Ontological Designer
Mexico City
I have lived many lives. Instead of finishing my degree, I led a team of 200 people in the making of The Cosmonaut, a transmedia experience where we created a whole story universe about the soviet space race. It was licensed under Creative Commons and crowdfunded by 5000 people, raising more than half a million dollars.
After directing a feature film and thirty short films, I became CEO of my second company: Future Lighthouse. During three years, we turned it into one of the world’s leading Virtual Reality studios, winning numerous awards and paving the way for the future of storytelling.
In 2018 I quit everything. It was time for a change. I followed other passions and turned into a food artist and started diving deep into experiencial design. I created Cocina Sagrada to design and create incredible immersive experiences around the world. Food, design, light, sound and story became my tools to create wonder and awe. To change how people felt.
That’s when I discovered that all the things I did had a name… Ontological Design.
Offer
My commitment is to use Space and Experience to design a better world. A world where we can redefine our connection with other, self and nature. A regenerative world where we give more than we take. In recent years I’ve shifted my work towards this through the design and development of Metamodern Villages, intentional spaces and immersive narrative experiences to foster Ektasis, Catharsis and Communitas. I believe behavior is a function of culture. If we change culture, everything changes. I have led the design of 3 village masterplans and I’ve worked with construction companies and architects to design its spaces. I'm currently working on my fourth project in this world, an advanced Climate Center and Bioregional Hub + Village in Costa Rica. I'm also the CEO of Sacred Ohms, a company that aims at supporting retreat organizers do more of their magic, as I believe that conscious retreats are one of the keys to changing things.
NEED
Funding comes top of mind. Wealth and Saving our Planet are not yet incentive-aligned. Regulations are another that comes to mind (from building regulations to other system imbalances that trump progress).
Call-to-Action
We will only start changing things at a foundational level once we understand we live in a living system. Everything is connected and alive. It's our duty to protect all life.
