘It defies readings and twists references to the previous to create new varieties. Apparicio has the keenness and positivity to confront the longer term in her personal means. She could be very experimental and un-afraid, attempting issues out in new and infrequently radical methods.’
Working on the intersection between design, craft and artwork, Aparicio works primarily in clay, which she crafts into natural, experimental varieties, usually blended with glass or mixed with neon lights (made by designer Jochen Holz). Her items fluctuate in scale, from small vessels to furnishings, just like the ‘Solaris de Esgueva’ bookcase in clay and wooden, created in collaboration along with her sister, designer Saelia Aparicio, for an exhibition at Gallery Fumi.
Wedgewood plate and waste borosilicate glass
(Picture credit score: Sylvain Deleu)
Aparicio graduated with an MA in Design Merchandise from London’s RCA, and based Silo Studio with designer Oscar Lessing. Collaboration is a key facet of her design apply: ‘The collective artistic vitality is contagious. [Oscar] was probably essentially the most influential individual in my profession along with my sister Saelia Aparicio and my accomplice Jochen Holz,’ she says. ‘With them, I share concepts, fears and desires.’
However she additionally credit Gamper for his position in shaping London’s artistic community: ‘Together with his beneficiant soul and inclusive character, he has helped to create a really tight group of designers, all of whom I respect and helped me in my improvement.’
‘Digit Texture’ vessel
(Picture credit score: Jixiao Tong)
‘Attua’s work is imbued with an vitality and creativity that I do know my father would have cherished,’ provides Saltzman. ‘Her deft dealing with of a spread of supplies leads to a visually arresting portfolio of labor with sustainability and tactility at its coronary heart.’
The work of Attua Aparicio will probably be on show on the Design Museum from 1 February till 15 April 2024
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