Fran Silvestre participates in C.Next Designers EMEA by Cosentino
19/10/2026
Fran Silvestre participates in a roundtable moderated by Max Fraser, editorial director of Dezeen, to reflect on how design transforms our way of living and inhabiting spaces.
From October 13 to 16, Cosentino held a new edition of C.Next Designers EMEA in Almería, an international meeting that brought together more than 250 architecture and design professionals from Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Under the slogan Design to Transform, the event addressed the role of design as a driver of societal transformation.
Fran Silvestre participated in a roundtable moderated by Max Fraser, editorial director of Dezeen, alongside Bidisha Sinha, associate director of Zaha Hadid Architects, and Ayşin Sevgi Karakurt Macit, founder of AS Architects. The conversation revolved around how design influences our everyday habits and the way we relate to spaces.
The meeting also featured the presence of renowned international figures such as Ron Arad, Karim Rashid and Studiopepe, consolidating itself as a space for exchanging ideas and reflecting on the future of architecture, innovation and contemporary design.






