PORTFOLIO
Raimundo Valenzuela Kerestegian
Design Student at Universidad Catolica de Chile & Plan ₿ Network Graduate.
Passionate about learning and exploring the intersection between design, innovation, and emerging technologies such as Bitcoin. Curious and driven to create thoughtful, functional solutions that combine creativity with real-world impact.
Projects
MITA
Year: 2025
Role: Investigation and Prototyping
Team: Pedro, Diego, Benjamin, Juliana, Itzel and me
Programs Used: Autodesk Fusion, Blender, Figma
As part of a design research project, we worked with Santiago’s Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, Chile’s main air terminal.
During the process, we noticed something simple but important: this airport moves millions of people, but says very little about where they’ve arrived. It’s efficient, modern, but culturally neutral. It works—but it doesn’t connect. That’s where MITA comes in. It’s a modular installation that combines mirrors and images of Chilean landscapes to turn empty corridors into something more alive. The idea is not just to show Chile, but to let people see themselves in it.
We tested small interventions in high-traffic areas: altered signs, symbolic actions, and reflective surfaces. What really worked were cultural and unexpected stimuli—elements that break the automatic flow and invite people to stop, look, and remember.
MITA is a way to shift the experience of arrival. To turn movement into meaning. It starts at Santiago’s airport, but it could live anywhere people land.
Miló Chair
Year: 2025
Role: Investigation, Prototyping, Rendering, 3D Modeling.
Team: Alone
Programs Used: Autodesk Fusion, Blender, Adobe Illustrator.
Miló is a lounge chair designed for hotel environments, conceived as a space for rest after long journeys or as a support for meetings and conversations. The project takes inspiration from the Micol lamp by Cristiano Mino , translating its concepts of tension, visual weight, and material balance into furniture design. The chair integrates four main materials: steel for structural stability, oak wood for warmth and support, Sunbrella textile in tension for ergonomic comfort, and ABS plastic in the rear legs, bent to achieve the rigidity required to sustain human weight. This distinctive use of materials and construction logic sets Miló apart from conventional lounge chairs, offering a robust yet refined presence that merges comfort, durability, and identity.
TOLEN TOLEN
Year: 2024
Role: Prototyping And Logo
Team: Diego, Julie, Benjamin and me
Programs Used: Autodesk Fusion, Adobe Illustrator, Figma.
In collaboration with the Municipality of Peñalolén in Santiago, Chile, we worked with local recyclers to solve a basic but important challenge: recognition. Every day, these workers move through the city, yet they often go unnoticed.
Our solution was an auditory identifier, a sound that signals not only a vehicle, but the person using it.
The object is simple: a cowbell with a metal sphere inside, that can be temporarily attached to the recycler’s bicycle. As the cart moves, the bell vibrates and creates sound—no electricity or extra effort required. Its purpose is practical, but its effect is social. It transforms routine movement into a moment of connection, encouraging neighbors to notice and respond.
This small intervention reflects a bigger idea: how design can bring visibility to people who are often invisible. Here, sound becomes identity, and identity becomes connection.
SOUVENIR
Year: 2024
Role: Investigation, Prototyping, Branding.
Team: Alone
Programs Used: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
In collaboration with The Pew Charitable Trusts, we were invited to design a souvenir inspired by Chile’s national park, that could represent the country’s natural heritage while raising awareness about its conservation.
My project, Erónico, is a heat-transfer embroidery that can be ironed onto any textile. Each design portrays an endangered Chilean species—such as the Kingfisher, the River Otter, or the Alerce tree—drawn in fragmented lines that reflect their gradual disappearance. Alongside each image appears an ironic phrase, hinting at the human behaviors and contradictions that have led to their decline.
Erónico turns the act of wearing or using a textile into a subtle statement. It’s not just a souvenir, it’s a reminder that humor can also reveal loss, and that every vanished species leaves an empty space in our shared story.
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PLAN ₿ NETWORK
Year: 2024
Project Team: Jesé, Lucia and me