About

I’ve spent the last decade designing everything from physical products and brands to digital experiences and services.

As your design partner, I will:

Turn your ideas into clear, actionable strategies that solve real problems and meet business goals

Create prototypes and concepts quickly to test ideas and gather feedback early

Work closely with your team to ensure smooth execution and fast iteration

My contribution to projects translates ideas into service design solutions, innovation workshops, design curriculum, and digital product design.

About

I’ve spent the last decade designing everything from physical products and brands to digital experiences and services.

As your design partner, I will:

Turn your ideas into clear, actionable strategies that solve real problems and meet business goals

Create prototypes and concepts quickly to test ideas and gather feedback early

Work closely with your team to ensure smooth execution and fast iteration

My contribution to projects translates ideas into service design solutions, innovation workshops, design curriculum, and digital product design.

Philosophy

My design philosophy is driven by a deep curiosity and a desire to explore new ideas. I’m committed to always learning, which helps me create designs that are sustainable, meaningful, and honest in their context.

Manifesto

Thinking

Feed your thoughts, and always look for inspiration.

Never stop learning, and be a good mentor.

Discipline is freedom, and freedom makes humanity thrive.

Good values determine the future.

Stay hungry and humble.

Knowledge must be democratic and open.

There's honesty and pride in hard work. It always pays off!

Trust your gut, but make informed decisions. 

Endurance is the art of embracing pain. On the other side of pain, there's glory. 

Play every day. In sports, with a piece of paper, in solitude or with others. Whatever you do, keep playing. 

Culture is the most important lesson you'll ever get; learn it (Thank you, Mum).

Making

Purpose before aesthetics, but harmony is of the essence.

Every act of creation must respect nature.

Active listening and attention to detail make a great designer.

Research will always win, exhaust every possible probability.

Ask good questions, learn from your unconscious, and make ethical decisions.

Good business is essential, but better systems, economy and spirituality are fundamental.

When in doubt, use principles and laws of nature; they're never wrong.

Design is to plan, and to plan is to act, which is our social and political responsibility as humans.

Stop and change something if you don't feel passion for a project. To make good work, fall in love with your craft. Love is all.

The future is fully dematerialised.

Awards

Lexus Design Award

Apr 2018

Argentine Good Design Seal

Oct 2017

Red Dot Design Award,
Best of the Best

Sep 2016

Red Dot Design Award

Sep 2014

Dimueble National Furniture Competition

Aug 2013

Experience

Jun 2019 -
Tokyo

Play A Bag Tyvek® material - Design Tokyo

Apr 2018 -
Milan

COmer - Milan Design Week

Oct 2017 -
Mexico City

Distributed Design - Conference @AMD

Aug 2017 -
Santiago

Maquinario - Fab 13, Chile

Apr 2016 -
Guadalajara

Stol Chair V2.0 - Feria WIT, Mexico

Oct 2015 -
Guadalajara

Design for Social Reconstruction - Conference @ITESO

May 2014 -
NYC

Santa Guadaña - Wanted Design

Sep 2013 -
London

TRC Lamps - London Design Festival

Sep 2012 -
Santiago

Icpalli bench - Raiz Diseño, Chile

Apr 2012 -
Milan

Stol Chair - Milan Design Week

Feb 2012 -
Stockholm

Orrefors - Stockholm Furniture Fair

Sep 2011 -
Valencia

Talabart - Valencia Design Week

Apr 2011 -
Milan

Time Totem - Milan Design Week

Finisher Board

1 Marathon per year.

LOCATION
PACE
YEAR

Barcelona

3:57'

2024

Hong Kong

4:20'

2023

Selected
works

Gamied EdTech Cover

UX/UI Design, Service Design

Gamied EdTech Cover

UX/UI Design, Service Design

Gamied EdTech Cover

UX/UI Design, Service Design

Service Design, UX Design, Facilitation

Service Design, UX Design, Facilitation

Service Design, UX Design, Facilitation

Xccelerate Ecosystem

UX/UI Design, Service Design

Xccelerate Ecosystem

UX/UI Design, Service Design

Xccelerate Ecosystem

UX/UI Design, Service Design

Kaleb Cardenas

"Design creates culture, culture shapes values, values determine the future."

Origin

Guadalajara, Mx

Work by

Kaleb Cardenas © 2024

Kaleb Cardenas

"Design creates culture, culture shapes values, values determine the future."

Origin

Guadalajara, Mx

Work by

Kaleb Cardenas © 2024

Kaleb Cardenas

"Design creates culture, culture shapes values, values determine the future."

Origin

Guadalajara, Mx

Kaleb Cardenas © 2024