Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
When looking at Nacho Carbonell’s fantastical organic furniture designs, it’s easy to believe they are about to come to life. And that’s precisely what the Spanish designer wants you to think.
“I like to see objects as living organisms, imagining them coming alive and being able to surprise you with their behavior,” he has said. “I want to create objects with my hands, then I can give them my personality. I turn them into communicative objects that can arouse one’s sensations and imaginations.”
Born in 1980, Carbonell spent his childhood in Valencia. In later years, he attended the Cardinal Herrera C.E.U. University, graduating in 2003, before continuing his studies at the Design Academy in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. After his graduation, Carbonell remained in Eindhoven, opening his studio there.
Carbonell’s sculptural furniture, such as his concrete and multicolor paper Fossil cabinet, ceramic vases, chairs and sculptures, immediately captured the attention of collectors and critics in the mid-2000s. His unique style, consisting of organic forms and rough, colorful textures, earned plaudits and several awards. In 2009, his Evolution collection merited a nomination for the Beazley Design of the Year from London’s Design Museum. That same year, he was named a Designer of the Future at Design Miami/Basel. In 2013, Carbonell won Architectural Digest Spain’s Designer of the Year award.
Carbonell’s modern works have been exhibited at museums around the world, including the Groningen Museum in the Netherlands, the 21_21 Design Sight Museum in Japan, Fonds National D’Art Contemporain in France, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Mint Museum in North Carolina.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of Nacho Carbonell decorative objects, seating, case pieces and storage cabinets.
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Metal
16th Century Spanish Gothic Antique Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Stone
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Paper
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Ceramic
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Ceramic
19th Century South American Spanish Colonial Antique Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Wood, Giltwood
Mid-20th Century Spanish Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s American Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Bronze, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Ceramic
2010s Dutch Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Metal
2010s Dutch Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Steel
2010s Dutch Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Steel
2010s Dutch Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Steel
2010s Dutch Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Steel
2010s Dutch Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Agate, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Concrete, Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Nacho Carbonell Sculptures
Agate, Bronze