Who we are
Papila is the design studio specialized in the food sector. Founded in 2009 by Alberto Arza, our job consists in investigating, designing and innovating with all the elements related to the Eating Experience.
With a unique perspective combining design and food, we offer our services in food design, graphic design, product design, interior design, event planning, training, divulgation and strategic advice for professionals, producers, hotel and catering industry, gastronomic tourism, designations of origin and food industry.
As a result of our work, we have received prestigious awards like the “Best Design and Technological Innovation 2013” given annually by Madrid Fusión or the “Delta Awards Selection 2013” from FAD (Fostering Arts and Design, Barcelona). Our work has been exhibited in cities like Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, Milan, Paris, Oporto, Lodz, Budapest, Ljubljana, Tokyo, Seoul, New York, Washington D.C., Miami, Toronto, Sao Paulo, Mexico DF,…
Awards
-Honourable Mention CDIM International Design Awards. Habitat Valencia Fair
-Bãneo Award, International Bathroom Equipment Design Competition. Cevisama Fair
-Incubator Award from FAD (Fostering Arts and Design, Barcelona).
-Delta Awards Selection from FAD (Fostering Arts and Design, Barcelona).
-Best Design and Technological Innovation at Madrid Fusion fair.
-Bronze Delta Award from FAD (Fostering Arts and Design, Barcelona).
Teaching
2009_Workshop “Food design”. 09.centre de disseny exhibition. Museu de Belles Arts de Castelló
2011_Workshop “Food & creativity”. Coffee Ideas space. Hábitat Valencia Fair
2014_Workshop “Foodstory”. EACC Espai d’Art Contemporani de Castelló
2016_Workshop ”Sweet solutions”. EASD Soria
2016_Workshop ”New ways to enjoy chocolate”. Barcelona Design Week. Miele Experience Center Barcelona
2016_Workshop ”Flour solutions”. IED Madrid
2016_Workshop ”Ceramicware”. EASD Castellón
2017_Workshop ”B bread”. Barcelona Design Week. Miele Experience Center Barcelona
2018_Workshop “Eat Madrid”. Madrid Design Festival. Miele Experience Center Madrid
2019_Specialisation course in Gastronomic Tourism and culinary culture of the Valencian Region. L’Exquisit mediterrani. AVT. CDT Gandia
2024_ EFOOD24 Innovation Committee. Experiencing and Envisioning Food: Designing for Phygital Food Systems.
Lectures
2011_”Food design. Diseño aplicado a la comida”. Diseño: una nueva mirada. Llotja del Cànem. Universitat Jaume I
2012_ Pecha Kucha Night Castellón 2012
2012_“The making of…Cocinar, aliñar, contener”. FAD, Barcelona
2013_“Diálogos 2013, encuentros de diseño en Velluters”.EASD Valencia
2013_”El futuro del diseño”. Universitat Jaume I
2014_“The Making Of…”, Pequeños Modelos de Edición. FAD, Barcelona
2014_”Design options, jornadas sobre iniciativa y diseño”. UPV, Valencia
2014_Pecha Kucha Night Valencia Vol. 16
2016_”Food Design”. 17ª Jornadas gráficas EASD Soria
2016_”Design4food”. Barcelona Design Week (BCD). Museu del Disseny.
2016_Innovación Gastronómica, Caso Papila. Centro de Innovación Gastronómica CIG MEXICO
2017_”¿El Food Design favorece la internacionalización?” ICEX, Madrid
2017_”Jornada Interclúster Food–Design: dissenyant noves i millors experiències gastronòmiques”. Catalonia Gourmet, Foodservice, AINS de Nutrició i Salut, i Innovi de Vins i Caves
2017_Gastrotech. Gastronomía, innovación y negocio. Feria Valencia. Gastronoma
2018_Foodscape. AVT Invat·tur – Laboratorio de Cocina. Fitur, Madrid
2018_”Jornada Foodxperiece”. AVT CDT Castellón
2018_”Jornada Foodxperiece”. AVT Auditori Teulada Moraira, Alicante
2018_”Alibetopías. New territories in Food and Beverages”. Spanish Federation of Food and Drink Industries (FIAB)
2018_”Historia del comer”. Librooks, libros en evolución. Museu del disseny, Barcelona
2019_Curso de especialización Turismo Gastronómico y cultura culinaria de la Comunidad Valenciana. L’Exquisit mediterrani. AVT. CDT Gandia
2020_Nectar Future. El futuro es digital: Industria 4.0 / Foodtech. La Gobernanta, Valencia
2023_Ágora Nude. Design for food Feria Hábitat Valencia
2023_Gastrodesign, Design for food. Feria Gastronoma de Feria Valencia
Exhibitions
2009_”Surtido de revolución”. Surtido / Apparatu. Espai Rubik Barcelona
2009_”Food design”. International Kitchen Design (DIC) Feria Habitat Valencia
2009_”La cocina nómada”. International Kitchen Design (DIC) Feria Habitat Valencia
2009_”Surtido goes to Poland”. Lodz International Design Festival. Lodz Art Center, Poland
2009_”The Design Circus: los productos más fascinantes del mundo”. Círculo de bellas artes, Madrid
2010_”Papila”. Instituto Cervantes di Milano. Milano Design Week
2011_”Coffee Ideas”. International Kitchen Design (DIC) Feria Habitat Valencia
2012_”Ruta Centro”. Valencia Disseny Week. Mobisa, Valencia
2013_”Foodware, fascinantes formas de presentar la comida”. Galería Musa, Barcelona
2013_”El milor disseny gràfic i communicació visual de l’any”. Museu del Disseny de Barcelona
2013_Moritz Pop-up Design Market. Barcelona
2014_“Barcelona, a future inspired by design”. Institut Ramon Llull. Beijing Design Week
2014_”The Design Circus: los productos más fascinantes del mundo”. Venn Gallery, Perth
2015_Citrus Spray selected at the MoMA Design Store. The Modern Museum of Art of NY
2015_”Besign: Líneas de creatividad”. LXP, Benicàssim
2016_”UJI Design Trademark. Estudiants d’ahir, dissenyadors d’avui”. Universitat Jaume I
2018_España diseña, 25 ediciones de los Premios Nacionales de Diseño. Central de Diseño/DIMAD. Matadero, Madrid
2018_”Papila in MOHG”. Barcelona Design Week. Mandarin Oriental Barcelona
2018_”Vis a Vis, el disseny visita l’art”. La Exprimidora. MACVAC, Villafamés
2020_”¡Funciono! Porque soy así”. Madrid Design Festival. Centro Fernán Gómez, Madrid
2020_Foodture platform
2020_”Valencian Design 2009-2019 exhibition. Products for a global world”. Valencian Institute of Modern Art (IVAM).
2022_”Per què soc així?” World Design Capital Valencia
2022_CCCC Centre del Carme. Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana
2022_NUDE. 20 años. 20 diseñadores. Feria Habitat Valencia / Valencia World Design Capital / CCCC Centre del Carme. Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana
2022_Ftalks food Summit. Food design expo.
2022_A taula! Feria Mediterránea Gastrónoma / Feria Valencia
2023_El fruit del disseny. ADCV / Valencia Disseny Week /Las NAves
2023_Gastrodesign. Feria Gastrónoma / Feria Valencia
2024_Premis ADI 2024. Disseny industrial i cultura del disseny. Museu del disseny de Barcelona
2024_B(i)tes Mapping Food Design Through Phygital Food Systems. Sala Àgora – Elisava
Publications
Coolhunting https://coolhunting.com/food-drink/papila-food-des/
T magazine https://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/spanish-fly-valencia-design-week/
On diseño. Especial gastronomía
Designboom https://www.designboom.com/design/citrus-spray-by-lekue/
Yanko design https://www.yankodesign.com/2012/09/18/citrus-fresh-squeeze/
DissenyCV http://dissenycv.es/alberto-arza-colabora-con-lekue-en-el-citrus-spray/
El País https://elpais.com/elpais/2012/09/28/del_tirador_a_la_ciudad/1348812420_134881.html
ID Magazine https://www.id-mag.com/gallery/Citrus-Spray-_-Lku/4425463
Mocoloco http://mocoloco.com/fresh2/2013/06/27/papila-designer-food-done.php
Blog del diseño http://blogdeldiseno.com/2013/06/29/papila-una-nueva-plataforma-de-food-design/
Diariodesign https://diariodesign.com/2013/07/papila-de-alberto-arza-diseno-para-disfrutar-de-la-experiencia-de-comer/
Diariodesign https://diariodesign.com/2013/09/papila-collective-alberto-arza-food-design-experience-eating/
DissenyCV http://dissenycv.es/papila-el-gusto-es-nuestro/
DissenyCV http://dissenycv.es/alberto-arza-y-estudio-joan-rojeski-en-dialogos2013/
DissenyCV http://dissenycv.es/design-options-iniciativa-y-diseno-en-la-upv/
DissenyCV http://dissenycv.es/la-comida-llega-al-museo-de-la-mano-de-papila/
Interiors from Spain https://www.interiorsfromspain.com/icex/cda/controller/pageGen/0,3346,1559872_5596519_5849850_4750248_0,00.html
Creative Product Design. Guangzhou Sendpoints Books Co.,Ltd
Food Player, Design with taste. Gingko Press,Ltd.
Hola, Una oleada de diseño español. ICEX
Experimenta 67/68 “Food Design”
Experimenta https://www.experimenta.es/noticias/grafica-y-comunicacion/food-history-libro-papila-evolucion-alimentacion/
DissenyCV http://dissenycv.es/food-history-diseno-para-chuparse-los-dedos/
Designmilk https://design-milk.com/papilas-food-history-project/
Thisismold https://thisismold.com/visual/publications/icons-of-food-history-papila-book
Etapes https://etapes.com/food-history-project-l-education-alimentaire-par-le-graphisme/
Diariodesign https://diariodesign.com/2016/05/diseno-y-gastronomia-en-la-barcelona-design-week/
DissenyCV http://dissenycv.es/papila-abre-las-puertas-de-su-nuevo-minibar/
Designboom https://www.designboom.com/design/bustper-minibar-papila-07-08-2016/
Designmilk https://design-milk.com/modular-hotel-furniture-papila-bustper/
Diariodesign https://diariodesign.com/2016/07/papila-bustper-dignifican-minibar/
DissenyCV http://dissenycv.es/un-taller-para-repensar-la-relacion-con-la-gastronomia-a-traves-de-la-ceramica/
DissenyCV http://dissenycv.es/foodexperience-una-jornada-para-analizar-la-relacion-entre-diseno-y-gastronomia/
DissenyCV http://dissenycv.es/el-food-design-se-suma-a-madrid-design-festival/
Öbjetto https://objetto.info/papila-diseno-alimentacion
Designboom https://www.designboom.com/design/papila-studio-mini-jungle-sorbets-for-kids-01-11-2022/
Room diseño https://www.roomdiseno.com/porfolios/mini-safari-sorbetes-infantiles-con-forma-de-animales/
DissenyCV http://dissenycv.es/mini-safari-el-diseno-helado-de-papila/
Food Design voices 2022. Francesca Zampollo https://www.francescazampollo.com/books
ADI Book 2022 https://www.fad.cat/adi-fad/es/news/10073/adi-book-2022-la-publicacio-biennal-del-disseny-industrial
Castellonplaza https://castellonplaza.com/papila-el-estudio-de-diseo-de-alimentos-que-ha-llegado-al-moma
‘Designer 100 Food Design’ de +86 Design Platform https://www.cip.com.cn/Book/Index/77831
FlatMagazine https://flatmagazine.es/diseno/papila-studio-entra-en-el-top-100-internacional-del-diseno-de-alimentacion/
Makma https://www.makma.net/alberto-arza-papila-studio-mediterranea-gastronoma/
DissenyCV https://dissenycv.es/papila-studio-entre-los-100-estudios-de-food-design/