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This “pocket book” explores quotidian life in a region of México, the Yucatán peninsula, known predominantly for Maya culture/heritage sites and as a world-class tourist destination. My objective is to explore everyday practices in the spaces and places that both attract tourists...

Collages expressing the visual landscape of Playa del Carmen, México, a city on the Riviera Maya, México. digital prints on paper / 30 x 40 cm

Exhibited at the MX09: Social Impact of Design Conference in Mexico City. This poster presents the dynamics, influences, and implications between producers (the cooperative), designers, and the context (consumers, tourists, local community). This poster extends my interest in...

Approximately 153,000 Yucatecans are immigrants. In 2006–2007 I worked with the Subdirección de Atención a Migrantes, a division of the Instituto para el Desarrollo de la Cultura Maya del Estado de Yucatán (Indemaya), which provides services for immigrants and the families they...

A Microsite for INDEMAYA’s office that works directly with immigrants and their families in the US and Yucatán. Working with representatives and Maya constituents from INDEMAYA, my research supported the site’s intent to provide an overview of their services, contacts, and...

Designed for the inaugural “Sharing Dreams/Compartiendo Sueños,” exhibition sponsored by the American Institute of Graphic Arts Cross Cultural Design Initiative and the Centro Cultural Pablo de la Torriente Brau (Havana). A result of a collaborative project between five Cuban and...

Typeface Specimen Sheet / 24″ x 32″ Inspired by the life and patterns of the salmon and specifically the Red Royal brand Salmon label, royalRed is made up of parts and layers which are mutable and constantly changing. Just as salmon instinctually swim upstream to...

Hay dos articulos de interes de ultimo edicion: Comentario sobre el texto “La creatividad y el lugar común” (bajar PDF) La prodigiosa imagen mexicana (bajar PDF)