Hey there! Really glad to meet you all! I´m Antxon, native from Donostia, a charming city located in the north of Spain. Currently, I´m a fourth year Design and Mechanical Engineering student at Tecnun, a welcoming university in my hometown. 

One of my all time favorite projects is the one we did for a mechanics related subject, in which we were challenged to create a bidirectional freewheel or clutch. I´m more into de design side of objects rather than their mechanics, so it was a huge test for me to understand what we were asked to do, the available solutions up to that moment and to consider functional factors that I hadn´t paid so much attention to in previous design projects.

Finally, since our solution needed to be delivered physically built, we came up with a a model that was possible to be 3D printed in the devices in our college, and although in this kind of components the presentation is usually more focused on highlighting the functional aspects of the product, we tried to approach it from a design point of view, including colours and aiming to show it in an aesthetic fashion too.

I´m really excited to participate in the Global Studio project, and by doing so, I hope I can learn more about different cultures and their vision on design, as well as meeting great people from all over the world.

When it comes to myself, I really enjoy watching movies, for example The Shawshank Redemption, Casino or Catch me if you can, which I’m sure you would like as well! Although I don´t play any instrument, I´m also really keen on music, so I would love to know about different genres or musicians around the world too!

I´ll leave my email address in case you want to contact me: agarmendiaa.1@alumni.unav.es