cecilia portillo

polydisciplinary designer and researcher based in boston/mexico city/montreal

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current

1. harvard graduate school of design
2.     hyphenated gsd
   

past

 
1. constructive
   
2. masara
3. unrug
4. mutual design
5.    pirursivik
6.    artexte
   
7.    sshean
8. big blue sessions
   
9. miaf food security intervention
   
10. soils class for children summercamp 
11. chefis
    
12. angels4kids
    

hyphenated GSD 

hyphenated GSD is a student organization rooted in the experience of existing between linguistic, cultural, and social thresholds. 

founded by five mexican-american students seeking community, research, and discussion on hyphenated identity and existences, this organization is for all hyphenated minorities and others who wish to engage with this topic. 

hyphenated GSD approaches the hyphen to describe a condition of “inbetween-ness”, as an active zone of translation, negotiation, and relation as a means of bridging the gap between cultures and identity.

our gatherings take the form of conversations around food, screenings, and invited dialogues with practitioners whose work engages borders, thresholds, and identity. Whether geographic, linguistic, disciplinary, or ideological, we ask how hybrid, plural and Hyphenated experiences shape the ways we imagine, construct, and intervene in the world.

instagram.com/hyphenatedgsd

Years: 2025 onwards
Location: Cambridge, MA, USA


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