Martín Tironi Editor

Martín Tironi is a sociologist at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Master in Sociology, Sorbonne V; PhD, Center de Sociologie de l’Innovation, École des Mines de Paris. Post-doctorate, Center de Sociologie de l’Innovation, École des Mines de Paris. Visiting Fellow, Center for Invention and Social Process, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2018. His research areas are anthropology of design, multiespecies design, digital devices and technologies, and urban infrastructures. He is currently Director of the School of Design of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the Head Milenio project ‘Futures of Artificial Intelligence Research’ (FAIR).

Marcos Chilet is a designer who earned his undergraduate degree at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and MA at Goldsmith College, University of London. He is now Professor of Future Scenarios at the School of Design, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His practice and research areas are critical design, the relationship between politics, designers, and media technologies. He recently published the book ‘Materiales Televisivos: hacia una economía digital de los contenidos’ about the impact of international streaming services in the Chilean TV culture. He was part of the curatorial team of the Chilean pavilion entitled Tectonic Resonances that won the London Design Biennale in 2021. He is currently sub-director of the School of Design of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Carola Ureta Marín is adesigner and visual communicator based in London, specialised in editorial design, cultural development and historical research projects. She obtained her BA in Design (2012); a MA in Cultural Management (2015) in Chile and a MA in Visual Communication at Royal College of Art, London (2022). She was part of the curatorial team of the Chilean pavilion entitled Tectonic Resonances that won the London Design Biennale in 2021. Frequent speaker at international congresses on Design Studies and Design History: Taipei (2016), Barcelona (2018); New York (2020); Quebec (2021); Melbourne (2022). Director and creator of The City as Text (La Ciudad como Texto), a collaborative digital platform that allows online visitors to partake in a virtual walk through 2.4km of Santiago de Chile's main avenue during a specific date and time.

Pablo Hermansen is a designer who holds a PhD in Architecture and Urban Studies from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Dr. Hermansen’s research and publications focus on the material conditions of interspecies coexistence, prototyping as a more-than-human research device, and performative strategies for the political visibility of counter-hegemonic groups in public space. He works in the fields of digital museography and interactive installation and provides consulting services in the area of critical service design for public institutions.