The jury selects twelve promising designers and thirteen design schools and universities to participate in a new edition of the nude Salon for emerging talents.
This year, the Salon becomes more international with participants from the United States, Iran, Russia, and Mexico, alongside designers from Barcelona, Madrid, Zaragoza, Navarra, Santander, Castellón, and Cádiz.
The jury, made up of the most recent National Design Award winner Héctor Serrano, Rubén Mateos (Viccarbe), Mariola Reyna (Arnau&Reyna), and Chisco Vilar (Ministry of Culture), highlights the “heterogeneity” and the “commitment to materiality” in the works presented.
València, June 30, 2025 – The nude Salon has confirmed the participants for its upcoming edition, which will take place from September 29 to October 2 as part of the joint celebration of Feria Hábitat València and Textilhogar. A new edition of what has become, in its own right, the leading platform in Spain for emerging design talent, new publishing houses, and design schools and universities.
The nude Salon has selected 25 participants, twelve of them new designers or specialized studios, and thirteen design schools and training centers, through a rigorous selection process carried out by a distinguished professional jury.
This year’s jury included designer and recent National Design Award winner Héctor Serrano; architect and designer Mariola Reyna from the design studio Arnau & Reyna; Rubén Mateos, Art Director and Head of Design at the cutting-edge furniture and equipment company Viccarbe; and Chisco Villar, designer and Deputy Director of the Cultural Industries Coordination Center of the Ministry of Culture of the Spanish Government, a public institution that has supported the most recent editions of the nude Salon.
Coordinated by María Fontes, founder and curator of the nude Salon, the jury praised the “heterogeneity” of the projects and their ability to incorporate into a platform like the nude Salon “practically all sectors that make up the habitat industry, from furniture and lighting to textiles, ceramics, decoration, and interior solutions.” The proposals also stand out for their “materiality, understood as the appreciation of the material itself as the essence of the product.”
Another notable aspect of the selected group is its international nature, with participants from countries such as the United States, Iran, Russia, and Mexico, in addition to designers from nearly all parts of Spain.
Selected Projects
The designers, publishers, and design studios selected for this year’s event are:
• Hamoun Studio (Tehran)
• Juan Gaitán Estudio (Barcelona)
• Ester Cruz Design (Madrid)
• Marco Calhau Handmade Collectible (Zaragoza)
• Utro x Leyla Miftakhova studio (Moscow)
• Pecadora Design Studio (València)
• Jumat Diseños y Creaciones S.L (Madrid)
• Sandra Lorenzo Estudio (Madrid)
• Fernando Figueroa Estudio (Barcelona)
• Studio Palmera (Miami – Barcelona)
• Baku Barrikupel (Navarra)
• Budko Rugs (Santander / Russia)
Additionally, the following design schools will participate in the 2025 nude Salon:
• Barreira Arte + Diseño (València)
• Universitat Jaume I (Castellón)
• University of Cádiz (Cádiz)
• EASD València (València)
• ETSIADI–IDC Chair (València)
• ETSIADI (València)
• Escola d’Art i Superior de Ceràmica de Manises – EASCM (València)
• CEU Cardenal Herrera University – ESET (València)
• Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus (Mexico)
• Universidad Anáhuac Puebla (Mexico)
• Artediez School (Madrid)
• UDIT (Madrid)
• ELISAVA (Barcelona)
With this, nude enters the final stretch in preparing for an exciting new edition, once again betting on the most innovative and daring proposals. It’s worth noting that over the years, designers who are now well established have exhibited at nude, including Héctor Serrano himself, Alberto Martínez, Miguel Herranz, José Manuel Ferrero, Odosdesign, Culdesac, Stone Design, Javier Herrero, Luis Eslava, Isaac Piñeiro, EnBlanc, La Mamba – Omelette, Eli Gutiérrez, Pérez Ochando, Yonoh, Arnau & Reyna, Muca Design Lab, Nacho Carbonell, Borja García, Dutch designer Marre Moerel, and Irish designer Ray Power.
This year, the nude Salon also debuts a new scenography inspired by athletics tracks, born from the creativity of José Manuel Ferrero and Estudi{H}ac, who have designed a project with a striking visual identity.
This edition of the nude Salon will once again be supported by the Government of Spain through the Ministry of Culture and Sport, which promotes the salon as a showcase for the country’s talent and design. Nude 2025 will also be supported by Finsa, which will contribute its latest technical and decorative innovations in interior architecture solutions to build the space for the 2025 nude Salon.
