Industrial designer from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá / Colombia / 1998).
He was born in Bogotá in 1976 and lives in San Juan de Pasto, south of Colombia, where his family was raised.
Once he graduated, his final project “Morphos” was selected for New Designers 1998 in the United Kingdom, where Colombia is invited country of honor. The same year turns back to San Juan de Pasto, where begins to teach design as a part-time teacher at the Design Department, School of Arts, Universidad de Nariño; and worked as a design consultant for craft works at the Laboratorio Colombiano de Diseño LCD (Colombian Design Laboratory); developing different products for carving, ceramics, stitching, etc. In 2000 wins the Lapiz de Acero design award, for his product “Panera Linares” (Linares breadcase) in the craft works category.
In 2002 he started working as a full-time teacher at the Universidad de Nariño. In 2003, he began a Master in Design at Domus Academy, in Milan, where he worked with Francesco Binfaré, Andrea Branzi, and Setsu Ito on several projects. In December gets the Master´s diploma with distinction for his final project, led by Stefano Giovanonni. In 2004 comes back to his small hometown to continue his work at the Universidad de Nariño.
In 2008 he moved to México and worked all year long as a visiting professor in the Industrial Design Program at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Toluca.
From 2009 to 2013 he returned to teach at Universidad de Nariño, where he collaborated for one year as design department director, with the Industrial Design and Graphic Design programs in charge. In 2014 he moved to Buenos Aires and started a PhD in Design at the Communication and Design School of the Universidad de Palermo. In 2018 he finished his doctoral studies and got his Doctorado en Diseño.
Today, he is a professor (full-time) at the Universidad de Nariño I.D. program and leads the CORD research creation team. Either way, he continues the design path creating furniture, lighting, and home accessories.