Miguel Leiro is a designer, curator, and educator based in Madrid who focuses on expanding the cultural value of design. After receiving a bachelor's in Industrial Design from Pratt Institute (New York City) he started a practice in Madrid that specializes in products, creative direction, interiors, and branding. In 2020, he founded Office of Design, a non-profit cultural management organization. Office of Design’s flagship project, MAYRIT Bienal, is a leading experimental architecture and design platform celebrating its’ third edition in May of 2024. Miguel has developed projects and exhibited his work in more than 9 countries, and he has been selected as a Rome Prize Recipient for the Spanish Academy, di_mad board member (Madrid Designers Association), recipient of the Injuve Entrepreneurship Grant, BilbaoArte Grant, and the Paris Maison & Objet Rising Talent Award.