Curator and cultural researcher

He has been director of the Museu del Disseny de Barcelona (DHUB, Design Museum of Barcelona) since 2023. Other positions include founder and artistic director of Sónar+D, the arts and ideas programme of Barcelona’s Sónar festival; co-founder of Model, the Barcelona Architecture Festival; and curator of the Llum BCN light arts festival. 

He has curated several exhibitions, including Big Bang Data and After the End of the World (both at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, CCCB), Mirador Torre Glòries and Radical Curiosity: In the Orbit of Buckminster Fuller (Espacio Fundación Telefónica / ArtScience Museum Singapore), among others. His work explores the impact of technological and cultural innovation through artefacts, systems and narratives.

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