2024/ COMAL Stool: A tribute to Mexican female street cooks
Comal Stool explores gender roles within Mexican street cuisine through a furniture object inspired by the traditional cooking comal, a flat griddle central to preparing corn-based foods. Drawing from research into the historical relationship between women, maize and food preparation, the stool celebrates the often-overlooked role of female street cooks in preserving Mexican culinary identity.
Context: Self-Initiated
Design: Marcelo Guajardo Dávila
Award: DOMUS academy, admissions grant
Status: To be built - Ongoing
2022/ TILA Desk: Ready to assemble (RTA) workspace designed for students
Developed through ethnographic research, TILA translates students’ needs for order, space and professionalism into an affordable, multifunctional home workspace. Designed and built within a strict low-budget constraint for OfficeMax.
Client: Office Max
Design: Marcelo Guajardo Dávila & Francesca Pezzotti
Methods: CNC milling, woodworking, welding, glass cutting, assembly and finishing
Year: 2022, Mexico City, Mexico
Award: 2nd Place, OfficeMax Create, Design & Develop
2022/ Framed Penguin: Editorial office and furniture design
Framed Penguin transforms a three-century-old Florentine foundry into a playful editorial workspace, using spatial planning, color and custom furniture while preserving the building’s existing architectural character.
Context: International exchange project
Design: Marcelo Guajardo Dávila
Year: 2022, Florence, Italy
2023/ Exodia: Wearable mobility-assistance device
Exodia is a passive exoskeletal device supporting leg mobility for older adults on slopes and stairs. A spring-assisted mechanism provides additional movement support while remaining discreet beneath clothing.
Context : Academic, graduation project
Design: Marcelo Guajardo Dávila
Awards: National design award Finalist , Mexico City MX .
Exhibition: 2024 / Franz Mayer Museum — PREMIO DISEÑA MÉXICO Finalists Exhibition, Mexico City MX .
Year: 2023-24, Mexico City, Mexico
2022/ Pauza: Rocking chair inspired by chariot wheels
Context : Academic
Design: Marcelo Guajardo Dávila
Methods: CNC milling, woodworking, prototyping
Year: 2022, Mexico City, Mexico
2021-23/ Renderings and spaces
A selection of earlier visualization work exploring product, furniture and spatial concepts through digital modelling and rendering.
2021-23 / Sketches and concepts
A selection of exploratory sketches and concept development studies across product, furniture and spatial design.