Ainhoa Garmendia Serrano

Ainhoa Garmendia is a product design engineer with wide international experience in the field. She also has experience in teaching in Tecnun University of Navarra and IED Kunsthal.

Garmendia is a cofounder of Mazedonia, a design studio focused on material research and plastic recycling. For the last few years, she has had a nomadic lifestyle, working in different places, between Spain, Italy, Portugal and Indonesia. Among her most remarkable professional experiences, she has collaborated with the sustainable fashion brand ECOALF, Patricia Urquiola studio, the ceramics workshop Vista Alegre Atlantis, Ciszak Dalmas studio, Fabrica Research Center, Gur rugs, Studio Jencquel and Precious Plastic. Her work has been exhibited during the Milano Design Week and at the Triennale di Milano museum.

Graduated in Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering from Tecnun University of Navarra, Garmendia joined Tecnun University as a guest professor in 2021 and IED Kunsthal as a professor in 2022.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Cofounder and designer, MAZEDONIA DESIGN STUDIO, San Sebastian-Spain 2021 – Present

• Product designer, STUDIO JENCQUEL, Indonesia, 2020 – 2021

• Product designer, VISTA ALEGRE, Portugal, 2019

• Product designer, PATRICIA URQUIOLA STUDIO, Milan-Italy, 2017 – 2019

• Product design resident, at Fabrica Communication Research center, Treviso-Italy, 2016 – 2017

• Product designer, CISZAK DALMAS, Madrid-Spain, 2015 – 2016

• Designer, BASURAMA,  Madrid-Spain, 2015

• Product designer, ECOALF Madrid, 2014 – 2015

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Guest professor, at Tecnun University of Navarra, San Sebastian-Spain, 2021 – Present

• Professor, at IED Kunsthal, Bilbao-Spain, 2022 – Present

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Degree on Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering, from Tecnun University of Navarra,  San Sebastian-Spain, 2010 – 2014

• Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering exchange studies, at Aalto University, Helsinki-Finland, 2013