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Education

MA Social Design – Arts as Urban Innovation
University of Applied Arts Vienna (die Angewandte)
2021–2023

BA Industrial Design
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
2009–2014

Employment

Spatial Designer (Freelance)
revolvers creative GmbH, Vienna
2023–Present

Co-Founder & Festival Director
meet me at the corner / Rumwurschteln Festival, Vienna
2023–Present

Creative Director
Brandport MX, Mexico City
2017–2023

Participatory Action Researcher
Design Your Action A.C., Mexico City
2020–2022

Industrial Designer
Kung Fu Klan, Mexico City
2015–2017

Workshop Facilitator
Centro Promotor de Diseño México
2014–2015

Research

Narratives of Water
Austria · Mexico
2023–Present

Aalto LAB Mexico
Mexico · Finland
2012–2020

Exhibitions

22026
IKEA × Vienna Design Week (forthcoming)

2025
CLANZ Residency — Gangart, Trieste, Italy

2024
Flowing Connections — Vienna Design Week, Vienna, Austria
Installation · Workshop · Panel Discussion
Design Without Borders — Umelka Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia
Design Without Borders — Kiscelli Museum, Budapest, Hungary

2023
Platzprobleme — Vienna Design Week, Vienna
What is Essential is Invisible to the Eye — Vienna
Narratives of Water — Vienna & Mexico City

2022
Common People
Un/Drinkable Water
Snow Logistics — Minus20° Biennale
The New Normal
Winter Wonderland

2013–2019
Selected exhibitions including:
MUCA University Museum
MODO Museum
Colectivo Quinto Piso
Mexico City, Mexicoty.

Awards

2026
Winner
IKEA × Vienna Design Week Open Call

2025
Narratives of Water
Austrian Alumni Art Award (collective recognition)

2019
Residencia Semilla
Designer in Residence — Design Your Action / World Design Organization

2015
Second Prize
CEMEX–TEC Award
Cuxta-Hà: Living Waterr

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Juan Vértiz Márquez