Hi again! my name is Sandra Méndez Sarmiento. After I graduated in 2011 as a Communications and Product Designer and before moving to Berlin (ja, ich kann gut deutsch!), I have worked for more than eight years as a Graphic Designer, Art Director and Visual Editor as a freelance and for various award winning design studios and independent publishing houses developing mainly, but not exclusively, branding and editorial projects. In January 2020 I got my MA Visual Strategies and Stories degree at the Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthoschule Halle.
In my projects I constantly question how design and visual culture perpetuate oppressive values and stereotypes, and propose ways to transform them through language and its materiality.
Looking forward to hear from you! Feel free to contact me via e-mail or let's share some stories here.
work
Since 2014
Publishing House
Medellín, 09/2014—01/2016
Branding & Interior Design
Medellín, 01/2014—08/2014
Branding & Communication Design
Bogotá, 03/2012—09/2013
Editorial & Communication Design
Bogotá, 09/2010—02/2012
Information & Layout Design
Bogotá, 03/2010—08/2010
Seminar: Art Direction and Product Design
Bogotá, 01/2009—08/2009
awards & exhibitions
Burg Gallerie
Project: Schweineglück
Halle, 2019
with El Honorable Cartel Art collective
Paris, 2014
Project: Religión Catódica
USA, 2012
Projects: Religión Catódica &
Paniqueso
Madrid, 2012
education
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule
Halle, 2020
Antioquia University
Medellín, 2014
Mayor in: Communication and Product Design
Los Andes University
Bogotá, 2011
other skills