Personal Information:
Name: José Rodrigo de la O Campos
Date of Birth: 10 May 1980
Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico
June 2007/Present Day, Freelance Designer, URBAN PUEBLO:
In conjunction with my partner, graphic designer Ivan Calderón, we design graphics for the new clothing line of Urban Pueblo,
a company based in Philadelphia, USA.
January 2006 – Present Day, Senior Industrial Designer at Ariel Rojo Design Studio, Mexico City.
I collaborated in different projects of product design, interior design,and furniture.
Important projects where I have been involved at Ariel Rojo’s Studio are:
- Client: Emblem/Unilever Mexico:
Worked with the industrial design team together with Emblem (a marketing and graphic design studio),
in order to design and develop the exterior package for a new line of Pond’s beauty cream called “TriActive”.
This product is distributed in all Latin America.
This design was awarded with the Quórum Silver Award in 2007.
-Client: Club Med México:
Ariel Rojo Design Studio was in charge for the facade and interior design of the new Club Med travel agency located in
one of the most trendy avenues of Mexico City.
I joined the interior and furniture design team, and support the architectural department.
-Client: Lodela:
Worked with the project team to redesign a toy named “Habilidad” (Skill). This is best selling product
of Lodela (a Mexican Toy Manufacturer). We re-desing the buttons interface and developed the mechanical
components to turn the device into an electronic toy.
- Client: Centro Promotor de Diseño / Mezcal Tenamaztle:
Centro Promotor de Diseño, (a foundation that promotes designs solutions to companies in Mexico)
approached Ariel Rojo Design Studio to develop a new bottle for Tenamaztle, a Mezcal
manufacturer from Zacatecas, Mexico. I colaborated in the conceptual, representation and the engineering
stages of this project.
- Client: Alsea:
Responsable of designing environmental graphics and co-coordinator of the
production and installation team for the company’s lobby, mezzanine, foodcourt, training facilities and main offices.
(Alsea operates several american fast food companies in Mexico like Domino’s Pizza, Burger King,
and Starbucks, among others).
-Client: Univerisdad Autónoma de México:
Worked with the design and production team to develop the signage for the bicycle route and main bicycle central station
at the UNAM University Campus. Along with this project, I’ve been involved in designng and manufacturing the logo for
the new University President’s podium, UNESCO’s “Wold Heritage” conmemorative plate at the Campus, as well the signage for
the wireless hot spots around Campus .
-Client: Maquinaria Creativa:
I work with the creative team to design a new trigger bottle for a well known cleaning brand
to be sold in Mexico and the US. From the early sketches to the final CAD model for rapid prototyping
took us about tree weeks.
This project is still under development.
-Client: Gonac:
Designed the new exhibitor and selling cart to store more than 30 different snack products to be distributed
in more than 300 stores in Mexico. Gonac is a leading Mexican company of chips and soda manufacturer.
-Client: Emblem:
Worked with the design team to develop a new tequila bottle to be distributed in the United States. This project is
currently under development.
- Client: Tequila Mayorazgo:
Worked as part of the design team that developed a new bottle for Mayorazgo Tequila.
-Client: Ibarra
Worked with the design team to do a new package for a Mexican cocoa company to be sold both
in the US and Mexico. This project is under development.
For more information about Ariel Rojo Design Studio please refer:
November – December 2005, furniture and Interior Designer for CG Interiorismo, Mexico City.
Designed furniture and interiors for living spaces.
May - July 2005, Volunteer in Piña Palmera Physic Rehabilitation Center, Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Volunteered for two months in this rural part of Oaxaca State
Designed handycraft projects for woodcraft and recycled paped workshops.
February - April 2004, Freelance Designer, Harmon Hall Language School, Mexico City.
Designed illustrations that were used in flashcards for English learning.
April-June 2004, Prop Designer, “El Que Habita en Las Alturas” (Movie).
Designed and crafted props for movie “El Que Habita en Las Alturas”.
Computer Skills:
- Rhinoceros 4 (3D modeling and production drawing).
-Luxology Modo 301(3D Modeling and Rendering).
- Alias Studio (3D Modeling and sketching).
- Mechanical/AutoCAD (production drawing).
- 3ds Max (3D Modeling and Rendering).
- SketchUp (Architectural Conceptualization).
- Artlantis R (3D Rendering).
- Alias Image Studio (3D Rendering).
- AdobePhotoshop.
- Adobe Illustrator.
- Adobe In Design.
Other Interests:
- Music: Really important part of my life. I’ve been part of Ten Cake, a punk rock band and co-wrote a song with Dagger, a heavy metal band. I also write and record original music with The Fernanduccis, a rock studio band, and played drums with Occulta and guitar with Dirty Woman, both Stoner Rock bands in Mexico City.
- Wu Shu Kung Fu: I’ve been practicing Kung Fu for the past 4 years.
- Bicycling: I try to use more my bicycle than my car in Mexico City.
- Writing: I wrote some design and music related articles for
INVASION!, a local Fanzine, and I regularly participate in
INVASION! Podcasts, where we discuss pop culture and music.
Please refer to www.llevamecontulider.com
