mexico

Drawing from the material culture, photographs of people, places and things of México, this work is an attempt to peel back the surface, discover the details, and explore them as constructions of the whole.

I recently picked up a book I’ve had for a while: El Super (reviewed by Design Boom) by Kurt Hollander. The essay and accompanying photos on vernacular packaging designed for local markets is interesting. As a big fan of Mexican popular culture I was mesmerized once again...

Yesterday Maricarmen and Ricardo, biology students from the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, returned to Mérida after a month at UF. Getting to know them was a wonderful experience – they are both so engaged, interesting, sharp, and motivated. I hope that I can share part of...

We’re working in Carrillo Puerto and Señor; Santa Elena (near Uxmal and featured in Stephens “Incidents of travel in the Yucatán); and Mérida. View Larger Map View Larger Map

Wednesday we had a 6 hour meeting at Cooperativa Xyaat in Señor. Among their many projects, Xyaat works in communitarian tourism which is focused on sharing modern Maya culture with others. A tour of Xyaat will include a storyteller (Don Abundio) who recounts his grandparents...

For so many reasons, this is the first time I am heading back to Yucatán since January of this year. I am going with Gaby. We’re flying JetBlue from Orlando direct to Cancun. The flight leaves at 1 so life becomes reasonable. That’s Gaby’s remark anyway – that...

Selector de frecuencias is a one hour weekly radio show based in Tijuana, Mexico. We play music from now and yesterday: punk, no wave, new wave & next wave; folk, electronica, post punk; mash ups, bootlegs, remixes and live tracks; cover versions (odd, strange, funny &...

The new municipal government of Santa Elena created a new welcome sign for the city at the south entrance. What’s interesting is it includes the pyramid of Chichen Itza (instead of the neighboring Uxmal), their landmark church, and the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco....

In August I visited San Cristobal, where I saw this great chair, made of just two pieces of hardwood. My friend Sarah and I took measurements to make our own. It’s not only simple and functional, but very comfortable. Here are the measurements if you’d like to make...