Designing Collaborative Learning Experiences with the Biggest Names in Design.

In partnership with What Design Can Do Mexico.

In May 2019, What Design Can Do Mexico invited us to curate their breakout sessions in order to create memorable experiences for the festival’s attendees.

We decided that, in order to make these breakout sessions memorable, we needed to design experiences that could only happen in Mexico, not only for the local participants, but also for the designers and speakers. We designed unprecedented sessions in which an international speaker would engage in conversation with a local curator or designer. Our goal was to foster conversations that would feel more like one held at a neighborhood bar than on a panel. We coordinated 16 unique, site-specific sessions, working closely with international speakers and facilitators.

Some of the participants we got to collaborate with: