Picture by Emil Lyytikkä.
I have always been interested in exploring how the objects around me are made. My design career started in Barcelona, where I grew up and completed my studies in Industrial Design Engineering. However, I still wanted to learn more about processes, techniques, and crafts. I wanted to experiment and get to know materials firsthand because I understood that the materiality of the objects and how they are made directly affect our daily life. Therefore, this is the topic that I have been examining since then. When I moved to Helsinki to complete a master's in Contemporary Design, the change of context made me notice the importance that our environments have on our practice. For this reason, my current work adds the cityscape as an extra layer to my vision.
I believe design has had an essential role in development and will also be crucial in the degrowth needed to accomplish a more sustainable future. For me, design is a tool for imagining futures, but also a tool to understand the past. In my practice, I experiment with mixed materials and techniques to imagine feasible realities. I also enjoy exploring and playing with diverse environments such as the city. My environment has always been a font of inspiration as well as the people and objects around me.
I enjoy using different mediums in my practice. I have used glass with paper or plaster, experimented with ceramic moulds, done experimental writing and video installation, and intervened in the urbanscape. During these works, I have taken a sensible point of view, respecting the medium and letting it guide the creation process, only intervening in it to add a critical perspective to challenge the established. In the end, all of those shape the environment we live in.
Contemporary Designer. Urban explorations. Speculative Futures. Industrial Design. Barcelona based.
STUDIES
August 2019 — June 2022
Aalto University
MA Contemporary Design, minor in Visual Cultures, Curating, and Contemporary Art
April 2019 — June 2019
Ironhack Barcelona
UX/UI Bootcamp
October 2014 — June 2018
Elisava Design and Engineering School
BSc Industrial Design Engineering, minor in Product Design
Aalto University
MA Contemporary Design, minor in Visual Cultures, Curating, and Contemporary Art
April 2019 — June 2019
Ironhack Barcelona
UX/UI Bootcamp
October 2014 — June 2018
Elisava Design and Engineering School
BSc Industrial Design Engineering, minor in Product Design
EXHIBITIONS
September 2023
Artefakti, Helsinki
Urban Hacks
(artefakti.world)
May 2022 - April 2023
Hand-formed Matter, Germany, Sweden and Finland
Burning Moulds
September 2021
Designs for a Cooler Planet, Helsinki
Blue Thoughts
August 2021
One to 100, Street Gallery Mutteri, Helsinki
Deconstructed Bags
(press release)
September 2020
Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki
Mouth Senses at Home works
Artefakti, Helsinki
Urban Hacks
(artefakti.world)
May 2022 - April 2023
Hand-formed Matter, Germany, Sweden and Finland
Burning Moulds
September 2021
Designs for a Cooler Planet, Helsinki
Blue Thoughts
August 2021
One to 100, Street Gallery Mutteri, Helsinki
Deconstructed Bags
(press release)
September 2020
Helsinki Design Week, Helsinki
Mouth Senses at Home works
PUBLICATIONS
December 2021
This Does Not Exist
at Questions of Labor
May 2021
When did we become cyborgs?
at Infragraphy V, Deep Surfacing
(download issue)
This Does Not Exist
at Questions of Labor
May 2021
When did we become cyborgs?
at Infragraphy V, Deep Surfacing
(download issue)
CONTACT