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Design starts long before form.

We build through research, using aesthetics to shape the story.

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Press

Articles and features showcasing our projects, ideas, and collaborations.

We design to reframe how we see and fit into the world

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Pop Aesthetics

Aesthetics

Poster for Gentrified Food Futures project showing bold typography with the words “Futuros Gastronómicos Gentrificados” over an urban aerial background.

Gentrified Food Futures

research

Display of two plate sets: organic cream ceramics on blue, and modular wooden trays with bright geometric compartments on red and green.

Sensible Research Artifacts - Gentrified Food Futures

research, narrative

Handmade kitchen mitts with turquoise woven details, decorated with lavender sprigs, placed on a wooden table beside a small potted plant.

Añú

research

Hand holding a small card with a Spanish haiku that reads “Esquina viva, del alba a la noche, siempre en maíz,” against the blurred background of a street food stand.

Haikus de Barrio

narrative

Stylized map with pink grid lines, red dots, and black line drawings of food icons including a takeout box, coffee cup, elote, food cart, torta, taco, and scooter. Text reads “Futuros Gastronómicos Gentrificados.”

Communal Mapping Workshops- Gentrified Food Futures

research

Five illustrated stickers displayed on a flat surface. Designs read: “Las salsas chidas son las que pican” with green chiles and a clay bowl, “Los rótulos son arte” on a food stall, “El Cablebús no es Lift” with a cable car over houses, “Más sazón menos estetización” with a red plastic table and chairs, and “La banda es vida” with a yellow tuba between palm trees.

Illustrated Future Signals- Gentrified Food Futures

research, narrative

A woman cooking in a kitchen, standing at a stove with pots and utensils visible.

Amani's Kitchen

research

Atlas de Comida Callejera CDMX booklet displayed open, featuring illustrated guides to taco al pastor, tlacoyo, and guajolota.

Atlas de Comida Callejera

narrative

We approach design as both method and medium— a way to research, interpret, and narrate culture.

 

Our work brings together rigorous research and creative storytelling to explore aestheic themes in food, urban life, and material culture. 

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Because if you’re not shaping perception,
you’re being shaped by it.

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