Jaime Hayón Spanish artist / designer Jaime Hayon was born in Madrid 1974. He trained as an industrial designer in Madrid and Paris. In 1997, he began working as a researcher in Fabrica, Benetton Group’s communication research center in Treviso, Italy. A year later, he was appointed, by Mr. Luciano Benetton and communication guru Oliviero Toscani, head of the design department, where he oversaw the development of interiors for shops, exhibitions and restaurants as well as books, magazines and logo designs. 2004 saw the start of Hayon’s individual career and he has kept himself busy with a spectrum of eclectic projects. From toys, to furniture and interior design as well as artistic installations, his boldness has been to transcend the borders of the often separated worlds of art and design, comfortably bridging the two whilst embedding them with his unique style.
Being a multifaceted creator, Jaime’s work has developed in diverse areas encompassing curatorial roles, artistic roles and design work. As a curator he has organized, along with the British Council and Experimenta, events of relevance like the latest edition of the Lisbon Biennial of design. He has also participated in conferences and lectures worldwide, evidence of his relevance as contemporary voice. As an artist, his exclusive furniture design work was first brought to life at London’s David Gill Gallery, where his “Mediterranean Digital Baroque” exhibit has enormous success. His work has also been shown at the Vitra design Museum and the Design Museum in London, where the bathroom collection was recently exhibited in the “tank” as the lead tendency representing European design. “Mon Cirque”, a storytelling installation, was created in 2005. From then, it has been presented in Barcelona, Minneapolis, Lisbon, Paris and Cologne with tremendous success. Hayon’s latest itinerary exhibit “Stage” was first shown at the Aram Gallery in London and was awarded the Icon magazine Best Installation prize for Design week 2006. Stage was recently exhibited at the Vivid Gallery in Rotterdam and in Casa Pasarela, Madrid. “AQHayon”, Hayon’s bathroom collection for Artquitect Launched in 2005, caused a tremor in the bathroom industry and design community and placed him on the forefront of the design tendencies. He has designed several light collections for Metalarte, such as the Josephine and the Funghi Collection. His “Showtime” furniture collection for BD Ediciones de diseño has received worldwide attention and recognition for its innovative shapes and finishes. Since mid 2006, Jaime Hayon is the art Director for Lladro, a prestigious porcelain manufacturing company in Valencia. Hayon’s most recent collaborations with Bisazza, Moooi, Established and Sons, Camper and and Lladro were exhibited at this year’s Milano’s furniture fair. Currently with base in Barcelona, Italy and London, Hayon has been acknowledged by Wallpaper as one of the 10 breakthrough creators worldwide as well as the 2006 Elle Deco International Award. Clients such as Benetton, Metalarte, Artquitect Edition, Coca-Cola, Danone Group, bd barcelona, Adidas, Palluco, Piper Hiedsieck, Bisazza, Swarovski and Camper work with Hayonstudio. Hayon‘s work has been featured in all major design publications and newspapers worldwide. "Works", the first monograph about his work published by Gestalten has recently been released.