
Within our contemporary urban and sociocultural context, the notions of security and peace oscillate between two extremes: on one side, excessively fortified architectures, and on the other, withdrawal into personal seclusion. Designing for Peace: Inner Peace/Piece is the outcome of a three-week intensive workshop led by Rodolfo Agrella at CEDIM in Monterrey, Mexico, as part of the World Class Educators program that seeks to articulate a bridge between these poles by developing a system of surfaces that offers a phenomenological response to the sense of security and the pursuit of personal peace. The workshop adopts a playful yet rigorous approach, using graphic and spatial strategies to reinterpret the enclosure not merely as a boundary, but as a protective gesture reimagined through the lens of industrial design.
21 students
60 hrs of workshop
25 glass panels
90 linear meters of high-density paper in 5 different colors
168 hrs of laser-cut work
16 different materials for module prototyping
Workshop Participants. School of Product Design, 4th Semester.
Ana Lucía Vásquez, Andrea Cruz, Angela Espinoza, Axel Tapia, César Moyeda, Daniela Gracia, Jesai Soto, Eilham Safar, Elisa Gutiérrez, Eugenia Gutiérrez, Eugenia Martínez, Jahir Almaguer, Jesús Rivera, Paola Chavez, Paul Broecke, Reyes Verdiales, Aland Cantu, Samuel Segura, Shaiel Puente, Melina García, Nicole Cruz
School of Product Design Director. Djordje Stanojevic
School of Product Design Coordinator. Miguel Alberto Zertuche Castellanos
Product Workshop Managers Jorge Dorantes, Antonio Varela
Documentation
Photography
Video - Animations
Sketches and Illustrations
Technical Drawings
Graphics
CEDIM, The School of Design
Special Thanks to CEDIM, The School of Design’ CEO Leslie G. Novak
Photography by Jonathan Gonzalez Roman
Video Documentation by Luis Felipe Ruiz
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