EXHIBITION. “Vicent Martínez, a continuous present. The memory, the recent and the unpublished”
Feria València
- Memory: This section, which runs chronologically from 1982 to 1997, covers table designs such as Halley, Anaconda or Màgic (all for Punt Mobles); bookshelves such as La Torre de... (Grupo T), the Montjüic armchair (Arflex Martínez Medina), or La Literatura, one of the great classics in the history of Spanish design.
- The recent: This other section covers the period between 2012 and 2022. It includes, among other works, the redesign of La Literatura in 2014 (La Literatura Open, for Punt Mobles), the lounger with footrest from the "Weave" collection for Point or the Isa chair and Libris tables (Capdell) or the Ilius sofa (for Ofifran). Also included is the work Vicent Martínez has recently done around the fan, an object that refers to his family origins: the Senzu fan (for Mad Lab) and the exhibition 'Diseñar el Aire' (Museum of Ceramics and Sumptuary Arts González Martí in Valencia), curated by Vicent Martínez.
- The unpublished: This last section will show some of the designs, elaborations and projects that Vicent Martínez has been working on lately.
Feria València
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Feria Hábitat València will dedicate, in its next appointment from September 20 to 23 at Feria Valencia, an exhibition to the designer Vicent Martínez in a show that will be curated by C. Rafael Martínez-Martínez, art and design historian, as well as editor of the Arxiu Valencià del Disseny magazine.
The exhibition, entitled ‘Vicent Martínez, a continuous present. Memory, the recent and the unpublished’, aims to investigate some of the milestones in the career as a product designer of the co-founder of Punt Mobles, the first Valencian company to be awarded the National Design Award in 1997.
To this end, three large blocks have been established that will, in turn, make up the bulk of the exhibition:
- Memory: This section, which runs chronologically from 1982 to 1997, covers table designs such as Halley, Anaconda or Màgic (all for Punt Mobles); bookshelves such as La Torre de… (Grupo T), the Montjüic armchair (Arflex Martínez Medina), or La Literatura, one of the great classics in the history of Spanish design.
- The recent: This other section covers the period between 2012 and 2022. It includes, among other works, the redesign of La Literatura in 2014 (La Literatura Open, for Punt Mobles), the lounger with footrest from the “Weave” collection for Point or the Isa chair and Libris tables (Capdell) or the Ilius sofa (for Ofifran). Also included is the work Vicent Martínez has recently done around the fan, an object that refers to his family origins: the Senzu fan (for Mad Lab) and the exhibition ‘Diseñar el Aire’ (Museum of Ceramics and Sumptuary Arts González Martí in Valencia), curated by Vicent Martínez.
- The unpublished: This last section will show some of the designs, elaborations and projects that Vicent Martínez has been working on lately.
In order to continue disseminating the practice of design, Vicent Martínez and C. Rafael Martínez-Martínez have entrusted the exhibition design of the exhibition to Cosín Estudio. On the other hand, the graphic design will be in charge of another Valencian studio: Gimeno Gràfic.
