Special Mention in Design 2021 in the “Professional” category: Ramón Úbeda Castro
The journalist, designer, author, curator and art director Ramón Úbeda has obtained an Honourable Mention at the 2021 National Design Awards. A career of more than 30 years dedicated to the dissemination and teaching of design from different angles, especially in the literary and journalistic fields. “For representing in an exceptional manner the importance and significance of research, disclosure, strategic management, communication and the generation of quality contents as fundamental pillars of the design ecosystem. As a journalist, graphic designer, product designer, artistic director for different companies and curator of exhibitions of international relevance, throughout a professional career of more than thirty-five years, Úbeda is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding contributors to the success of Spanish design in the world, to which it is appropriate to add the importance of his figure in the sphere of eco-design and climatically neutral materials,” according to the jury.