Camilo Ayala Garcia

About

Camilo Ayala-Garcia is a Colombian designer, professor and researcher. He obtained his PhD degree on the topic of Do-It-Yourself Materials as triggers of change at Politecnico di Milano. Before this PhD research, Camilo received a Master of Arts in Design degree from Domus Academy (the University of Wales accredited school of design) in Milan, awarded with Distinction. He is trained as an Industrial Designer and a Textile Designer at the Los Andes University in Bogotá. Camilo began his professional career in Colombia in 2001, where he earned experience in product design, developing several projects for renowned local and international clients. After various years of work as a professional designer, Camilo moved to Germany to attend Hochschule Pforzheim for the MSc. Produktentwicklung (Product development) as a guest student and learn the language. Subsequently, he transferred to Italy to complete his Master’s studies. After graduation, Camilo started to share time as a tutor at Domus Academy and work as a product designer for Donegani & Lauda studio and Cammarata Gioielli studio in Milan. Having spent some years of experience abroad, Camilo returned to his hometown to become a full-time professor and researcher at his alma mater, where he was appointed associate professor in the design department. Camilo recently transferred to Italy to work as a researcher in the Design Friction Lab at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, bridging emerging technologies and materialities towards a transitional circularity. He devoted his research to local materials and product development together with his teaching activities, with several patents granted and different academic contributions published. Being Spanish, his mother language, Camilo is Fluent in German, Italian and English.

Work

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

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Assistant Professor

Italy

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Universidad de los Andes

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Associate Professor

Colombia

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Universidad de los Andes

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Assistant Professor

Colombia

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Politecnico di Milano

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Ph.D. Candidate

Italy

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Universidad de los Andes

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Instructor Professor

Colombia

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Domus Academy Spa

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Master in Product Design Tutor

Italy

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Education

Politecnico di Milano

Italy
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Ph.D. in Design

University of Wales / Prifysgol Cymru

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Master of Arts in Design

Domus Academy Spa

Italy
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MA Product Design

Universidad de los Andes

Colombia
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BA Textile Design

Universidad de los Andes

Colombia
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BA Industrial Design

Publications

Inductive Pressure Sensors Using 3D-Printed Structures With Tunable Stiffness

IEEE Sensors Letters

journal-article

Multidisciplinary Approach for the Development of Materials from the Byproduct of the Opening of the Cashew Nut in Vichada

book-chapter

Community Knowledge in Action: Participatory Design for the Transformation of the Cashew Value Chain in the Vichada Region, Colombia

book-chapter

FERAL WOOL. Designing with a vibrant matter with care and cosmoecological perspective in times of troubled abundance

INMATERIAL. Diseño, Arte y Sociedad

journal-article

Kingdom Fungi capabilities as materials for design

Materials Open Research

journal-article

Physical, morphological, and mechanical properties of raw and steamed cashew nuts (Anacardium occidentale L.)

International Journal of Food Properties

journal-article

The Materials Generation

book

Innocell Bioreactor: An Open-Source Development to Produce Biomaterials for Food and Packaging Based on Fermentation Processes

Fermentation

journal-article

Innocell Bioreactor: An Open-Source Development to Produce Biomaterials for Food and Packaging Based on Fermentation Processes

Fermentation

journal-article

Innocell Bioreactor: An Open-Source Development to Produce Biomaterials for Food and Packaging Based on Fermentation Processes

Fermentation

journal-article

Prototypes for Speculative Design Research

The Role of Prototypes in Design Research

book-chapter

Prototypes for Speculative Design Research

SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology

book-chapter

[Changing] Ecosystems

IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design

conference-paper

Análisis de descomposición de los materiales usados en empaques en la cadena de producción del marañón en el departamento del Vichada

Encuentro Internacional de Educación en Ingeniería

conference-paper

Metodologías de extracción de aceite de coraza de marañón: evaluación de impacto ambiental por emisiones de CO2

Encuentro Internacional de Educación en Ingeniería

conference-paper

Kingdom Fungi Capabilities as Materials for Design - Data

Open Science Framework

other

Generative Design: Co-Creation Process Between Designer and Computational Thinking

ECADE Official Conference Proceedings

conference-paper

Kingdom Fungi capabilities as materials for design

Open Science Framework

other

Potenciamiento de la industria del aguacate mediante el desarrollo de materiales-DIY

Base Diseño e Innovación

journal-article

ßoihisʂa-ata: A Material Proposal for the Technological Democratization of Microbial Fuel Cells in the Colombian Context

DESIGN FOR ADAPTATION Cumulus Detroit 2022

conference-paper

DIY-Materials approach to design meaningful materials for the sustainability transition

Education for Sustainability approaching SDG 4 and target 4.7

book-chapter

Kingdom Fungi capabilities as materials for design

Open Science Framework

other

Kingdom Fungi capabilities as materials for design

Open Science Framework

other

Kingdom Fungi Capabilities as Materials for Design - Data

Open Science Framework

other

Kingdom Fungi capabilities as materials for design

Open Science Framework

other

DIY Recipes: Ingredients, processes & materials qualities

Material Designers - Boosting talent towards circular economies

book-chapter

Repurposing Leather From A Sustainable Design Perspective

인간과 디자인 - EXPERIENCE DESIGN Korea & Latin America Research Exchange

book-chapter

Reproponer el cuero desde una perspectiva de diseño sostenible

Cuadernos del Centro de Estudios de Diseño y Comunicación

journal-article

Defining the DIY-Materials approach

Materials Experience 2: Expanding Territories of Materials and Design

book-chapter

La Investigación-Creación en Diseño: cuatro casos de generación de nuevo conocimiento desde la disciplina

Investigación+creación a través del territorio

book-chapter

Émotions à la carte: Exploring emotional paradoxes through edible DIY-Materials for product design1

International Journal of Food Design

journal-article

The Materials Generation

ADVANCEMENTS IN DESIGN RESEARCH. 11 PhD theses on Design as we do in POLIMI

book-chapter

Émotions à la carte: Exploring emotional paradoxes through edible DIY-materials for product design

International Journal of Food Design

journal-article

Material Activism. New hybrid scenarios between design and technology

journal-article

Materia emocional. Los materiales en nuestra relación emocional con los objetos

RChD: creación y pensamiento

journal-article

Educating designers through Materials Club

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'18)

conference-paper

Educating designers through Materials Club

International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd)

conference-paper

Mapping ICS materials: Interactive, connected, and smart materials

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

conference-paper

The PhD Special Seminar on service design: unfolding a proof of concept.

ServDes.2018 Service Design Proof of Concept, Proceedings of the ServDes.2018 Conference

conference-paper

Mapping ICS Materials: Interactive, Connected, and Smart Materials

Intelligent Human Systems Integration

book-chapter

Mapping ICS Materials: Interactive, Connected, and Smart Materials

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

journal-article

Five Kingdoms of DIY-materials for design

Alive. Active. Adaptive: International Conference on Experiential Knowledge and Emerging Materials, EKSIG 2017

conference-paper

The New Aesthetic of DIY-Materials

The Design Journal

journal-article

The New Aesthetic of DIY-Materials

The Design Journal

journal-article

The New Aesthetic of DIY-Materials

Design Journal

journal-article

The Material Experiences as DIY-Materials

Making Futures

journal-article

Designing materials experiences through passing of time - Material driven design method applied to mycelium-based composites

Proceedings - D and E 2016: 10th International Conference on Design and Emotion - Celebration and Contemplation

conference-paper

The emotional value of Do-It-Yourself materials

Proceedings - D and E 2016: 10th International Conference on Design and Emotion - Celebration and Contemplation

conference-paper

The Basis of Processes - Experimenting with Food to Re-Shape the Industry Language

Cumulus Conference, Milano 2015 The Virtuous Circle Design Culture and Experimentation

conference-paper

Estrategias para mejorar las prácticas de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de los materiales y los procesos para el diseño de productos en colombia

MasD

journal-article

Experimenting with materials-a source for designers to give meaning to new applications

9th International Conference on Design and Emotion 2014: The Colors of Care

conference-paper

Sistema Modular Flexible Multi Talla Para Casco De Protección Balística

patent

Estudio de la Compatibilidad Geométrica de Sub-Sistemas para el Diseño de un Vehículo Híbrido Todoterreno

Scientia et Technica

journal-article

Botas Antiminas De Horma Especial

patent

Los materiales como medio para estimular procesos de creación

Dearq

journal-article

Materials as a method of stimulating the creative process

Dearq

journal-article

Hebilla Para Chaleco Antibalas

patent

Placa De Protección Balistica Para Chalecos Antibalas Personales En Material Compuesto

patent