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Research
Past Lives
SINESTESIAGraphic design for Exhibition
2026
María Lozano (The Dream Lab)
Natalia Matesanz (CumuloLimbo Studio)
Photography byStudio Yuichi Kimura
Carlota Gallo
Elena Juarez
Emma Cassi
Fuensanta Sobejano
Laura pilar Delgado
Lola Zoido
Lucia Espinós
María Lozano
Marta Pinilla
Mirian Miguel
Natalia Matesanz
Omayra Maymó
State
Synesthesia —from the Greek syn (together) and aisthesis (perception)— names a phenomenon in which the senses intertwine: hearing colors, touching sounds, seeing temperatures. Beyond its neurological definition, synesthesia is understood here as a form of sensory knowledge; a way of grasping that experience does not fragment, but rather unfolds in simultaneous layers.
Within the framework of Madrid Design Festival 2026, this exhibition is conceived as an event-place from which to explore the blurred boundaries between design, art, and research, and their inevitable connection to the sensory. We are interested in what happens when a piece ceases to be an object and becomes an experience; when design is approached through the body, emotion, and tactile memory.
Within the framework of Madrid Design Festival 2026, this exhibition is conceived as an event-place from which to explore the blurred boundaries between design, art, and research, and their inevitable connection to the sensory. We are interested in what happens when a piece ceases to be an object and becomes an experience; when design is approached through the body, emotion, and tactile memory.
From this perspective, we invite creators whose work understands making as a form of perceptual activation.
Synesthesia is conceived as an open conversation. We are not professional curators, nor do we aim to be. We are María Lozano (the dream lab), Luisa Brando (Luisa Brando estudio), and Natalia Matesanz (cumuloLimbo studio)—architects and designers based in Madrid—and in our own practices we move across scales and hybrid territories. In this sense, Synesthesia is an opportunity to pose and share some of our own questions alongside other artist-designers.
Synesthesia brings together the work of 12 young artists.
Synesthesia is conceived as an open conversation. We are not professional curators, nor do we aim to be. We are María Lozano (the dream lab), Luisa Brando (Luisa Brando estudio), and Natalia Matesanz (cumuloLimbo studio)—architects and designers based in Madrid—and in our own practices we move across scales and hybrid territories. In this sense, Synesthesia is an opportunity to pose and share some of our own questions alongside other artist-designers.
Synesthesia brings together the work of 12 young artists.
4. Marta Pinilla (Biomatrix)
5. Elena Juárez
6. María Lozano
Entiendo la sinestesia como un puente entre percepción y conciencia. Un espacio donde ver deja de ser un acto pasivo y se convierte en una experiencia meditativa. En este sentido, mi obra propone una forma de estar con la imagen: no observarla desde fuera sino entrar en ella, permitiendo que la percepción transforme la experiencia del espacio y del tiempo
Fuentsanta Sobejano, Artista invitada