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Design and Food Design consultant, teacher, researcher, speaker, writer, content creator.

See the full list of projects I'm currently involved in.

Author of the complete Food Design Thinking methodology.

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Visiting professor at various universities. See full list here. 

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Founder of Online School of Food Design

Date: November 2015 – at present

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Co-Founder of International Center for Food Design

Date: August 2023 - at present

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Featured in Documentary Food & Design

Released in November 2023

Read my blogpost about it

Watch the trailer

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Ph.D. examination board member

Thesis title: Food Design for a better food culture. Redesigning restaurants´ Food Systems

A thesis presented to the Arts and Design Post Graduation Program of PUC-Rio

Doctoral acndidate: Ellen Gonzalez

Date: Aug 2023

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Food Design and Food Design Thinking consultant

Date: 2012 - at present

Main Clients:

• Goody - January 2023 - at present

• Indigo Concept (Spain) - September-2021 - at present

• Namlyeh and Goethe Institut (Jordan) - Novemver-December 2021

• Ivoro (Spain) - April-June 2019, May-September 2020

• Tetra Pak - November 2020

• Barilla s.r.l (Italy) - April-June 2019

• ZODIAC Aerospace (Netherlands) - 2015

• Pepsi Co. - Pepsi Global, Food and Drink (USA) - 2012 - 2013

See full list of clients and services

Lecturer

See full teaching career

Date: 2012 – at present

Founding Editor of International Journal of Food Design. Published by Intellect. August 2014 - at present.

Co-Chair and Chair of Reviewing Committee of the Second International Conference on Food Design. November 5-7, 2015. The New School, New York, USA.

Guest Editor of Special Issue on Food Design
. This special issue was the first academic publication on Food Design

Journal: Hospitality & Society, Vol 3: Issue 3, pages 181-187 (2013) Date: 2012 - 2013

Chair and Organizer of the International Conference on Designing Food and Designing for Food. This was the first ever international academic conference on Food Design

Date: June 28-29, 2012.

Location: London Metropolitan University, London, UK

Chair and Organizer of the 1st International Symposium on Food Experience Design. November 9, 2010. London Metropolitan University, London, UK.

Co-Curator of the 6th Food Design® Competition. 2009 - 2010

Co-Curator of the London Exhibition for the 6th Food Design® Competition. November 9 - 26, 2010. London Metropolitan University, Parker Gallery, 41 Commercial Road

Founder of International Food Design Society. 2009

Founding member of Red Latinoamericana de Food Design (redLaFD) October 2013

Visiting Scholar at Food & Brand Lab, Cornell University. April 1, 2009 – September 30, 2009
. Food & Brand Lab, Cornell University. 109-110 Warren Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853