“Experimental Workshops on Biomimicry at Pratt Institute”
August, 2023. Text for the book MAP RESEARCH BIONICS: Transdisciplinary Ecosystems in Bionics, Biodesign and Biomimicry scientific and technological aspects for a design culture. A map featuring 31 experiences with the work of professionals, researchers, colleagues, and friends who have dedicated significant efforts to the study and development of connections between design and natural systems, such as Fabricio Vanden Broeck (Mexico), Carmelo Di Bartolo (Italy), Morfolab (Colombia), Next and Biodesign (Brazil), Fred Gelli (Brazil), and Ross Lovegrove (England), among many others.
Edited by Brazilian industrial designer and researcher Amilton Arruda and published in São Paulo by Blucher Open Access. 464 p.: il. color; 21×28 cm [designNATURE]: Essays on Design, Bionics and Biomimicry.
“Design in the Posthumanism”
July, 2023. “In a world governed by algorithms, where artificial intelligence and technology blur the ideas of body and place, what forms and uses will sneak in from the notions of a human-centered universe?”. Being part of this significant Dossier on Posthumanism in “Papel Literario,” El Nacional, is truly an honor. The Dossier includes texts by Francesca Ferrando, Humberto Valdivieso, Lorena Rojas Parma, Victor J. Krebs, Maria Di Muro Pelegrino, José Luis Da Silva, Roberto Salazar, Rodrigo Esparza Parga, and Johanna Pérez Daza. The complete PDF of this special edition is available on the Posthumanism.org website and on ResearchGate under the title Posthumanism Dossier.
Caracas, Venezuela
“Social Design as a Relevant Discourse”
November, 2019. “Social Design as a Relevant Discourse” is a conversation the Venezuelan industrial designer Ashby Solano. A piece on “Unfolding: Education and Design for Social Innovation“, a publication edited by Paulina Cornejo from the Mexican university CENTRO de Diseño, Cine y Televisión.
Ciudad de México, Mexico
“Tension at the Borders”
July, 2017. An article for the Catalog of the exhibition “New world. Visions through the Ibero-American Biennial of Design. 2008-2016”, as part of the Scientific Committee. MUDE Design Museum.
Lisbon, Portugal
“What I’ve learned”
April, 2013. Edition 75 Decalogues of Latinamerican Designers, Proyecto Diseño Magazine.
Bogotá, Colombia
“NoMATERIA:
The Value of Industrial Design”
February, 2013. Dissemination Experiences in Digital Media. Journal of Communication N°157 Venezuela Studies of Communication. Indexed Publication.
Caracas, Venezuela
Articles for P56 Magazine
2013 / 2014. Series of articles published in this industrial design magazine.
Cádiz, Spain
“Know and Calculate Reality”
March, 2012. Invisible Edition: 5 invisible Design Points. DNI18, Clarín Newspaper.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Articles for MONO
Art and Design Magazine
2011 / 2014. I served as the editor of the design section from 2011. MONO, a Venezuelan magazine, was a quarterly publication that explored the intersections between art and design. The magazine’s editors proposed a topic, and articles revolved around this theme. Additionally, some articles from the magazine were also published in di-
Caracas, Venezuela
Collaborator
2011 / present. Articles: “Miniaturization: design operations“, “Topography of objects” and “Interfaces: space for design“.
Madrid, Spain
“Profession: Industrial Designer”
April, 2003. Collaborator for Logotipos, a Venezuelan design magazine.
Caracas, Venezuela
Editorial Committee Member and Collaborator
1994 / 1997. Architecture and Design Section Economy Today – National Newspaper. Series of full-page articles (+20) in the specialized insert on architecture and design, published in the Sunday edition.
Caracas, Venezuela
