the act of designing
healthier futures
is an embodied practice
Hi! I’m Majo, a strategic designer and design researcher born in Guatemala and currently exploring what it means to practice design in the Global South.
I would love to explore and enact healthier and kinder futures with you.
Design Research
I lead research initiatives that bring user perspectives and contextual realities into strategic decision-making, using ethnographic methods to reveal insights that challenge assumptions and guide meaningful innovation.
Design Futures
I facilitate collaborative explorations of possible futures, helping organizations envision and move toward preferable scenarios for both planetary wellbeing and everyday human experience.
Strategic Design
I develop systemic design strategies that address root causes, not just symptoms. My proposals weave together interconnected solutions across services, systems, and stakeholder experiences—creating lasting change beyond individual touchpoints.
Personal Manifesto
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Personal Manifesto ✽
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Design at its core should care for all beings and our planet. We are caregivers of Earth and co-habitants with every species, not superior to them.
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I believe a better future can be designed and enacted through collective imagination and intentional action.
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There's more than one way to design. Methods and methodologies should serve the design process, not constrain it.
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Everyone deserves access to thoughtful, beautiful and inclusive design. When we design for minorities and marginalized communities, we create better solutions for all.
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We must design adaptive systems that integrate and evolve with their context. In our interconnected world, everything we create impacts what already exists.
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Design is a cultural manifestation of its context and must respond to local realities. I believe in participatory approaches that honor diverse perspectives and co-create solutions that are contextually relevant.
*This personal manifesto is always under construction as I evolve as a practitioner. But is here to reflect how I’ve constructed my own practice and views of design.
Let's collaborate
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Let's collaborate ✺
I’m always on the look for new inspiration, beauty, co intelligence or collaborations.
Feel free to send me a message or add me on social media.
Let’s have a chat!