ADRIAN
OLABUENAGA was born in 1955 in Buenos Aires
Argentina but grew up and was educated in Los
Angeles , California. Raised with an architectural
background,he has from a young age, been
inspired by architecture, design and art. Primarily
working in a medium of functional art, his first solo
show was in 1983, featuring his famous art radios
and furniture. In 1985, he founded ACME Studios
with Lesley Bailey his wife. His jewelry designs were
included in the MEMPHIS Designers for ACME
collection, as suggested by Ettore Sottsass. His
necklace Atomic from that collection won him an
award with DESIGN Plus, Germany. His brooch and
earrings from the same collection were featured in
the MEMPHIS exhibition in 2005, at Museum of
Decorative Arts in Frankfurt , Germany. Not only is
he the CEO, and creative director of ACME but he
also currently designs for Ritzenhoff, Boeing,
Disney, Mercedes Benz, Warner Bros. and many
others, as well as creating corporate identities and
branding for many companies. |