Mario Ruiz

Mario Ruiz was born in Alicante in 1965. He studies industrial design at the "Elisava" University in Barcelona and afterwards founded the "Costa Design" studio in Barcelona, in which he still develops projects in various field with over 30 employees, including office furniture, electronic devices, toys and much more.

Mario Ruiz is one of the world's most renowned industrial designers. His products have received many awards, for example from the Forum für Industriedesign in Hannover. He received the Adi-Fad Delta in silver and the prize for technological innovation from the Catalonian Ministry for Industry.

His works have been published in the most diverse national and international journals. For Castelli/Haworth, Mario Ruiz developed the well-known K22 office furniture series in 2005.