Jose de la O

Our team at delaO design studio has been awarded the prestigious Diseña Mexico prize for Best Service and Experience Design for our exhibition, Disonancia Mexicana. Our goal with this immersive exhibition was to explore the relationship between design, Mexican identity, and creativity.

This collection of electronic products serves to allude to the exhibition's theme through everyday objects such as a clock, lock, speaker, and display. Each object combines industrial design and Mexican design features and aesthetics, piquing curiosity and triggering debates.

For meeting the criteria of being a designer that develops as a transcendent icon, that is an active member of the national industry, that stands as a visionary creator, is habitus builder, community generator, change agent and whose work is valued as paradigm of excellence, Mexican designer José de la O has won the 2022 MDF Designer of the Year award, presented by Rimowa.
The jury formed by Lourdes Baez, Hector Rivero Borrell, Liliana Ovalle (MDF Designer of the Year 2021) and president… Mostrar más

For meeting the criteria of being a designer that develops as a transcendent icon, that is an active member of the national industry, that stands as a visionary creator, is habitus builder, community generator, change agent and whose work is valued as paradigm of excellence, Mexican designer José de la O has won the 2022 MDF Designer of the Year award, presented by Rimowa.
The jury formed by Lourdes Baez, Hector Rivero Borrell, Liliana Ovalle (MDF Designer of the Year 2021) and president Grisell Villasana, opted for this decision after deliberating on three final nominations.
His trajectory as a thinker in the prospective of design from the dynamics of speculative reflection, propped up not only in the most widespread endeavor of the discipline, but also in research and writing, with products that, aside from symbolic goods, stand out as educational, curatorial and editorial projects, was one of the aspects that, according to Grisell Villasana, prevailed in the decision. The president of the jury pointed out that the verdict meets MDF Mexico Design Fair’s general objectives to find new voices, new ways of being a designer and new forms of expression whose approach discomforts and awakens a status quo that still does not recognize that the imaginary of the average person is already in another time-space.
In addition to the recognition of his peers for owning a profile that fully projects the skills and reflections desirable in a Mexican designer, the winner is entitled to the development of a project linked to the academic and professional, with institutions and brands allied to MDF. Mostrar menos

Achievement on Product Design for the technological, productive and development innovation. This is the highest prize awarded to Design in Mexico.

Outstanding execution, insight, creativity, and intent.

José de la O received a Professional Notable honor in the Design Education Initiatives category in the 2015 Core77 Design Awards program for the project, “The Chair that Rocks: Linking Contemporary Designers with Craftsmen from Tlacotalpan, México.”
The Jury for the 2015 Design Education Initiatives category was as follows:
Mike Weikert, Director & Founder, Center for Social Design & Master of Arts in Social Design, MICA (Jury Captain)
Becky Slogeris, Social Design Associate for the… Mostrar más

José de la O received a Professional Notable honor in the Design Education Initiatives category in the 2015 Core77 Design Awards program for the project, “The Chair that Rocks: Linking Contemporary Designers with Craftsmen from Tlacotalpan, México.”
The Jury for the 2015 Design Education Initiatives category was as follows:
Mike Weikert, Director & Founder, Center for Social Design & Master of Arts in Social Design, MICA (Jury Captain)
Becky Slogeris, Social Design Associate for the Center for Social Design, (MICA) Sarah Hemminger, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Thread
Jess Gartner, CEO and Founder, Allovue
About the Core77 Design Awards
Recognizing excellence in all areas of design enterprise, the Core77 Design Awards celebrates the richness of the design profession and its practitioners. We present 14 categories of entry, providing designers, researchers and makers a unique opportunity to communicate the intent, rigor and passion behind their efforts. From client work to self-initiated projects and entrepreneurial endeavors, we embrace a wide diversity of enterprise: commercial, cultural, social, environmental and discursive. Mostrar menos