A Furniture Designer / Tomás Alonso
www.tomás-alonso.com
Born in Vigo, Spain, Tomás Alonso has been traveling since the age of 19 to pursue his career as a designer. He has been living, studying and working in the USA, Italy and Australia before moving to London to complete a MA at the Royal College of Art. His choice to move into product and furniture design via his understanding of the automotive industry results in an intelligent approach that uses simplicity of forms to communicate ideas and functions.
In 2006 he co-founded the design collective OKAYstudio with 5 other recent graduates from the RCA. His work has been widely published, exhibited and has been recently included in the permanent collection of the Design Museum in London.Europe, from the Design Museum and Whitechapel Gallery in London to the Milan furniture as well as exhibitions in Spain and France.
Tomás designs with people in mind, “for me it’s very important that what I design will eventually make its way into people’s hands and people’s homes. I would like my objects to be used, lived with and enjoyed.”
