SD Standard
How can a designer have a positive impact on the planet? What should designers consider? Should designers be accountable for the emissions they contribute to producing from the products they design? Or should we be held accountable for the human rights we promote? Or fail to support? The SD Standard is a project I’ve been […]
MIT IDEAS Global Challenge
Since 2012, i’ve had the privilege of volunteering for the MIT IDEAS Global Challenge, ran by MIT (Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center), designing the visual identity of this group, plus the program’s award ceremony every year. The visual identity is composed of various dots that represent the different activities undertaken by students, as they […]
Museum signage proposal
For a Mexico City museum, i was invited to present a proposal for signage. I developed the wayfinding iconography, and related signage, but also proposals for the museum´s educational activities and related materials, thinking of how returning visitors might experience the museum as well as first-time visitors . Although the project didn´t come to fruition […]
Sustainability Actors Map
In recent months I´ve collected basic information on how organizations, companies, and public sector institutions are using design methods to solve sustainability problems in three broad categories (social, economic, and environmental impact). Doing a scan of 116 organizations and companies that are using design methods for business, social, or environmental innovation, some highlights became apparent: There […]
North American flag
How can a symbol create cross-border dialogue?
Now House: A system to retrofit wartime houses to net-zero energy
Design as tool for home energy reduction and net-zero energy retrofits.
Hyperborder: The Contemporary US-Mexico Border and Its Future
Design as conversation catalyst on the future of US-Mexico relations.
What if Greenland was Africa´s Water Fountain?
Design as conversation catalyst around Climate Change
Massive Change: The Future of Global Design
A public project about the future of Design