Manuel is a designer and researcher working on intersections between history, design and botany.
He holds a M.A. in Creative Sustainability with a minor in CHEMArts from Aalto University, Finland. Manuel has worked as a designer and in R&D team at EWE Studio, txt.ure, Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura museum, and taught at CENTRO university. In 2019, he founded Tzompantle, a studio dedicated to exploring Mexico's biological diversity through research and design.
Contact
manuel[at]mmddtt.com
@manusaurs
Education
2023-2025 Aalto University. M.A. in Creative Sustainability. Minor in CHEMARTS. Espoo, FI
2014 University of Twente. Exchange program M.A. in Industrial Design. Enschede, NL
2011-2015 Tec de Monterrey. Industrial Design. Mexico City, MX
Exhibitions
2025 Designs for a Cooler Planet. Aalto University, FI
Tropical Lab 19: Service. Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, SG
Living Surfaces. Turun Konserttitalo, Turku, FI
2024 Offerings to the undergrowth. Villa Lill Kallvik, Helsinki, FI
2020 Utopia. Abierto Mexicano de Diseño. MUNAL, Mexico City, MX
2019 Pop, Popular, Populista. Abierto Mexicano de Diseño. MUNAL, Mexico City, MX
Talks & Texts
2025 Working in Indigenous Territories in Latin America. Cinemaissí Film Festival, Helsinki.
‘Crear jugando’. June -August edition. Architectural Digest Mexico.
2024 Decolonization of Design: fictions of sustainability?. Helsinki, FI
2023 ‘Bacanal Texcocano’. Vol 7. Anal Magazine.
2018 XI Iberoamerican Seminar on Cooperation in Crafts. San Miguel de Allende, MX
2014 Artisanal & Contemporary Design Symposium. Autenticidad en las prácticas colaborativas. Puebla, MX
Residencies
2025 Field_Notes. SOLU / Bioart Society. Kiplisjärvi, FI.
Tropical Lab 19: Service. LASALLE College of Arts. Singapore, SIN.
2017 Designing Einstein’s Dreams w/ Dunne & Raby. Domaine de Boisbuchet, FR.
Clients
Aalto University
Anal Magazine
Architectural Digest
Casa Pedregal / TEXTO
Cecilia León de la Barra
CHUEN MX – Cristina Reyes Perez
Construcciones Re Lo Ruiz
Helsinki Biochar Project
Migrant Ecologies Project – Lucy Davis
Non Destructive Analysis for Studies in Art, Archeology and History (ANDREAH)
Regina Pozo
Tania Álvarez Zaldivar
LUTECA
Lab for the City (Laboratorio para la Ciudad)
VISIO Festival