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1st Charis Awards
Visual Arts Jury Member
Design Expert & Professor · IE University
Wences Sanz-Alonso is a recognized professional in the field of design and creativity in Spain. Graduated in Advertising and Public Relations from the European University and the Complutense University of Madrid, he has also worked in the field of education being Director of the Digital Graphic Design Program at the Miami Ad School in Madrid, Director of the Art and Design Area of the European University of Madrid and is currently a professor of Design at IE University. In recent years he has worked with consultancy companies like Fjord (Accenture), Chazz (everis), UST and NTT Disruption (NTT Group).
He has worked in leading companies in the advertising and design sector for more than 15 years and is an important figure in the design scene in Spain for being one of the founders of Domestika, the most important Spanish-speaking design community in Spain. world level. Domestika has a large number of users, becoming a milestone and an essential meeting point for new generations of professionals in the sector.
He is also the founder and former director of MadinSpain, one of the most important design and creativity events in Europe.
Apart from this massive event, he created smaller ones, called Domestika Meetings, which were held throughout Spain and which brought together great professionals in a more informal way. He currently organizes other monthly events in various cities called Play Restart, which take place in Madrid and are also held in Valencia and Barcelona.
He has been a jury member for awards such as the c de c Yearbook, the Select F of Index Book, the Laus Awards, and has participated as a speaker at numerous conferences and events related to design, creativity and innovation. He is jury member of Awwwards 2021 and board member of the ADG-FAD.
On the occasion of the World Design Capital València 2022 he was the curator of one of the Signature Events called Experience Valencia. This year he's curating the Paradís event, also in Valencia, which will take place in June.