Design research // Photography // Visual Designer
Sofia Mendoza
Design researcher
Born in 1998 and raised in Mexico City, Sofía is trained as an industrial designer from CENTRO Diseño Cine y Televisión. Her work goes from product design, graphic design, photography and handcrafts.
“Convinced that just as we create and shape objects, they also have the power to shape us.”
Her work explores experimentation with materials, sustainable production processes, speculative design and the relationship between humans and other living beings to create eco-design.
Apart from her profession as a designer, her photographic work has been an important part in the development of her career. Exploring the human body, identity, light and nature, her work has been featured in art platforms such as Itchy Silk 2020.
Her most relevant projects have been published at Dezeen Magazine, Zona Maco 2018 and Itchy Silk. Has participated and won in Green Product Award 2022, Honorable Mention in BeeBreeders Competition 2021, and Nominee at ARTS THREAD - Global Design Graduate Show 2021.