Maldonado Awards

Award concept, design, and production for Tec de Monterrey's Gala Maldonado — the highest performing arts recognition at the university. 150+ unique awards manufactured across multiple editions.

Each year, the best of Tec de Monterrey Performing Arts talent is recognized at the Gala Maldonado, the highest awards on the field at the university. Gerardo Maldonado was a pioneer for Tec's history creating most of what we know today on the Arts department, reason why the awards carry his name.

For several ceremonies, the students were given a traditional wall award. In 2016, I reached out to the department to propose the award's design renovation, making Maldonado's 3D young bust the main icon of the trophy.

We created the award concept and after validation, proceeded to the 3D design and modeling. After that, we 3D printed the base head to generate a silicon mold for resin casting. Each piece was casted in the mold, given post details, sanded, black-painted, and mounted on a wooden finished base with a front, laser-cut, custom-made acrylic plate with the winner's information.

I managed the project end-to-end — defining scope, objectives, budget, planning, resources, and execution. I conceptualized the visual direction and meaning for the new award design, created sketches for validation, directed 3D model generation, supervised 3D print and silicon mold creation, and supervised trophy manufacture.