BIO
Roger Arquer was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1975. Graduated in Design at ESDI, Barcelona (1994-1998). A year after his graduation, he moved to New York City (1999-2003) to work as industrial designer. After New York, he moved to London to attend an MA in Design Products at the Royal College of Art (2003-2005). During the summer break in RCA he worked as designer in Zurich (Switzerland). He set up his own design practice in London after RCA.
Since he was student he has received design awards, such as Opus Design Award (Japan), Coram Design (Netherlands), Adi-Fad (Barcelona), RCA Society/Thames Hudson Book Prize (London), among others.
He also has been exhibiting his work: Design Mart Design Museum (2005-6), British Council Design Exhibition (Milan 2005), aRChAeology at Royal College of Art (London 2005), or Park and Products at Serpentine Gallery (London 2004), On/Off Design Experience (Seoul 2005), among others.
CV
Profesional experience
- Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins. October'08 to present
- Visiting Lecturer at Camberwell University. October'07 to present
- Visiting Lecturer at Kingston University. Nov-June'06
- Set up own Design practice, Roger Arquer Industrial Design. October'05
- Designer at Alfredo Haberli. Zurich, Switzerland. July-September'04
- Freelance for Ron Arad, Hyphen, Francesca Amfitheatrof. London. March'02-Sept'03
- Junior Designer at a Karim Rashid. New York. December'99-January'02
- Internship at Lievore/Ather/Molina. Barcelona. November'98-January'99
- Internship at Flores Associates. Barcelona. January-April'98
- Internship at Cactus Design. Barcelona. May-December'97
- Internship at Llusca Associates. Barcelona. June-September'96
Studies
- MA Design Products at Royal College of Art. London. 2003-05
- Fall Term drawing course at Pratt Institute, New York. October'99
- Monographic course: Design in plastic pieces. Barcelona. October'98
- BA Degree in Industrial Design at ESDI. Sabadell, Barcelona. 1994-98
Awards
- RCA Society/Thames & Hudson Book Prize. June'05
- House & Garden Scholarship. March '05
- Talento. British Council. May'05
- Gold Prize at Opus Design Eyeglasses 2003. Fi eyeglasses. Japan. September'03
- Honorable mention at Coram Design. Cactus bathroom. Netherlands. May'03
- Selected at Opus Eyeglasses Competition. Moody eyeglasses. Japan. October'02
- 2nd prize ADI-FAD'98 Medal. School table and chair. Barcelona. November'98
- 3rt prize ADI-FAD'98 Medal. Bicycle rack. Barcelona. November'98
- 2nd prize. 11th Manacor's furniture contest. Table-folding screen. Mallorca. April'98
- 1rst prize. 10th Manacor's furniture contest. Mallorca. Computer table. March'97