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David Delfín, Spanish designer and artist born in the Málaga town of Ronda in 1970, he has developed a collection of sinks for Bathco in which he expresses everything he has learned, it influences him, and his impressions.
His leap to fame came in 2002, when he walked in the collection Court of Miracles in the Cibeles Gallery of Madrid, a collection inspired by Magritte and Luis Buñuel, but much earlier she had already begun to stand out in art galleries, her precursor to the world of fashion. Today, her multifaceted nature has led her to extrapolate her designs to other objects outside the catwalk.
Limitations spark the imagination
Who was born first: the artist or the designer?
I came to fashion through painting. In 1999, after several solo and group exhibitions, and after having worked on paper, canvas, wood, or cardboard, I decided to use second-hand military garments as a new medium. In them, I found a memory, a trace: the names of the people who wore them, grease stains, mends...
What inspires David Delfín?
Fashion lets itself be contaminated by everything! It is influenced and influences, it is inspired and in turn becomes a source of inspiration. My collections are in a way autobiographical, and everything that touches me in life ends up being revealed in my work.
Who inspires David Delfín?
Joseph Beuys, Louise Bourgeois, Diane Arbus, Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, Douglas Gordon, Jenny Holzer, Goya's Black Paintings, Hieronymus Bosch… They have all been influences, inspirations, and driving forces behind my work. The designer also speaks of Le Corbusier, Magritte, Luis Buñuel, Bimba Bosé, La Veneno…
What do they have in common that inspires you?
I don't know, it's a mystery... There are things that fascinate me, excite me, impassion me, capture my attention and interest, grip me, and sometimes even drag me along.
Working on a sink line…
Fascinating, exciting, and fluid. I'm crazy about ceramics, porcelain, stones… Bathco has provided me with wonderful “canvases” of textures and touch, with unbeatable quality.