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Rafa Robles

Co-Founder and Director | Duo

Rafa Robles is the co-founder and director of Duo, an innovation studio/lab that works to create built environment innovations for the benefit of society, Duo partners with organizations of all types through design, strategy, and innovation services, and by launching ethical real estate development and related ventures.

Duo’s multicontextual design approach investigates and activates knowledge, wisdom, and beauty across a generative and evaluative process that explores Norm/Form-making. Their studio applies the lenses of economics, ecology, technology, culture, and ethics to enrich their practice and ensure that their innovations provide a societal benefit.

Rafa Robles is a session presenter for the Design as Activism Symposium.

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