Ximo Roca
Higher Technician in Industrial Design.
Graduated in Applied Arts, specializing in INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, in 1980.
Member of the ADCV (Association of Designers of the Valencian Community)
Member of the BEDA (The Bureau of European Design Associations)
Member of ADP (Associació de Disenyadors Professionals)
1981-1982
Design Department of FOLQUES S.A.
1982-1983
Product selected by the IPI (Industrial Promotion Institute).
1983-1988
Head of the Design and Product department at ANDREU WORLD.
1987
VALENCIA INNOVATION AWARDS. INDUSTRIAL DESIGN with the company ANDREU WORLD.
1989
He creates his own studio XIMO ROCA DESIGN.
– VALENCIA INNOVATION AWARDS. INDUSTRIAL DESIGN with the company ANDREU WORLD.
1989-2010
Coordinator of the design department of the company BONESTIL.
1990
DESIGN SELECTION Community of Murcia, with the company SANCAL (NUDEC).
1990-1997
Coordinator of the design department of the company FEDERICO GINER.
1992-2000
Coordinator of the design department of the company CHUECA HNOS.
1992
Product design for the Valencian Community Pavilion at EXPO’92 in Seville.
– Product creation for OCSA (Olimpiada Cultural, S.A.) CASA BARCELONA.
1993
VALENCIA INNOVATION AWARDS. INDUSTRIAL DESIGN with the companies BONESTIL and CHUECA HNOS.
1995
Participation in the project …A lamp, ALADIN twelve designers… with the company ALMERICH Design.
– Organization and participation in the Happy Birthday project on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the A.D.C.V. (Association of Designers of the Valencian Community).
– FUrniTURE Project Technical conferences: Industrial Design and competitiveness in furniture companies. Presentations in Murcia, Valencia, Toledo, Jaén and Madrid.
1999
A FILM FAIR Realization of one of the Nine proposals for a director’s chair. Valencia International Sample Fair.
– Spanish product design. Project executed with the collaboration of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the Spanish Federation of Design Promotion Entities and the ICEX Spanish Institute of Foreign Trade.
1999-2000
BCD Selection
2001
Interior Design Award at the 3rd Edition of the FIM Awards with the Gamamobel Internacional brand from the company Gamamobel S.A. in the Upholstered Furniture section, during the 38th Edition of the Valencia Furniture Fair.
2001-2015
Coordinator of the design department of the company PORVASAL.
2003
Quality Award in Design at the 5th Edition of the FIM Interior Design Awards with the Incola brand by Gamamobel S.A., during the 40th Edition of the Valencia Furniture Fair.
– Selection of the Salinas armchair by Bonestil for the travelling exhibition organised by the Spanish Foundation for the Promotion of Craftsmanship Craftsmanship in the year of design. One hundred proposals for the new millennium “Past-Present/Present-Future”. Andalusia, Extremadura, Murcia and Valencia.
