André Ricard Sala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

André Ricard Sala

Spanish industrial designer

Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1929

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Profession: designer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About André Ricard Sala

  • André Ricard (born 1929 in Barcelona) is a Catalan industrial designer.
  • He designed the torch for the 1992 Summer Olympics.
  • In 1993 he won the Creu de Sant Jordi award. Industrial designer, lecturer and writer.
  • Raymond Loewy made contact with Peter Muller-Munk, founder of ICSID (1956).
  • Invited as observer at the 1959 ICSID Congress.
  • He shared the set up of ADIFAD (1960), the Spanish designers society he later on presided (1971-1973).
  • Member of the ICSID Study Group (1961).
  • ICSID Vice-President (1963-1971).
  • Leader of ICSID Design for Disaster Relief (1976).
  • He founded and presided ADP, the designer's professional association (1978).
  • Vice-President of the Barcelona Design Center (1990-1996).
  • Member of the Faculty of the Art Center - Europe (1988-1996).
  • Head of Product Design in EINA school (1993-1999).
  • Designer of the Olympic torch of the Barcelona Games (1992) and of the Olympic Cauldrum at Lausanne's Olympic Museum (1993).
  • President of the NGO Design for the World (1999-2007).
  • Trustee of EINA Foundation and of Loewe Foundation.
  • Honor Member of the Saint George Academy (2000).
  • Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts (2011). He deserved some prestigious awards: the Spanish National Design Prize (1987), the Catalan Saint George Cross and the IOC Olympic Order (1993), Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres - France (1998) and Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur – France (2011).
  • His designs deserved Spanish and international design awards.
  • An exhibition of his work was set up at the Miró Museum (1999).

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