Gerardo Sandoval Osio (1991)is a design professional, and territory and culture researcher with material-based practice, from Monterrey, México.

He studied industrial design at the “Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León” (UANL) and has studied traditional Japanese crafts and modern design at the Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT, Kyoto, Jp). He graduated with an MA in Fine Arts and Design within the frame of the Geo-Design program at the Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE, NL) and is currently professor at the Design Department at Tec de Monterrey in Mexico City.

He participated in FONCA’s “Jóvenes Creadores” 2018 program and served as a teacher at UANL (2017 to 2020) and CEDIM (2018 to 2020), both design universities in Monterrey, Mexico.

Gerardo develops design projects as an independent professional. He is co-founder of “Tierra de Saberes”, a project which investigates, documents and communicates traditional knowledge embedded in the territory of northeastern México, and the project “Ayuguara”, a project which investigates the relationships between the city of Monterrey, Mexico and its surrounding mountains.

His designs and projects have been shown in exhibitions such as Abierto Mexicano de Diseño (CDMX, Mx), Design Week México (CDMX, Mx), Campamento Feria (Gdj, Mx), Tokyo Design Week (Jp), Milan Design Week (It) and Dutch Design Week (Nl).