Design researcher & educator

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   Designing Between Worlds: A Reckoning with the Unfinished Condition of Public Design Transitions

   Luis Garcia’s doctoral research emerged from a simple but consequential observation: the ambitious promises of Carnegie Mellon University’s transition design and European Public Design did not account for the institutional realities of the Global South. As an Ecuadorian designer who has worked across Latin America and North America, Dr. Garcia questioned how long-term societal transitions […] - Jun 25, 2026
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   The Pasts and Futures of Latin American Participatory Design

   Mazzarotto, M., van Amstel, F. M. C., Oliveira Serpa, B., Marques, P., Gonzatto, R. F., & Carvalho, R. A. P. (2026, June). The Pasts and Futures of Latin American Participatory Design: Thinking and Making Participation from Where Our Feet Stand. In Proceedings of the 19th Participatory Design Conference 2026, Vol. 3: Workshops, Situated Actions, and PDC […] - Jun 24, 2026
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   Designing for Dissensus: Arts-Based Methods for Generative Friction in Design

   Murray, M., Barry, M., Halperin, B. A., O’Keefe, H., Duval, J., Vigil-Hayes, M., … & Robinson, S. (2026, June). Designing for Dissensus: Arts-Based Methods for Generative Friction in Design. In Companion Publication of the 2026 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 27-31). https://doi.org/10.1145/3802974.3808004 - Jun 23, 2026

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