André Ricard

André Ricard is a Barcelona designer who has worked to establish industrial design as a profession in Spain, through his practice and through the institutions he has led: he has been president of ADI-FAD, founding president of the Association of Professional Designers, vice-president of ICSID and head of product design at the Eina school.

His projects set out to improve the function of everyday objects: since 1963 his packaging for Antonio Puig perfumes has been particularly prolific, and his work for the Olympic movement includes the torch of the 1992 Barcelona Games and the crucible of the Olympic flame held at the Musée Olympique in Lausanne. He is honorary patron of the Loewe Foundation, member of honour of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi and academic of the Barcelona Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences.