About

I learned to designby asking how thingsget made.

About

I learned to designby asking how thingsget made.

About

I learned to designby asking how thingsget made.

The short versionZaragoza, ES

Train interiors, bathroom furniture, digital products. The material keeps changing; the question doesn't.

I studied Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering at the University of Zaragoza, and spent my final year at the Università di Pescara, in Italy. What stayed with me from those years wasn't a piece of software or a style — it was the habit of asking how something is actually going to be made before deciding what it should look like.

I graduated in 2023 and went straight into rolling stock. For two and a half years at Métrica Ingeniería I designed train interiors for CAF: ceilings, floors, ventilation, driver's cabs, insulation, end walls. Tolerances in millimetres, standards that don't negotiate, and delivery dates a manufacturer can't move. Towards the end I moved into project management: splitting the work, reviewing it, and making sure everything was delivered on time.

Today I'm an industrial designer at Comercial Salgar, a bathroom furniture manufacturer that turns out around a thousand units a day. I work in the design team, taking pieces from a first sketch to the yearly catalogue.

Alongside that I finished the Google UX Design Professional Certificate in January 2026 and take on freelance work — a tournament platform with online registration and payments, and ongoing visual direction for Baron Atelier. That's where the two halves meet: the engineering habit of caring how a thing is built, and the design habit of caring how it feels to use.

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Zaragoza, 2026
Background05 entries
2026 — now
Work

Industrial Designer

Comercial Salgar · Zaragoza, ES

Design team of a bathroom furniture manufacturer. Furniture from a first sketch to the yearly catalogue.

2025 — now
Freelance

Product & visual design

Mitus Sports · Baron Atelier

Tournament platform with online registration and card payments. Ongoing photography, editing and video for Baron Atelier's site and social channels.

2026
Certificate

UX Design Professional Certificate

Google

Research, wireframing, prototyping and usability testing, completed while working full time.

2023 — 2026
Work

Mechanical Design Engineer

Métrica Ingeniería · Rolling stock for CAF

Project management, leading teams and ensuring on-time delivery. Design of mechanical railroad components. 2D and 3D documentation creation and management.

— 2023
Education

Industrial Design & Product Development Engineering

Universidad de Zaragoza · final year at Università di Pescara, IT

Four years across maths, physics, materials and strength of materials, alongside creativity, product development and design for manufacture. Exchange year in Italy focused on industrial design.

ToolsDay to day
FigmaFramerIllustratorPhotoshopPremiereSolidWorksCATIA
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