Alvaro Uribe

Biography

Alvaro is a Designer with a track record of improving people's lives through design. He started his career as an Industrial Designer with a BA from Pratt Insitute, launching two award-winning studios: Alvaro Uribe Design and Modum Design. I have worked with some of the most celebrated decor companies in the world and Fortune 500 companies, as in addition to collecting four Red Dot Design Awards and five Good Design Awards.

In 2020 he launched a B2B platform, Aztro Marketplace, dedicated to connecting international design-driven brands with retailers and interior designers in the U.S. For two years, the startup represented over one hundred brands and sold hundreds of products. This endeavor brought him closer to the world of UX-UI.

For the last four years, I have been a valuable team member of the Paperplane UX Design team, taking on select projects and successfully launching various business sites. In 2022 I furthered my education in with a Certificate in UX-UI from Brainstation.

My other work

Formally educated as an Industrial Designer, I started my career working for some of New York's leading studios, such as Smart Design, Ecco Design, Curve ID, among others. There I got first-hand experience in approaching design strategically and becoming an advocate for users and businesses to achieve success. When I launched my own studio, I applied this approach to the world of consumer packaged goods working and decor, operating through two offices that worked with different tiers of clients.

Alvaro Uribe Design

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Founder of Alvaro Uribe Design, an award-winning studio focused on discovering new forms, functions, materials, and values for products in the luxury market. Our work has been recognized with four Red Dot Design Awards, five Good Design Awards, the IDEA Award, as well published in leading publications such as AD, Bazaar, Elle Décor, Interior Design, Surface, among others.

Modum Design

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Founder of Modum Design, a Product Design and Engineering consultancy, where we believe “good design is good business” and empower brands to connect with their users through thoughtful innovation. Our approach was a carefully crafted road map that combined our clients’ vision and DNA with the users’ dreams and desires into three-dimensional symbols of their industry.

Teaching

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Alvaro works as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Pratt Insitute and as a Visting Faculty member at Parsons School of Design. Since 2012 he has devoted himself to empowering students with tools that allow them to succeed in the field by instilling problem-solving skills and approaching product design from three angles: form, engineering, and business.