María Luisa Santamaría Lozano

Founder Global Design Innovation Trends Unit. She is a researcher, curator and disseminator specialising on design and global communication connected to social and cultural movements of the 21st century. She directs the research "Atlas de la Cultura del Diseño en España" with the Ministry of Culture and Sport and with MDF. Analyst of the study "Design and home GENERATION Z" 2023 for the Silestone Institute for design research. Jury member for the National Design Awards 23-24. Advisor to Acción Cultural Española PICE -design and architecture. She is "Design Talents and Trends Forecaster" for Maison&Objet Paris. Lecturer at Poli.Design-Politecnico di Milano. Directs the Design Trends Lab, IE University, Universidad Nebrija, IADE. Has written for 20 years on design and architecture for El País, ICON Design, AD, ELLE Decoration. Curator of design and architecture exhibitions: "Biblioteca Ilustrada del Diseño", "Cosas de arquitectos", "Women X Women, Design on translation".

Corporate Experience

• Founder of the Global Design Innovation Trends Unit, 2019 - Present

• Director of Red de Insustrias Españolas del Diseño, 2019 - 2022

• Founder of the Research Area of Design Trends IED, 2010 - 2018

• Director of Corporate Communication and Institutional International Projects Instituto Europeo di Design, 2003 - 2018

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Professor at  IE University Architecture&Design 2021 - Present

• Professor and mentor at Politécnico de Milán - Design Trends Lab POLI.Design Milano 2020 - Present

• Professor and mentor at Nebrija University Madrid 2020 - Present

• Professor and mentor at IED Madrid – Milán 2010 - 2018

Academic Background

• Degree in Information Sciences. Complutense University of Madrid. 1995

• Specialisation course in Strategy Design. IED Milan, 2012

• Specialisation course in Design Thinking. IED Milan, 2013

• Specialisation course in Motivational Communication. IED Milan, 2014