cecilia portillo

polydisciplinary designer and researcher based in cambridge/mexico city/montreal/ el paso-juarez

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current

1. harvard graduate school of design

•     diane davis’s research assistant
•     malkit shoshan’s teaching assistant
•     tania brueguera’s digital archivist 
  
•     spatial design strategies for climate migration publication contributor
•     history books of ciudad juárez / el paso artist’s book, author & designer
•     dualidad de un jardin curator
  

 

past

1. constructive
2. unrug
   
3. mutual design
   
4. masara
   
5. chefis 
   
6. un world food programme
   
7. mcgill university

mutual design

mutual Design is a research and design studio based in Montreal (Tiohtià:ke) and Mexico City supporting organizations craft accessible and community-centred products and services 


I cofounded mutual design along with christian scott in 2019 and parted ways in 2022. 


notable works include:

• conducting multidisciplinary research  to connect Inuit greenhouse digital networks
  
• designing an online exhibition (and archive) on a Black Canadian art collection
• designing a digital literacy incubator website for artists
  
• designing a visual identity for environmental education.
  

https://www.mutual-design.ca/

years: 2019 onwards
location: montreal, canada


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