Industrial designer from Pratt Institute’s graduate program (New York, 2004), with a BA degree in industrial design from Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City, 1997) and furniture design studies from the Danish Design School (2003). He runs the design firm Godoylab, and is the design director of the furniture manufacturer Pirwi. He teaches industrial design at Centro de Diseño, Cine y Televisión (Mexico), and has taught design at UNAM’s Centre for Industrial Design Research, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, ITESM (mexico), Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico) and at the Pratt Institute (New York). He is a staff editor of the quarterly architecture and design magazine Arquine, where he periodically writes reviews and essays, is part of the design collective NEL, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of the UNESCO/Felissimo Social Design Network. Emiliano Godoy has worked for companies such as Nouvel, Pirwi, 3-form, Weidmann, Lacoste, ALIS/MOOA, Arta Cerámica, Pepsico, Holland Chemical International (HCI), Pipeline Integrity International (PII), Pipetronix, WESCO Distribution, el Museo de la Ciudad de México, Proteak, among others.

Gurrola is an industrial designer graduated from the Mexico City campus of ITESM University, with studies in furniture design at Danmarks Designskole and studies in ceramics at the UNAM in Mexico City. Antonio’s interest in furniture design as a way of experimentation and commucation has led him to collaborate for several firms of furniture and interior design in Mexico City. From 2007 to the present Antonio has been working for the design collective NEL -a group of Mexican designers focused on the experimental and playful side of design– coordinating projects and exhibitions such as Ciudad Satélite during the Salone del Mobile in Milan in 2008. He regularly writes about design for the Mexican architecture and design magazine Arquine and continues to explore furniture design independently through personal projects.