Today in La Lonja we sat down with Granada Barrero, our mentor in industrial design, to get to know her a little better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The long career of Granada makes her, undoubtedly, an essential figure in La Lonja team. Our mentor studied Industrial Design Engineering and she has been president of the Andalusian Association of Designers, which is one of the biggest milestones of her career. Granada began to gain visibility thanks to a blog she created a few years ago, deidigital.com, since then her work has been published in numerous media and recognized with many awards, such as the Premio Andaluz de Dise\u00f1o of 2016 or the Premio Arca Oro 2020 for best beverage packaging, among many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As if that were not enough, Granada also participates as a jury member in various design awards, she is a teacher, and has collaborated as a consultant on trends for different projects and companies, and, finally, she is a writer, participating with various magazines and writing books such as Gastrotendencias 2: alimentaci\u00f3n, turismo y dise\u00f1o en la era de los millennials, which she co-authored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our mentor began to enter the entrepreneurship world during her university days, when, with some colleagues, she founded the magazine dedigital.com, which, little by little, earned the respect of the sector. But there came a moment when Granada wanted to go further, she wanted to touch the reality of the business world and contribute from there through strategic design. So, over 10 years ago, she created her own studio, where she is constantly close to entrepreneurship, as the majority of the companies she works with are led by entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Granada\u2019s opinion is clear: \u201cthe geographical location doesn't determine the abilities or talent<\/strong> of potential entrepreneurs\u201d. This is something that must be made clear in Huelva, since, as our mentor affirms, if there is a good entrepreneurial ecosystem<\/strong> where you can find support and there are people with the willingness to work<\/strong>, geographical limitations have no sense. Therefore, she encourages anyone who is thinking about starting a startup to take the leap, as it is possible from Huelva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n