Eina is a non-profit-making foundation whose principal aim is the teaching of art and design, fostering creation and cultural debate.
Eina is made up of the University Centre, einaidea and Eina Obra, a flexible and dynamic structure that enables us to adapt to social, ecological, cultural and economic changes.
Eina University Centre is a learning ecosystem in which the Bachelor in Design, Master’s degrees, Postgraduate programmes, Advanced Studies and the Doctorate are delivered and coexist in close connection with the business, cultural, research and innovation sectors.
einaidea is a strategic platform for critical thought and cultural programming. With a consistently collaborative vocation, einaidea explores new artistic formats and methodologies in dialogue with the city of Barcelona and its cultural, scientific and technological institutions. Understanding the school and the public sphere as a continuum, einaidea develops intensive workshops, curatorial projects, experimental programmes and publications with an ongoing commitment to exploration and transformation.
Eina Obra is a space for transdisciplinary experimentation dedicated to education, research and the dissemination of methodologies and creative practices oriented towards ecosocial transformation. Its practice is articulated through situated interdependence, material agency, relational creativity and diffractive methodologies, with the aim of fostering critical thinking and generating collective knowledge.
Each area of Eina is devoted to thinking, experimenting, generating and bringing together new methodologies and forms of design practice in order to meet diverse learning and qualification needs.
The foundation's governing body is the board of trustees, comprised of people from the Eina community from a variety of fields: many of them have historically been linked to the school as teachers or former students. The tasks attributed to the board of trustees include the administration of the heritage and the facilities and ensuring the beliefs of Eina and the achievement of its founding aims.
Eina Foundation Statutes (PDF)
Eina Foundation Code of Good Governance (PDF)
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Aims and purposes
Included in the Statutes (Chapter I, Article 3er)
Composition of the Board of Trustees
Miquel Molins - President
Josep Mª Milà - Vicepresident
Alicia Núñez - Vicepresident
Anton Granero - Secretary
Josep Bagà
Jordi Colomer
Pilar Cortada
Gerard Vilar
Mario Eskenazi, Honorary patron
Director
Violeta Sugranyes
Manager
Núria Bretos
Annual programme of activities
The activities that the Eina Foundation plans to carry out during the year consist of promoting everything necessary for the proper functioning of the University Centre attached to the UAB. They are also complemented by the new Eina Idea project to take training in art and design beyond its comfort zones. Details can be found in each of the sections of this website.
Results of the activities carried out
The result of the activities carried out, centred on the University Centre attached to the UAB and the Eina Idea project, is described in section 1b) of the Financial Report that forms part of the annual accounts. There is also a description of the activities carried out during the last financial year, with an indication of the fulfilment of the objectives.
The group of beneficiaries
Included in the audited annual report (section 1.b).
Annual Activity Report 2023-2024 (PDF)
Annual Activity Report 2022-2023 (PDF)
Annual Activity Report 2021-2022 (PDF)
Annual Activity Report 2020-2021 (PDF)
Annual Activity Report 2019-2020 (PDF)
Purpose and mission
In its vocation to continually renew the pedagogy, research and practices of design and art, Eina aims to consolidate itself as a cultural, educational and social reference.
Eina wants to attract and be an enhancer of talent and a generator of creative singularities, capable of responding to the social, intellectual and economic challenges of the present.
Inspiring knowledge and collaborative work, Eina aims to offer the optimal resources for training and research, with a focus on personal growth and the improvement of society. Furthermore, Eina wants to expand its presence and its impact on the local and international design and art circuits, consolidating itself in a network of collaboration with similar centres.
With efficient management and an agile and friendly internal organisation, Eina aims to be a safe, dynamic and motivating working environment, expressing its ethical and creative principles in all its operational dynamics.
Main strategic guidelines
Eina, Barcelona University Centre of Design and Art is an activity of Eina Foundation. The Centre's activity is governed by an affiliation agreement with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Likewise, the Eina Foundation undertakes initiatives dedicated to expanding its mission as a promoter of knowledge, experimentation and collaboration in the fields of design and art at a territorial and international level.
Eina's activity as a university centre is developed in three transversal areas related to:
I. Teaching
II. Research
III. Social and cultural action
The following areas are involved, in a more transversal way, in order to support all the activities of the Centre and the Foundation:
IV. Communication and V. Management
Eina Idea is born as a think tank and programming platform with a strategic vocation closely linked to the dynamics of the University Centre and the Eina Foundation, but going beyond the academic framework:
VI. Eina Idea
Based on this representation, the 5 strategic lines are detailed:
1. Improving academic quality
2. To make research a driving force for transformation.
3. Assuming a relevant position in the social and cultural context
4. Eina Idea as an intensifier and accelerator of the values and the Eina brand.
5. To achieve economic profitability
Download the Equality Plan here.
The negotiating commission was formed by Núria Bretos, Tània Costa, Àxel Legares, José M. Milá Mencós, Jo Milne, Artur Muñoz, Gal·la Pérez and Raffaele Sarcina.