WHAT WE DO
Otro Diseño means literally Another Design in Spanish. Another kind of design. Different design. Otro Diseño is a design agency based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, promoting the unique work of designers and jewellery makers from special corners of the world. In an era of globalization, we consider cultural reciprocity as fundamental, so we promote design that results from the exchange of ideas, expertise and resources among diverse cultures. We assist designers to consolidate breakthrough products for the global market and provide opportunities to expose their work to each other's market.
Planning and managing a variety of projects for designers, companies, museums, academies and cultural organizations that are interested in producing and showing good design, we act as a dynamic network that encourages the exchange of ideas, knowledge and opportunities. As a link between designers and consumers, we bring products and projects with high quality standards in design, function and meaning to a public that seeks to experience, buy or commission design from other latitudes.
With a strong emphasis on contemporary jewellery, Otro Diseño explores the richness and diversity of design trough the world. Design that is original and inventive, resourceful and refined: the result of a mixture of people, ideas and cultures.
WHY WE DO IT
At Otro Diseño, we view design as a tool to improve prosperity and well-being of society in a process that considers designers, manufacturers, environment and the users, as equal parts of an equation.
Living in a connected world gives us opportunities we didn't have before. Nowadays we have a better understanding of cultures foreign to us and we benefit form an ever growing commercial exchange. Designers are now able to have an insight of the way design is perceived and experienced around the world know and to understand and appreciate each other's work, always enriching from the exchange. We aim to inspire designers to work in cooperation and the public to experience and enjoy fresh, innovative and meaningful design.
Our mission is to nurture design excellence by helping designers and design producers from Latin America and Europe to develop new skills and knowledge and to gain access to new ideas, technology and production methods that enable them to develop their businesses, and create access to new markets outside their country of origin. Otro Diseño also aims to promote the understanding and appreciation of design as a tool to improve the quality of life of designers, manufacturers and consumers. Otro Diseño realizes this mission through outstanding exhibitions and events, research initiatives, commercialization of innovative design products and exchange projects that merge a diverse international audience through its extensive network and cultural partnerships.
FOR WHOM DO WE WORK
- Creative designers and jewellery makers interested to develop cooperation projects and to produce, promote or commercialize their work in an international market.
- Companies, shops and collectors seeking innovative design products and contemporary jewellery that take into account social, environmental and ethical issues or that wish to organize cultural or commercial exhibitions.
- Museums, galleries, embassies and academies seeking to organize exhibitions and cooperation projects that link designers, students, manufacturers and business.
WHO WE ARE
Valeria Vallarta Siemelink is a Mexican interior architect with studies in art and exhibition
design and management. As an architect, she has specialized in the design of innovative social
housing and the interior renovation and design of antique buildings. She has carried out exhibitions
projects for Mexican museums like Museo Nacional de Arte, Museo de San Idelfonso and Museo Rufino Tamayo.
Since 2000 her career has focused in the development of design exchange projects between Latin American
and Europe. She has represented the work of over 100 international designers. In 2005 she co-organized
the Second Latin American Design Biennale Holanda 2005, in cooperation with the Latin American
Design Foundation. She has lived in the Netherlands since 2004.
Carolina Rojo is a Spanish a mercantile lawyer turned into Communications and Public Relations
expert who worked for six years as head of PR in a German multinational company based in Barcelona.
During that time she achieved a degree in Marketing and Commercialization at Esade University in Barcelona.
For the last five years, her passion for design and contemporary jewellery has taken her to travel
extensively through Latin-America and to successfully represent unique jewellery designers, enabling
them to export and commercialized their products to Europe. Currently she lives in the Netherlands.
Our work is possible thanks to the generous support and partnership with individuals and organizations that
share our goals, ideals and enthusiasm:
Guía de Diseño mexicano
Galeria Mexicana del Diseño
