Franco Chimento
ARGENTINA
Designer, born in Argentina in 1992
Industrial designer born in Argentina (Mar del Plata, 1992) working in Buenos Aires. He studied industrial design at the Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP), and the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. He also studied Design Management at UNNOBA and is a PHD student at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
His work has been awarded and presented in Argentina and Brazil in contest and events such as the Tok&Stok University Design Contest (São Paulo), Proyecto Deseo 2018, and Innovar on several occasions, as well as in various specialized magazines.
In addition to product design, he is dedicated to business consulting, and teaching at the Textile Graduation Project course at the UNMDP, where he also does research in design and local culture, heritage and the symbolic relationship with objects.
