Eduardo Guizar Vukovich

About Eduardo Guizar Vukovich

Roberto Garza Sada Center for Art, Architecture and Design Space for ideas and expressions that brings together and develops the best creative talent, consolidating itself as the headquarters for the formation, creation and development of art, architecture and design in Latin America. Currently, it has LEED Certification at its "Silver" level, granted by the USGBC (U.S. Green Building Council), with which it became the first of Tadao Ando's works with this type of recognition and, to date, in the only building of a higher education institution in all of Nuevo León internationally certified as a space that respects the environment. Since 2013, the rooms, workshops, and laboratories of the CRGS have attended eight professional careers, five postgraduate courses, and a high-performance program for the best 300 students in Latin America.

Winner of 2 A' Design Awards.
Specialized in Cultural Heritage Design.
Original Design.
Creative, Diligent and Innovative.

Interview with Eduardo Guizar Vukovich

Could you please tell us more about your art and design background? What made you become an artist/designer? Have you always wanted to be a designer?

Since I was a child, I always had a penchant for art and visual communication. My mother always encouraged me to play with paints and clay. In my house there were always an abundance of books with illustrations and drawings.

Can you tell us more about your company / design studio?

I am currently director of the Graphic Design program at the University of Monterrey. The number one program nationwide as a private design school.

What is "design" for you?

It is the search for the best solution to a problem, its implementation and its improvement.

What kinds of works do you like designing most?

It is the search for the best solution to a problem, its implementation and its improvement through innovation and creativity.

What is your most favorite design, could you please tell more about it?

The flag of Japan. It represents the exit from a complex process for a nation. It is the perfect evolution of the previous flag (the empire) towards a dignified, minimalist and inspiring solution. The sun that was already born

When do you feel the most creative?

When I don't have that much time to give a design solution to a client.

From your point of view, what are the responsibilities of a designer for society and environment?

The figure of the designer today, as a creator of solutions, is the basis of social development and consolidation towards a more sustainable future.

How do you think the "design field" is evolving? What is the future of design?

Technology, as it has done historically, is modifying everything in design. Virtual reality, work in digital media and the generation of design with artificial intelligence are the route to follow.

When was your last exhibition and where was it? And when do you want to hold your next exhibition?

Now I participate more as an organizer than as a designer. Beautifull numbers the Estefan Singmainster was the last exhibition I worked on with the university team.

Where does the design inspiration for your works come from? How do you feed your creativity? What are your sources of inspirations?

Customer problems and the current environment are often great sources of inspiration.

Where do you live? Do you feel the cultural heritage of your country affects your designs? What are the pros and cons during designing as a result of living in your country?

Yes, my country has a large heritage of visual comunicación. many cultures has bine shared to de nex generations tons of ideas an examples. Same for me.

What are your suggestions to companies for working with a designer? How can companies select a good designer?

Of course designer the portfolio, but a digital one could be the way

Can you talk a little about your design process?

User centered design always. But some times Scrum can works well

Can you describe a day in your life?

Talks with students, talks with teachers, talks with strategic allies and reading about design.

Could you please share some pearls of wisdom for young designers? What are your suggestions to young, up and coming designers?

Goe for the AI, if you don take the train, the train will leaf without you

From your perspective, what would you say are some positives and negatives of being a designer?

It is a career with infinite current demand, the bad thing is that it usually has a short life as an employee of a studio. The path is independence.

Which tools do you use during design? What is inside your toolbox? Such as software, application, hardware, books, sources of inspiration etc.?

Pinterest, Instagram, Google, Adobe, Wakom tablet, an AI generators