Born in Madrid in 1969, Gala Fernández studied Art and Design at the Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and Industrial Design at the Istituto Europeo de Design in Milan, where Gala also taught while working as a freelance designer.

Gala subsequently worked for Fabrica, Benetton Group’s communication research center, and worked alongside Jaime Hayon as the 3D design department’s coordinator for four years. Gala was also led the project “Fabrica Features”. Gala has lectured at the Royal College of Art, London, the Goldsmith College, London, and the Nederland Architectuur Instituut, Rotterdam, among many others.

Currently, Gala works for her studio GalaFM in Madrid, and runs the Master’s course European Design Labs at the IED Madrid.

Links:

http://galafmstudio.squarespace.com/

http://www.europeandesignlabs.com/

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