Featured independent projects
Trazo
Promoting local manufacturing
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2020 Iberoamerican Design Biennale elected piece
Trazo pen seeks to demostrate how the collaboration between design and small workshops of emerging economies, can transform the local industry, evidencing the quality with which the local manufacturers can produce design objects, providing economic utility to small companies, and diversifying their services. Aluminum CNC machined retractable pen with a micro concrete stand.
Concéntrico
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Elected pieces for Inédito exhibition from Design Week Mexico, CDMX 2023-2024
It is a set of luminaires inspired by the stepped structures of pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican cultures. It aims to be an ambiance piece for work and relaxation spaces with soft warm lighting and an exquisite visual contrast between polished terrazzo and Rosewood that evokes native materials.
Eon Clock
3D-printed tabletop clock that merges timeless form with contemporary digital craftsmanship. Its monolithic body and embossed surface details give it a sculptural presence. Designed as a single-piece print, it offers simplicity of fabrication and assembly while achieving a refined, tactile finish. The design draws inspiration from ancient time-measuring artifacts and planetary geometry—where precision and form converge. The embossed surface creates subtle shadows that interact beautifully with natural or artificial light, emphasizing materiality and depth.
Use
Ideal for desks, shelves, or side tables, the EON Clock functions as a decorative yet practical timepiece. Its minimalist geometry and texture make it a distinctive object that enhances any workspace or living environment.
Dimensions (W) × (D) × (H)
5.5 × 17.8 × 27 cm
MOGO & CRETA
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Elected pieces for Inédito exhibition from Design Week Mexico, CDMX 2022-2023
MOGO
Is a coffee thermos manufactured from a high-performance, food-safe urethane polymer. Its minimalist design with a low center of gravity prevents spills and burns with its "anti-flip" effect, also the design incorporates an ergonomic finger grip, creating a more user-friendly experience.
CRETA
Is a set of coffee tableware made from the development of a high-strength waterproof concrete reinforced with microfibers, contrasting it with local artisans' handmade Teak wood pieces. Creta proposes a disruption through alternative and sustainable materials.
These projects exemplify the potential of design to iterate between the materials and processes of modern manufacturing industries and the local artisan skills generating product-based identity through coffee as a representative crop of Latin America.
Fluxo Lamp
3D-printed table lamp designed to bring warm, ambient light into your space while showcasing a sculptural, wavy diffuser and a sleek cylindrical base. Its originality lies in the organic contour of the lampshade, which casts a soft, fluid glow, transforming ordinary LED light into a cozy visual experience. The design draws inspiration from natural waveforms and organic textures, making it both decorative and functional. Multiple shade heights can be experimented with to create variation
Use:
Use it as a table lamp or hang it as a pendant. Perfect for nightstands, desks, or living rooms, the lamp works best as ambient lighting for reading, relaxing, or creating a warm atmosphere. The model is divided into three parts—base, socket Cap, and shade—for easy printing and assembly.
Dimensions (W)x(H):
Total assembled: 12 cm x 31 cm
I-Mountain
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Awardee (short listed) Ein und Zwanzig 2021, World´s Finest Design Talents,German Design Council.
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2022 Iberoamerican Design Biennale Elected Piece
I-Mountain is a dripper for pour over coffee extraction methods.
Inspired by Guatemalan mountainous and volcanic coffee plantations, it is casted with a high-performance polished micro-concrete (terrazzo) and aims to enhance the coffee extraction experience of coffee shops customers.
Project in collaboration with Icoffee Solutions Guatemala
Design by Manuel Ovalle
Design by Manuel Ovalle
by Manuel Ovalle
Design by Manuel Ovalle
VÜ Lamp & MO Lamp
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Elected pieces for Inédito exhibition from Design Week Mexico, CDMX 2020-2021
VÜ Lamp
As a tribute to active volcanoes in Latin America, Vü is a decorative luminaire with a slim frame of high-performance white micro concrete, hand polished and reinforced with microfibers, incorporating exposed volcanic aggregates in the finish, contrasted with reclaimed Conacaste wood and a warm LED lighting, evoking the luminescence of a crater.
Mo Lamp
It is a pendant luminaire cast in low-density gray micro concrete based on: Crushed waste plastic, and low density micro concrete Exposing through polishing the colors of the plastic aggregate and contrasted with support of reclaimed conacaste wood lathed by hand. Mo aims to demonstrate how through experimentation is possible to introduce atypical raw materials for design applications.
