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Speakers

ONLINE @ WDCDMX GNP 2021

"Until recently, it was generally said that the work of a designer was to find solutions to given problems. That is not true today. Our society is no longer based on stable and lasting values. It is in full evolution."

GIOVANNA MASSONI – ONLINE

Artistic director of RECIPROCITY

WDCDMX GNP 2021

“When you are open to new opportunities, you find yourself with people that can change your life.”

Malcolm Pruys

Retail Country Manager and Managing Director for IKEA México

WDCDMX GNP 2021

“The greater the autonomy, the greater the possibilities to maintain your dialect alive.”

YÁSNAYA ELENA AGUILAR

ARTIST, ACTIVIST, LINGUIST

WDCDMX GNP 2021

“Don’t stay quiet and speak loudly! I want my work to give the wearer unbounded confidence, and I want the garments to be personal, profound, and full of potential.”

BÁRBARA SÁNCHEZ-KANE

Fashion designer and artist

WDCDMX GNP 2021

"I believe that sustainability has everything to do with justice, providing solutions for a better world."

JIMENA ACOSTA

Professor at Tecnológico de Monterrey

WDCDMX GNP 2021

“Architecture should be about what it can do, not what it can look like.”

MICHEL ROJKIND

Architect

ONLINE TALK @ WDCDMX GNP 2021

“Today, the inhabitant is the last link in the production chain. But the inhabitant’s expertise can be – not a result or an argument – but a resource in the composition of the architecture.”

Christophe Hutin – ONLINE

ARCHITECT

WDCDMX GNP 2021

"We’re reconnecting with the old ways and educating the world about them."

Porfirio Gutiérrez

textile artist

WDCDMX GNP 2021

"We use living organisms to transform waste into materials that are compatible with nature."

Ricardo Muttio Limas

Architect & Winner of the No Waste Challenge

WDCDMC GNP 2021

"We need to offer alternatives for families and businesses who want to handle their waste responsibly."

Gerardo Montes de Oca Sierra

Social Entrepreneur & Winner No Waste Challenge

Virginijus Sinkevicius – ONLINE

Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries

Gautier Mignot

Ambassador of the European Union to Mexico

WDCDMX GNP 2021

"Using air pollution as a resource in the model of a circular economy just as everything in the forest comes a full circle; that was the philosophy that led to Carbon Craft Design."

Tejas Sidnal – ONLINE

Architect & Winner No Waste Challenge

WDCDMX GNP 2021

"As a designer I want to change the perception of organic waste and show its potential for materials."

Andrea De la Peña Aguirre

Designer & Winner No Waste Challenge

WDCDMX GNP 2021

"Repairing is caring."

Melina Scioli – ONLINE

Designer & Winner No waste Challenge

WDCDMX GNP 2021

"We are innovating towards period products that are not only good for women, but for Mother Earth."

Mary Nyaruai Mureithi

Designer & NO WASTE CHALLENGE WINNER

Moderator @ WDCDMX GNP 2021

“The creative industries and social responsibility make me wake up with a sense of commitment that never wears off.”

ILANA SOD – moderator

Radio & TV host

Moderator @ WDCDMX GNP 2021

MIGUEL ÁNGEL ÁNGELES – MODERATOR

Radio & TV host

WDCDMX GNP 2021

PABLO MONTAÑO

PRODUCER, WRITER & POLITICAL SCIENTIST

SAMUEL NEUENSCHWANDER

CO-FOUNDER OF KESSEL

Nacho Padilla – ONLINE

Creative Director of Barcelona

WDCDMX GNP 2021

‘Society teaches us to avoid mistakes, but for creatives and innovators they are essential,’

ERIK KESSELS – ONLINE

Creative director of KesselsKramer

WDCDMX GNP 2021

‘Every piece of textile I use has been designed, produced, worn or used otherwise'

Femke van Gemert

Waste textile artist

Saskia van Stein | Moderator

Director of International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR)

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