Anna Pujadas is a designer specialized in digital creation and research-creation.
Graduated in Graphic Design and Digital Creations from UOC (2023), Graduated in Art History from UAB (1990), Graduated in Philosophy from UAB (1992), Master’s Degree in eLearning from UOC (2020) and PhD in Art History from UAB (1998) with a dissertation on Theory of Architecture.
Accredited as Associate Professor by the Agency for the Quality of the University System of Catalonia (AQU, 2017) and as Full Professor by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA, 2017).
Teaching
She is a lecturer in the Bachelor’s Degree in Design (since 2002) and in the Official EEES Master: Master’s Degree in Spatial Design (MUDE) (since 2023) at Eina, University Center of Design and Art of UAB. She also works as Substitute Lecturer at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of UAB, in the audiovisuals and advertising degrees.
She has been lecturer in the Official EEES Master: Master’s Degree in Research in Art and Design at EINA/UAB (2013-2018). Lecturer in the CSIM, Master in Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media at the Faculty of Audiovisual Communication of UPF (2007-2012). Lecturer in the Master’s Degree in Digital Art Curation at MECAD-URL (2007-2009). Lecturer in the Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities at UPF (1998-2014). And lecturer in the Bachelor’s Degree in Art History at UAB (1997-1998).
She currently coordinates the Postgraduate in Contemporary Crafts and Design at Eina.
Professional Activity / Research
She was director of Eina, University Center of Design and Art from 2017 to 2019, having previously served as Degree Coordinator (2009-2010), Research Coordinator (2011-2012), and Master’s and Postgraduate Coordinator (2005-2006 and 2013) at the same institution.
Currently she is a researcher at SGR Design, Health and Well-being (EINA/UAB), coordinating the research line CURE&CARE DESIGN. It is a design that is not based on the impersonal conventions of a system or a logic to elucidate projects. Instead, it starts from the existence of a network of relationships and dependencies that include us, where the project is resolved through communication.
She is also a researcher in the project Situated Creative Practices for the Pluriverse (SIT-PLU). It is a Creative Europe initiative that addresses socio-ecological challenges through innovative and context-specific artistic interventions.
Publications
(Only the 5 most recent/representative are listed)
- Pujadas, A. & Saiz, M., 2023. MARGINÀLIA, Interdependent Design Processes and the Ethics of Care. Inmaterial. Diseño, Arte y Sociedad, 8 (15), pp.39-61 DOI 10.46516/inmaterial.v8.164
- Pujadas, Anna. Projectar des de la perspectiva de la cura o com reparar el món. Temes de Disseny, Caring Though Design, 38. Barcelona: Elisava, 2022.
- Pujadas, Anna. Cibercontrol en el diseño y las artes digitales. Oxímora: revista internacional d'Ètica i Política, 20, 97-110. Barcelona, 2022.
- Pujadas, Anna. Jujol i l'esperit de carnaval. In Jujol, animar les pedres i posar vida, International Conferences around the architect Josep Maria Jujol, Ajuntament de Sant Joan Despí, 2022.
- Pujadas, Anna; Saiz, Mar; Fàbregas, Ariadna. Pedagogía de la maravilla aplicada a un taller de producción creativa. Zincografía, Year 6 Special BID ZCR 2022