Helle Byrn - Administrative Director - Interior Architect IIDA
Born in Denmark 1953 and mother of 3 wonderful children: Charlotte, Alexander and Benedicte.

Personal interests: My family, Design, create, nature, the mountains, the sea and animals.

Professional career:
1976 Graduated as Interior Architect from “Danmarks Design Skole”.

1977 to 1982 Employed as Interior Architect at “Helsingor Skibs Vaerft”.

1982 to 1995
* Self employed with own design company “Helle Byrn Design”    
* Designing: Furniture, interiors and industrial products,
* Wrote articles about Scandinavian architecture.
* Owner of international design Patents in 24 countries.
* Exhibited at the “International Female Inventor Exhibition” in 1988 at the ”Tecnical Museum” in Helsingoer –Denmark
* Moved to Marbella – Spain in January 1993
* January 1993 to February 1995 continued running the company “Helle Byrn Design”
from Spain

Marbella was expanding and building projects were realized everywere. Marbella was becoming an international cosmopolitan jet-set city known World Wide.

The building industry was flourishing, but further education was a forgotten area. My passion therefore became to create an international design school in Marbella.

February 1995 The idea for creating the Marbella Design Academy took form.
October 1995 The Marbella Design Academy opened its doors for the first students.
21st April 2003 The Ministry of Education - Junta de Andalucia approved: The curiculum for the State Recognised courses and the building project for a large new Academy building to be built. The building was designed by me and fulfills all the demands for a modern design Academy, provided by the Ministry of Education.
July 2007 The Marbella Design Academy began the construction of the new Academy building.
1 August 2008 The new building was finished and approved by the architects of the Ministry of Education in Spain.
September 2009 Marbella Design Academy obtained State Recognition by the Ministry of Education. CODE: 29016884. We are the first international design school in Spain to achieve this recognition.
1 September 2010Resigned as Director. New Director is Gualberto Cerron who has been at the Academy for many years. Gualberto Cerron is young, dynamic and very talented. Helle Byrn continues as administrative Director with daily contact to the Academy from her home office.)