Design Week Mexico and its surrounding events hold lessons for practitioners everywhere Over the past few years, the Silicon Valley motto of ?move fast and break things??meaning rapidly prototyping and iterating?has shaped the design world at large. But now, the reality is setting in that this approach does little to solve real-world problems we face and may actually do more damage than good.
During Design Week Mexico, which ran from October 10 to 14, as well as other exhibitions running concurrently with the 10-year-old festival, a different design approach was at the forefront: It was contextual, rooted in history and culture, forward thinking, and results oriented. By working with, and reworking, what?s already there, many of the designers showed it?s possible to create exciting things that benefit the people while pushing design forward. The rest of the world take note: Below are four standout lessons from Mexican and Mexico-based designers. Focus on unsung brilliant design?and the experience around it
As part of Abierto Mexicano de Diseño?a festival whose ?objective is to show how design can become a tool that responds to the cultural, social, environmental, economic, and political issues that concern us all??the independent online fashion platform Archivo Moda Mexicana curated an exhibition of contemporary independent labels.
Anna Gomez, one of the site?s cofounders, said that Mexican clothing is typically understood as either an artisanal article or fast fash...