Josep Puig

(Terrassa, Barcelona, 1959)

He studied Industrial Design at ELISAVA (Escuela Universitaria de Barcelona Diseño y Ingeniería) and obtained his degree in 1980. He later completed his degree at the University of Southampton (UK) where he graduated with honors as a Bachelor of Arts. He is a member of the Industrial Design Association of the Promotion of Arts and Design ADI-FAD and has been part of the Board of the Association on several occasions. He has taught courses and workshops in numerous design forums and is currently a professor at ELISAVA, where he has been leading the Master in Design and Product Development since 2006.
Josep Puig is a restless and brilliant designer whose creativity has developed in many areas. Among other initiatives, he is a founding member of the experimental design group "Transatlàntic" with Ramón Benedito and Lluís Morillas. In 1989 he embarked on the project "The Barna Crossing in Fukuoka" with “Alfredo Arribas Arquitectos Asociados”, for the design of a collection of objects for a multimedia complex in Fukuoka, Japan. During his professional career he has received numerous awards and distinctions from Spanish and international organizations. Together with the designer Josep Novell founded in 1992 the study "Novell / Puig Design", oriented to the design and development of products. In 2010 he created his own studio "Puig [i] Cabeza Design". For ALMA LIGHT has developed, along with Josep Novell, collections of classic luminaires of the brand as STONE, SUN and TINY.

Its designs, many of them awarded in national and international competitions, cover areas as varied as sanitary ware, glasses, packaging, ceramics and glass, household appliances, furniture, lighting and household items.