Montse Roa

Montse Roa

Degree in Product Design, ELISAVA-UPF (1997-2001 and 2012) 
2009 Scenography, Escola Massa 
2010 Master’s in Audiovisual Art Direction, ESCAC-UB 
2016-2019 Basketry, CDR - Museu de la Pauma 

Teaching and research

Teaching in the postgraduate program Artesanies Contemporànies i Disseny at Eina.
Lecturer at the Chair of Design and Creativity TOUS - ELISAVA.
Has conducted workshops for the Xarxa de Centres Cívics de Barcelona and Creative Retreats on Plant Fibers in the Ebro Delta. 

Professional activity 

She researches in the field of design and craft, combining her design knowledge with traditional basketry techniques. 

She carries out situated research with the project Lo Rogle, a workshop for creation and experimentation around Pauma, a local plant fiber from Terres de l’Ebre. It is a cooperation project between artisans and designers to find new uses for this vegetable fiber. 

Works 

  • Collection Zig-Zag.
  • Collection Dora.
  • Collection Eva. 

Awards 

  • Opinion Award at the 30th Delta Awards of ADI-FAD in 2003 for the urban lighting collection Fanal’H.
  • The Lo Rogle workshop was selected for ADI Cultura 2020.  

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