The document profiles a polyglot and global designer from Colombia. It discusses his commitment to opening new fields of design in Colombia and worldwide. It describes his people-centered vision for projects and belief that design is a social and political discipline. It also mentions his interests in interaction design, design education, social design, and contextual design approaches.

1. Polyglot and global designer, committed with opening
new fields for design in Colombia and the world.
Truthful to its belief that design is a social and political
discipline, undertakes all of his projects with a people-
centered vision, hoping to create the best impact as
possible in the context intervened.
Away from the old & outdated vision of design,
understands that developing “products” under design
basis go much further than its physical features as an
industrially producible object; which also takes him to be
convinced that design must be personalized, according
to specific situations that a context presents.
Who I am Or a brief profile

2. Polyglot and global designer, committed with opening
new fields for design in Colombia and the world.
Truthful to its belief that design is a social and political
discipline, undertakes all of his projects with a people-
centered vision, hoping to create the best impact as
possible in the context intervened.
Away from the old & outdated vision of design,
understands that developing “products” under design
basis go much further than its physical features as an
industrially producible object; which also takes him to be
convinced that design must be personalized, according
to specific situations that a context presents.
Who I am Or a brief profile

3. In able to fulfill my personal expectative on Design, I
develop my professional activity in three fronts:
Economical - As an entrepreneur working as a freelance
Designer and starting a productive company.
Emotional - Developing a project of Open Design and
free exchange of design ideas in Colombia called
“Procesos de Diseño Abierto”
{http://on.fb.me/e5JGUc}
Academic - Being part of a formative project of
Pedagogy in Design; assisting to seminars and being an
‘academic instructor’ con a class.
{Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano / Departamento de
Diseño Industrial}
What I do Or my profession & vocation

4. In able to fulfill my personal expectative on Design, I
develop my professional activity in three fronts:
Economical - As an entrepreneur working as a freelance
Designer and starting a productive company.
Emotional - Developing a project of Open Design and
free exchange of design ideas in Colombia called
“Procesos de Diseño Abierto”
{http://on.fb.me/e5JGUc}
Academic - Being part of a formative project of
Pedagogy in Design; assisting to seminars and being an
‘academic instructor’ con a class.
{Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano / Departamento de
Diseño Industrial}
What I do Or my profession & vocation

5. There are three applications of Design which I mostly
prefer and wish to deepen my knowledges at:
Interaction Design - Focusing the Design process to
achieve new user-centered activities.
Design Education - The need for designerly-ways-of-
thinking in basic and profesional education.
Social Design - The situation through which the world is
living requires professionals that center their activities in
improving peoples’ lives.
Conceptual Design in Context - Each situation has
specific requirements and diverse solutions; this
demands particular methodologies of developing Design
process.
What I like About what I do

6. There are three applications of Design which I mostly
prefer and wish to deepen my knowledges at:
Interaction Design - Focusing the Design process to
achieve new user-centered activities.
Design Education - The need for designerly-ways-of-
thinking in basic and profesional education.
Social Design - The situation through which the world is
living requires professionals that center their activities in
improving peoples’ lives.
Conceptual Design in Context - Each situation has
specific requirements and diverse solutions; this
demands particular methodologies of developing Design
process.
What I like About what I do

7. Knowing something means, from my point of view, being
really good at it; as a professional, I consider these as
my special skills:
Problem Solving - Thanks to abstract thinking, I find fast
solutions for complex problems with high efficiency.
Project Structuring - Where I see an opportunity, I
instantly structure it as a project.
Design Thinking - Designer-like minded, I encounter
creative solutions through design processes.
Fast Learning - All that I don’t know is all I want to know,
and this I consider my most valuable skill.
What I know About what I like doing

8. Knowing something means, from my point of view, being
really good at it; as a professional, I consider these as
my special skills:
Problem Solving - Thanks to abstract thinking, I find fast
solutions for complex problems with high efficiency.
Project Structuring - Where I see an opportunity, I
instantly structure it as a project.
Design Thinking - Designer-like minded, I encounter
creative solutions through design processes.
Fast Learning - All that I don’t know is all I want to know,
and this I consider my most valuable skill.
What I know About what I like doing

9. Not very frequently people talk about their weaknesses
or about what they do not know or scarcely manage; for
me it is as important as talking about my strengths. This
are some things that I do not know, but would like to:
Smart & Green Materials - Knowledge of all the process
that run materials enriches Design results.
Alternative Energies - Applying alternative energies to
processess and products is a priority for my professional
activity as a Designer.
Sustainable Development - Achieve sustainability in
everyday life and take it to a local, national and global
level must be one goal of every Designer.
What I don’t know But would like to know

10. Not very frequently people talk about their weaknesses
or about what they do not know or scarcely manage; for
me it is as important as talking about my strengths. This
are some things that I do not know, but would like to:
Smart & Green Materials - Knowledge of all the process
that run materials enriches Design results.
Alternative Energies - Applying alternative energies to
processess and products is a priority for my professional
activity as a Designer.
Sustainable Development - Achieve sustainability in
everyday life and take it to a local, national and global
level must be one goal of every Designer.
What I don’t know But would like to know

11. Dreams and wishes are not always to be fulfilled, but
sometimes they remain as distant goals that inspire us to
move towards them. This I wish as Designer:
Help People - Through Design projects.
Public Service - Politics with a Designer’s vision.
Travel - Watch different cultures and places through the
eye of Design.
Teach - Gather enough amount of knowledge in order to
be able to build it with new generations.
“You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were;
and I say, 'Why not?'” George Bernard Shaw
What I wish Doing but don’t do (yet)

12. Dreams and wishes are not always to be fulfilled, but
sometimes they remain as distant goals that inspire us to
move towards them. This I wish as Designer:
Help People - Through Design projects.
Public Service - Politics with a Designer’s vision.
Travel - Watch different cultures and places through the
eye of Design.
Teach - Gather enough amount of knowledge in order to
be able to build it with new generations.
“You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were;
and I say, 'Why not?'” George Bernard Shaw
What I wish Doing but don’t do (yet)

13. Full Name - Pablo Calderon Salazar
ID (CC//Col) - 80.820.735
Age - 25
Birthplace - Bogota / Colombia / South America
Studies - Industrial Designer // Universidad Jorge Tadeo
Lozano (Bogotá / Colombia)
Mobile Number - /57/ 311 2864060
E-Mail - calderonp@gmail.com
Skype - pablocalderonsalazar
Web - http://www.pablocalderon.tk
Passport - Yes
US Visa - Yes
General Information Or bureaucratic data