Micaella Pedros (1990) is a French designer maker and artist based in London. Driven by sustainability and empowerment, she revisits materials, local resources and waste to explore new territories of use.

From plastic joinery to gravity-powered machines and rethinking solar-cookers in Uganda, she also investigates more narrative objects in furniture and sculpture.

Collaborating with museums and maker spaces, sharing her findings during workshops is a key element of her practice.

She holds a Master’s Degree in Design Product from the Royal College of Art (2016) and two Industrial & Product Design Degrees from ENSAAMA (Paris, France - DSAA 2014 & BTS 2012). After her practice’s first years at Blackhorse Workshop, travels, self-discovery and a full-time position as a design consultant in social innovation, she found her way back to the workshop and her projects, while developing skills on the side such as carpentry, woodturning, welding and cabinet making. 

EDUCATION

MA Design Products, London, Royal College of Art, 2016
ENSAAMA, Industrial Design & Product Design, Paris, 2010-2014

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

London Design Festival | UK
Aram Gallery | London, UK
Design Museum of Barcelona | Spain
IFA Pure Gold | Germany & Worldwide Tour
Center of Craft, Creativity and Design | USA
Arthouse Jersey | UK
CODA Museum | Apeldoorn, NL
Mint Gallery | London, UK

SELECTED WORKSHOPS AND ONSITE INTERVENTIONS WITH LOCAL MATERIALS

MAD Museum | NYC
Institute of Making UCL | London
Arthouse Jersey | UK ~ Residency
CODA Museum | Apeldoorn, NL
1001 Noches | Guatemala City
Blackhorse Workshop | London, UK

COLLECTION

CODA Museum | Apeldoorn, NL
Jersey College for Girls | Jersey, UK
Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen | Stuttgart, DE
Volker Albus | Private Collection

AWARDS

Ralph Salztman Prize 2024 | Design Museum | Designer of the Year | Nominee | Nominated by Daniel Charny

Earlier awards
Sustain RCA Award | Finalist | 2016
Eco-Design for Aluminium | Design Contest | Winner | 2014
James Dyson Awards | French Finalist | 2014

SELECTED PRESS

Dezeen
Designboom
Material Driven

FEATURED IN BOOKS

Wasted: When Trash becomes Treasure
by Katie Treggiden

Radical Matter: Rethinking Materials for a Sustainable Future by Kate Franklin and Caroline Till