Designers Marta Ríos

Marta Ríos (Zaragoza, Spain) is a social designer based in Rotterdam. Her practice explores the intersection between design and comedy. In a field where designers are conditioned to portray themselves as problem-solvers, Marta questions this by shifting the viewer’s attention to the flaws and limitations of objects and their makers. Her practice incorporates elements and strategies from comedy in order to create more subversive ways of practicing and communicating design. Her work takes the shape of humorous objects, interactive installations, or performative lectures. She is also one-half of design-critique-turned-design-comedy duo The Ironing Board, which reimagines criticism through humor.