Designer Stories

Mario Ruiz

Clear, everyday design. This motif guides the work of designer Mario Ruiz (Alicante, 1965), author of a cosmopolitan path whose language is honest and timeless. Each of his furniture, lighting, and technology projects are as they seem, objects whose friendly and comprehensible forms invite their use.

A graduate of Industrial Design from Barcelona’s Elisava University School of Design and Engineering, Mario Ruiz started out in 1995 from his studio Mario Ruiz Design, focusing on furniture, lighting, and office design, as well as industrial products and technology.

His extensive professional experience stands out for its multidisciplinarity and international projection, allowing him to develop projects in various sectors for over 120 companies around the world.

He has received over 50 awards in Europe and the United States, including several Wallpaper Awards, Red Dot, IF, Best of Neocon, Design Plus, Good Design and Metropolis magazine. His work has been featured in several solo exhibitions, like the monographic show organized by the Instituto Cervantes of Milan during the Salone del Mobile 2018 or the one hosted by Feria Habitat Valencia 2018 in his honor. He has been Professor of Projects at Barcelona’s EINA and ELISAVA design schools and has given conferences about his work in Tokyo, Singapore, New York, Dubai, London and Chicago.

In 2016 he received the Spain National Design Prize, awarded by King Felipe VI of Spain and the Ministry of Economy.