For Elisa Padrón, the multicultural experience of studying and working far from her native Las Palmas has been a journey of self-discovery. She studied Industrial Design in the Canary Islands and Product Design at Barcelona’s Elisava School of Design and Engineering. Upon graduating in 2009, she relocated to France to work in Decathlon’s department of innovation, becoming an expert in palette colour design and fabrics. With Decathlon, Elisa embarked on a four-month immersion trip to India, where she engaged with artisans and design students. By 2015, back in Barcelona, her international experience allowed her to collaborate with textile labels Nanimarquina and Cotlin RAW. Elisa opened her own studio in 2021 to interpret her own works on the loom and make new connections to her roots through materials and circularity.
Elisa Padrón