CleanAndModern is the creative work of Ignacio Meza, freelance graphic designer based in Santiago, Chile.
Through the use of grid systems, geometric shapes and synthesis of the form, Ignacio seeks for simplicity, clarity and readability, steering away from visual noise.
His direct design references are the Bauhaus, Ulm School of Design and International Typographic Style.
He provides design service and consultancy within branding and identity design, mobile applications, web, editorial and print design.
He is also the CEO & Founder of NODO.
Education
Graphic Design at Diego Portales University.
Faculty of Architecture, Art and Design.
Graduated with Maximum Distinction and Academic Excellence.
Santiago, Chile (2009 - 2013).
Innovation and Business Intelligence.
Mentoring program by Georgy Llorens.
Program Length: 3 months (2018).
Innovation and Digital Transformation.
Mentoring program by Francisco Sandoval.
Program Length: 3 months (2017).
Innovation, Marketing and Commercialization.
Mentoring program by ADN Mentores from Dadneo.
Program Length: 6 months (2016).
Workshop “For Export: Global Expertise".
By Miquel Adriá – Exhibition Design for the book “White Mountain” at Cité de L’architecture, Paris (2011).
Workshop “The Drawing Club”.
By América Sánchez – Space of thought and action about the drawing (2010).
Primary and secondary education at Saint George’s College.
Santiago, Chile (1995 - 2008).
Work Experience
CleanAndModern
Freelance Graphic Designer (2012 - Present).
www.cleanandmodern.com
NODO
CEO & Founder (2013 - Present).
www.nodoapp.com
Agencia Felicidad
Graphic Designer (April - 2014).
www.felicidadparatodos.cl
Start-Up Chile
Entrepreneur (2016 - Present).
Entrepreneur part of the 13th generation of Start-Up Chile, the biggest startup accelerator in LATAM.
www.startupchile.org
Centro de Innovación UC
Entrepreneur (2016 - Present).
Entrepreneur part of the UC Innovation Center and Incuba UC, the Business Incubator of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
www.centrodeinnovacion.uc.cl
www.incubauc.cl
Services
Advertising design
Art direction
Branding & Identity design
Consultancy
Editorial design
Information design
Mobile application design
Packaging design
Print design
User Interface & Experience design
Website design
Awards
2020 - Present – Member of the EdTech portfolio of ProChile.
2015 - Present – Member of Generation # 13 of Start-Up Chile.
2015 - Present – Member of Incuba UC, the Business Incubator of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
2015 - Present – Member of the EdTech community of Santiago, Chile.
2015 – Winner of the “Entrepreneurship Tournament” of Las Condes Municipality.
2015 – Winner of the “GeekCamp” program at Incuba UC, the Business Incubator of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
2015 – Winner of the “SSAF for Innovation in Technology" financing program, Stage 1 and 2 of Corfo.
2015 – Winner of the “Seed” financing program of Start-Up Chile.
2014 – 2nd place at "Impulsa UDP" Contest, category "Business Ideas", organized by PLEIN UDP and Fundación Chile (FCh).
2014 – Academic Excellence and Maximum Distinction, School of Design, Diego Portales University.
2013 – Behance Appreciation Award, Portfolio Reviews, Telefónica Foundation.
2012 – 1st place at "Expo Taller 2012", category "Graphic Design", Nicanor Parra Library.
Interviews
2020 – “Origenal Story”, digital media from Spain.
2020 - "FIF 2020", the Innovation and Future Festival of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
2018 – “Entreprendre en Amérique du Sud”, digital media from France.
2018 – “Stockholm School of Economics”, the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.
2016 – “Tec Latam”, digital media with presence throughout Latin America.
2015 – “Edtech World Tour”, digital media with a worldwide presence.
2015 – “UDP Alumni Network”, digital media of the Diego Portales University.
2015 – Interview by “Cómo funciona qué” (formerly Geek Punto), digital media with presence throughout Latin America.
2015 – Interview by "Entrepreneurship Tournament" of Las Condes Municipality.
2014 – Interview by "Design Catalog", digital design media from Chile.
2013 – Interview by “El Safari”, digital design media from Chile.
Exhibitions
2018 – Exhibition “Launch of NODO Centro Innovación UC mobile app”, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
2018 – Exhibition “Launch of NODO UAH mobile app”, Alberto Hurtado University, Santiago, Chile.
2015 – Exhibition “Launch of NODO UDP mobile app”, Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile.
2015 – Exhibition "FAAD 2015 Ambassadors", Faculty of Architecture, Art and Design, Diego Portales University.
2015 – Exhibition “6th Ibero-American Design Biennial”, Madrid, Spain.
2014 & 2015 – Exhibition "Where is the object", La Moneda Cultural Center. Santiago, Chile.
2014 – Exhibition "Selection of best graduate thesis", for the North Carolina State University commission, Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile.
2013 – Behance, “Behance Portfolio Reviews Santiago # 3”, Telefónica Foundation, Santiago, Chile.
2012 – Expo Taller 2012, “Selection of the best projects of Architecture, Art and Design”, Nicanor Parra Library, Santiago, Chile.
2011 – Madich, “Everyday Design exhibition”, Cultural Hall Portal La Dehesa, Santiago, Chile.
Speaker & Talks
Selection of programs, activities and events of entrepreneurship, innovation, design and digital media as speaker.
2020 – Speaker at “International Entrepreneurship: Chile-Mexico”, organized by the Chilean Mexican Chamber of Commerce and Investment ", Mexico City.
2020 – Speaker at “Smash Financial Forum”, organized by Smash and IMx (Intelligence Mexico), Mexico.
2019 – Speaker at “Demo Day”, organized by Caja Los Andes and iF Chile.
2018 – Speaker at "UC Mentors Network", organized by the UC Innovation Center.
2018 – Speaker at “Open Day”, organized by the UC Innovation Center.
2016 – Speaker at “Digital Bank Bogotá”, organized by Digital Bank LATAM, Bogotá, Colombia.
2016 – Speaker at “Digital Bank La Paz”, organized by Digital Bank LATAM, La Paz, Bolivia.
2015 – Speaker at “Demo Day Geek Camp”, organized by Incuba UC, the Business Incubator of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
2015 – Speaker at “Demo Day SUP”, organized by Start-Up Chile of Corfo.
2015 – Speaker at “War Stories”, organized by UDD Ventures, the Business Incubator of the Universidad Del Desarrollo.
2015 – Speaker at "Las Condes Innovation Tournament", organized by Las Condes Municipality.
2015 –Speaker at “EdTech Community”, organized by EdTech Chile.
2014– Speaker at “Impulsa UDP”, organized by the Diego Portales University.
2014 – Speaker at "Best graduate thesis", School of Design, Diego Portales University.
2013 – Speaker at "Behance Portfolio Reviews Santiago # 3", Telefónica Foundation, Santiago, Chile.
2012 – Speaker at "The Importance of having a Portfolio", School of Design, Diego Portales University.
Programs & events
Selection of programs, activities and events of entrepreneurship, innovation, design and digital media as a participant.
2020 – Participation in "Comet 2.0: Consolidated Companies category", organized by Microsoft and Ingram Micro, Santiago, Chile.
2020 – Finalist at "Demo Day - Open Innovation", organized by USIL Ventures and Imagine Lab, Lima, Perú".
2020 – Finalist at “Jaula de Pumas - UC 2020 Innovation and Future Festival”, organized by the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
2020 – Participation in the “Central America and Caribbean Business Meeting”, organized by ProChile.
2020 – Participation in “Business with Impact”, organized by Negocios con Impacto and Corfo, Santiago, Chile.
2020 – Participation in “Financing with Impact”, organized by Negocios con Impacto and Corfo, Santiago, Chile.
2020 – Participation in “Investment Summit - IE Venture Day” organized by the UC Innovation Center.
2020 – Participation in “GoGlobal”, a business softlanding program organized by ProChile and Corfo.
2020 – Participation in "Global Edtech Startups Awards Competition", organized by GESAwards.
2020 – Participation in the “FedEx Program for SMEs”, organized by FedEx.
2018 – Participation in the “Annual Membership Meeting” of the UC Innovation Center (2018).
2018 – Participation in the “Network of Mentors” of the UC Innovation Center, Generation # 2.
2018 – Participation of the Alliance and Activate program of Amazon Web Services, in conjunction with Incuba UC and the UC Innovation Center.
2018 – Participation in "Speed Date Network: Company-Entrepreneur", organized by the UC Innovation Center.
2018 – Participation in “Digital Summit 2018”, organized by Magical Startups.
2018 – Participation in “Innovation 2050 - Social and Technological Megatrends”, organized by the UC Innovation Center.
2017 – Participation in the “Network of Mentors” of the UC Innovation Center, Generation # 1.
2016 – Participation in “Softlanding Start Up México”, organized by Incuba UC and Startup México, Mexico.
2016 – Participation in the DNA Dadneo Mentoring program.
2016 – Participation in the “Switch, fast or never” program organized by Startup México.
2015 – Participation in “Despega 2015”, organized by ChileGlobal Angels and BCI Nace.
Published
2020 – Catalogue "Georgians Entrepreneurs", Santiago, Chile.
2019 – “Manual of Good Practices - UC Mentor Network” book, Santiago, Chile.
2016 – “Edtech 2016: Global perspectives, Local insights” report, Edtech World Tour.
2015 – “TRAMA Magazine # 2”, School of Design, Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile.
2015 – "UDP FAAD Ambassadors " book, School of Design, Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile.
2014 – "Impulsa UDP" Contest Award, Diario Financiero (Financial Journal), Santiago, Chile.
2014 – "Yearbook 2014" of the Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile.
2014 – "Modern Patterns" book, SendPoints Editorial, Beijing, China.
Featured on
Behance Branding Served – Featured project
www.brandingserved.com
Behance Student Show – Featured project
www.studentshow.com
Catálogo Diseño – Featured project
www.catalogodiseño.cl
Centro de Innovación UC – Featured project
www.centrodeinnovacion.uc.cl
Corfo – Featured project
www.corfo.cl
CSS Winner – Portfolio nominated
www.csswinner.com
Digital Bank LATAM – Featured project
www.digitalbankla.com
Diseño Emergente – Featured project
www.disenoemergente.net
Diseño UDP – Featured project
www.diseno.udp.cl
Dribbble – Highlight of the day
www.dribbble.com
El Safari – Featured designer
www.elsafari.cl
FIF 2020 – Featured project
www.festivaldeinnovacionyfuturo.uc.cl
From Up North – Featured project
www.fromupnorth.com
Georgians – Featured project
www.georgiansxgeorgians.cl
Incuba UC – Featured project
www.incubauc.cl
ProChile – Featured project
www.prochile.gob.cl
Rradar Network – Featured project
www.rradar.net
Smash – Featured project
www.smashforum.mx
Socialab – Featured project
www.socialab.com
Start-Up Chile – Featured project
www.startupchile.org
Strange Fruits – Featured portfolio
www.strangefruits.com
VSCO Grid – Featured
www.grid.vsco.co
365 Awesome Designers – Designer of the day
www.365awesomedesigners.com
Video
Self promotion video (2013).
Music: "Hush" by Miwon