Mexico as a blog focused on tracing what was happening in the country from different fronts in the world of design. Along the way, not only did they make visible a new generation of designers who were reshaping the scope of design in Mexico, but they also took part in initiatives that broadened the understanding of what was happening in the country. On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, Coolhuntermx decided to celebrate in a big way, making a documentary on design that explores the evolution of this vast discipline in the words of its very protagonists. This is how Spontaneous Generation emerged : 10 years of design in
Mexico. Spontaneous Generation: the documentary that traces design in Mexico 2 The poster for the documentary Spontaneous Generation: 10 years of design in Mexico. Designers such as Ariel Rojo, Smithe ( @smithe ) Héctor Esrawe, Laura Noriega, Ignacio jewelry retouching service Cadena; creators of design platforms such as Andrea Griborio from Mextrópoli , Ricardo Lozano and Joanna Galindo from the Abierto Mexicano de Diseño and Andrea Cesarman from Design Week México ; as well as curators such as Ana Elena Mallet, Mario Ballesteros,
Martha Turok and Aldo Solano Roja. All of them delve into the past of design in the country and the necessary questions that must be asked to build a new horizon. Among the people who made this work possible, the partner and deputy director of Coolhuntermx, Abigail Quesnel ( @abyquesnel ), was a fundamental piece. We talked with the Domestika professor about the process involved in making the documentary, the history of Coolhuntermx, and future plans for one of the central media outlets on design in Mexico. From Tumblr to a digital medium Like many of the digital media that have emerged in recent years,