Design, Strategy & Food

_{Carla Rotenberg is a German-Spanish holistic designer who creates narratives, objects and visual languages, many times related to social and historical phenomenons surrounding food and human’s relationship to it. Her ongoing project “A Bite of Extinction” explores endangered foods and recipes.

She is currently pursuing an MA in Contemporary Design at Aalto University in Helsinki. She holds a BA in Design from IE University in Madrid, which included a study-abroad at Northeastern University in Boston.

Her professional experience includes working with Teresa Sapey + Partners on projects for clients such as Hilton, Room Mate, and Diabla; with Mateo & Co., the Future of Food Institute, and Kraut Food Studio on assignments for clients such as Soyland and The Coca-Cola Company; as well as collaborating on Mayrit Bienal 2022 and working with Ruska Martín Associates in Berlin.}
_{Awards & Selections:}
_{Selected for the Int. Food Design Bootcamp Bangkok, Kasetart + Elisava Uni., 2025

What Design Can Do + Ikea Foundation Winner, 2024}
_{New European Bauhaus Rising Stars Finalist, 2024

Best Student of Bachelor in Design +

Best Final Project of Bachelor in Design, IE University 2023

Top 5% IE Student Honour Program, 2021-23
Northeastern Dean’s List Honor, 2022
Selected for Design Nation 22 by Princeton Uni. and Business Today, 2022

Design Excellency Award: Design Studio I & II, 2020-2021

6 Honours: Design History, Branding, Product, Design Narratives & Writing, 2019-23
Young Authors, Berliner Festspiele Award, 2019}

_{Exhibitions & Conferences:}

2025

“Sports: Friend, Pleasure & Gears” at Tahto Center for Finnish Sports Culture, Helsinki, Finland;

“Reimagining our future with the Baltic Sea”, at Venturo Studio, Helsinki, Finland;

“Finnish Glass Biennale Main exhibition” at Finnish Glass Museum, Finland;

2024

“WHAT DESIGN CAN DO Winning Projects”, at Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands;

“NEW EUROPEAN BAUHAUS FESTIVAL” at the Art & History Museum, Brussels, Belgium;

2023

“Design Thesis Projects” at IE University, Madrid, Spain;

“London’s Belly” at the Architectural Association, London, UK;

Photo by Anisa Xhomaqi

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