Industrial design graduate at EINA, Barcelona

Industrial designer since 1968
She believes in design as a collaborated with companies in order to be able to offer differentiated, competitive and useful products.

• She teamed up with Ramon Isern, under the bran Bernal / Isern, and they signed many products aling 30 years.
• The year 1998 founded Gemma Bernal & Associats.
• Since 2004 she runs her own office, Gemma Bernal, design.
• During the years of her career she has worked with many companies from different areas: Household furniture, High Gastronomy, Tableware, Urban equipment, Contract, Lighting, Playground, among others.

She has worked for brands like:

Andreu Est · Avuí (CL) · Bauscher (DE)  · BD Ediciones de Diseño · Bidasoa · B-Lux · Cerámica Industrial Montgatina · Cruz Verde Legrain · Concepta · Cycsa · DAE · Disenia · Disform · DO+CE · Dytecma · Enea · Escofet · Forms+ Surfaces (US) · Franch · Frezza (IT) · Gems  · Grupo T · Henkel · Isaba · Isart · Leds-C4 · Miquelrius · Myrga · Monix · Montseny · Nelo (SE) · Nestlé · Nova Norma · RAK Porcelain (UAE) · Roca · Rosenthal (DE) · San Claudio · Sellex · Seyfor · Source International (US) · Tramo · Urbes 21 · Valentí · Vibia · Vieta · Vilagrasa

NATIONAL
EINA, Barcelona (1990 – 2012)
– Professor of the department of product Design, of the area of Technology or Constructive Processes.
– Project’s tutor of the Final University Project.

ESDI, Sabadell (1990 – 2012)
– Project’s professor of 4rth course
– Project’s tutor of the Final University Project.
– 2002, 2003 and 2004 Masters in design of furniture, for ESDI-EPSAR. Of February to June, for post-graduated. With attendance of students of 7 countries of the American continent and Europe.

ELISAVA, Barcelona (1987-1991)
– Professor of interdisciplinary project – third curse

Universidad CEU de San Pablo, Valencia (1997 – 2000 )
– Masters of design of furniture
– Course of postgraduate on Urban Furniture.

UB, Barcelona
– Masters in ephemeral architecture. It collaborates with an annual project, on subjects of ephemeral design.

INTERNATIONAL
INACAP, Santiago de Chile
– 2001 Correction of projects on design of furniture.
– 2003 Intensive Workshop, with selected students and in collaboration with a company.
– 2006 Multidisciplinar Workshop. She makes a program, in that takes part three different races Gastronomy, Graphic and Industrial design. Proposal of the subject and accomplishment of the complete project.
– 2010 Workshop on ceramics and building elements for catering.

Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile
– 2004 Intensive Workshop with selected students, on the subject of Gastronomy, accessories, equipment etc.

Universidad Autónoma de San Luís de Potosí, México
– 2002 Intensive course (work-shop) of one week for post-graduated. On design of furniture. Experience with a manufacturer to be able to make present products for the market of Mexico.
– 2015 One week Workshop for post-graduated. Urban furniture. Magistral conference about the jobs of a designer.
 N.I.D, Ahmedabad (India)
– 2006 Workshop participating in the postdegree of ceramics and glass of this university, during 15 days.
– 2007 Workshop para los alumnos del postgrado de cerámica.

 Centro Cultural de España, Guatemala
– 2009 Workshop of ceramic.

UANL de Monterrey, México
– 2011 Workshop working in the management of the design.

NATIONAL

– 1987 Catalunya Centre d’Art, Girona
– 1988 “Cuatro diseñadores”. Instituto de Fomento de la Región de Murcia.
– Mayo 1990 Escola ELISAVA, Barcelona
– 1992 “El Diseño como opción Ecológica”. Murcia
– Mayo 2002 Conferences ADI-FAD, Barcelona
– Julio 2002 Conference on the design and the gastronomy. EINA, Barcelona
– Octubre 2002 Conference in the CETME (technological center of the furniture, (Murcia) For manufacturers of furniture.
– Octubre 2002 Escola ELISAVA, Barcelona, for graduated students.
– Abril 2003. Escola CEU, Valencia.
– 2006 Conference for the sector of the furniture, Valencia
– 2008 Conferences about playgrouns in IFEMA, Madrid.
– 2008 Conferences on trends. La Senia (Tarragona) y La Garriga (Barcelona)

INTERNATIONAL

​– 1990 Instituto de Comercio Exterior de Portugal, Oporto (Portugal)
– 1996 The design like discipline, Mokpo (Corea del Sur)
– 1998 y 1999 Conferences in Perú and Argentina.
– 2001 Conferences in Perú and Chile.
– 2002 Conference in san Luis de Potosí (México)
– 2003 (summer) University of Chile, INACAP. Santiago de Chile (Chile)
– 2004 University Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile. (Chile)
– 2006 Conference en Ahmadabad (India)
– 2006 Conference en Chile
– 2007 Conference en Ahmadabad (India)
– 2007 Conferences in universities of Architecture, Fine Arts and Design en Sao Paolo (Brasil)
– 2009 Conference on Design and Gatronomy. (Perú)
– 2009 (august) Conference in Cultural Center in Spain (CCE), Guatemala
– 2010 (august) Conference obout gatronomy evolution in INACAP, Santiago de Chile (Chile)
– 2011 (september) Conference about Creativity in Design en UANL de Monterrey (Mexico)
– 2015 (october) Magistral Conference about the jobs of a designer. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis de Potosí (Mexico)
– 2015 (November) Conference about the design, the role of the designer and his career as a designer, in Jieyang (China)

MENTIONS
– El Diseño en España. Europalia. 1985
– 25 años de Diseño Industrial. Ed. Gustavo Gili
– Design in Catalonia. Fundació BCD. 1987
– Quim Larrea i Juli Capella. 1991. Casa Barcelona. 38 dissenys espanyols pel 92. Olimpiada Cultural.
– Quim Larrea i Juli Capella. 1991. Nuevo Diseño Español. Ed. Gustavo Gili

ARTICLES IN MAGAZINES
– ARDI
– CASA VOGUE
– ON
– D.M.C
– NUEVO ESTILO
– EL PAIS
– CASA VIVA
– DOMUS
– DISEÑO INTERIOR
– EXPERIMENTA
– NUEVO DISEÑO
– CLARIN, Argentina
– INTERIORES

EXHIBITIONS
– It has participated in numerous exhibitions, with BCD, in the traveling exhibitions of CATALONIA DESIGN.
– In LUBJYANA, the biennial.
– In Milan in the TRiENALE.
– In the 2004 a personal sample of many designs was organized, throughout the month of August, in the University Diego Portales of Santiago de Chile.
– In 2009 in Gran Canaria , in the itinerant exhibition “ Womans in the project”
– In 2014, in the itinerant exhibition “Tapas”
– In 2015, some porcelain collections were exhibited at the corner of Barcelona in the design week of HONG KONG.

– 45 Products selected by the Association of Industrial designers (ADI-FAD).

– Delta de Oro ADI-FAD in 1969 with the skillful telephone for Raydor.

– Selection “ Diseño ”, 1977.

– 1er Prize of the Aid of the furniture of the Fair of Valencia (FIMI, Valencia) in 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1989.

– 2º Prize of the Aid of the furniture of the Fair of Valencia (FIMI, Valencia) in 1991 and 1992.

– 1º Prize of Design of the Fair the decorative International of Ceramics, Glass and elements (CEVIDER ’ 93) by the set of dishes “ONA” and a honorary mention by the washbasin “CLIO”.

– 2º Prize aid of design of Castilla la Mancha, urban furniture for Alava.2004.

– 1º Prize aid of the furniture of Manacor, 2005.

– 1º Prize in Afamour , for Forest 2010.

– 2º Prize in Afamour , for Forest nins in 2012.

– Red Dot Award 2019 Winner with RAK porcelain with HIDE collection.   

– 2020 Silver A´Design Award in tableware category by the international Design Academy.