{"id":150304,"date":"2026-09-13T13:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usadev.santacole.com\/story\/andre-ricard-el-diseno-invisible\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T20:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T18:42:23","slug":"andre-ricard-el-diseno-invisible","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/en\/story\/andre-ricard-el-diseno-invisible\/","title":{"rendered":"Andr\u00e9 Ricard, el dise\u00f1o invisible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"block-header align wp-block-santacole-block-section-header\">\n\n    \n                <div class=\"max-w-max-width mx-auto text-center \">\n\n                                        <div class=\"py-sc-spacing-padding-sm flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-2 border-b border-sc-color-ring mb-sc-spacing-padding-md\">\n                                                                        <button class=\"sc-btn sc-button-sm sc-button-link\" type=\"button\">\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/en\/stories\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"w-full h-full flex items-center justify-center\">\n                                <span class=\"flex align-items-center lowercase\">\n                                    View all Stories                                <\/span>\n                            <\/a>\n                        <\/button>\n                        \n                                                 \/ \n                        \n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/en\/story-category\/films\/\" class=\"sc-btn sc-button-sm sc-button-link\">\n                                Films                            <\/a>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                                        <div class=\"w-full lg:max-w-[960px] mx-auto pb-2\">\n                        <h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title text-h3 !font-medium !mb-0\">\n                            Andr\u00e9 Ricard, el dise\u00f1o invisible                        <\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                                        \n                                        \n                                                                <div class=\"w-full lg:max-w-[960px] mx-auto mx-auto py-sc-spacing-padding-sm mt-2\">\n                            <p class=\"text-lead !font-suisseWorks !mb-0\">\n                                An invisible design, so functional that it is barely noticed, and beautiful for that very reason.                            <\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n                \n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a1d09d6b wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--rythm-md);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-411c4ead wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1f32fc70 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f3fc70e6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-md-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Andr\u00e9 Ricard (Barcelona, 1929) is a pioneer of industrial design in Spain. He worked to dignify a profession that was not appreciated because it was not seen. He was also the first to connect Spanish designers with their European and American counterparts. Franco&#8217;s Spain was a very closed country in the fifties, disconnected from its European neighbours, and Ricard built a bridge, opened a window through which a new reality could be seen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-md-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This is the first documentary dedicated to his life and work. Directed by Poldo Pom\u00e9s and written by Xavier Mas de Xax\u00e0s, it presents a way of being and working that, from a place of humility, is determined to make life more pleasant. &#8216;The object,&#8217; says Ricard, &#8216;is the trace of man.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-68d3da97 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--md)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"El dise\u00f1o invisible I Andr\u00e9 Ricard ES\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/675425490?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-85784285 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--rythm-xl)\"><a class=\"flex items-center justify-center gap-1 sc-btn sc-button-sm sc-button-link\" href=\"https:\/\/santacole.com\/en\/story\/celebrating-andre-ricards-90th-birthday\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    \n    <span class=\"flex align-items-center px-1 \">\n        Read the interview    <\/span>\n\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An invisible design, so functional that it is barely noticed, and beautiful for that very reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":83675,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"story-category":[1842],"class_list":["post-150304","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","story-category-films","entry"],"acf":{"intro_text":"","logo_galeria":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/150304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/story"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"story-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.santacole.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story-category?post=150304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}