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14 Jul
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Cmax System: Innovations you may not know were from Latin America and the Caribbean IDB

Highlighting the contributions of creative talent to social and economic progress, the Inter-American Development Bank today launched the e-book “Orange Economy: Innovations you may not know were from Latin America and the Caribbean”. The IDB uses the term “orange economy” to describe the cultural and creative industries, which include activities such as architecture, audiovisual arts, digital services, fashion, graphic and industrial design, handcrafts, music, and software. In 2015, it generated more than $124 billion in revenues and...

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25 May
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Nicolas Garcia Mayor – Diseñar para la paz

Diseñar para la paz Nicolás García Mayor vivió en una clínica abandonada mientras estudiaba. Allí inventó un sistema de vivienda de emergencia para refugiados que conmovió a la ONU y al Papa Francisco Por Gabriela Picasso Nicolas es una de esas personas con las que, apenas conocerla, se entabla una corriente de afecto instantánea. Escucharlo relatar su historia es sentirse frente a un alma buena, franca, tranquila. Cuando accedió a esta entrevista, acababa de...

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11 Mar
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Nicolás García Mayor, un emprendedor humanitario

Paula Lugones / CLARIN Nicolás García Mayor, un emprendedor humanitario Un argentino presentó en EE.UU. un plan innovador para ayudar a refugiados Se instaló allí en busca de financiamiento para producir carpas que se arman fácil e incluyen agua, comida y baño. García Mayor comanda desde Washinton su emprendimiento. Mientras el presidente de los Estados Unidos Donald Trump suspende y limita el ingreso de refugiados que huyen de las guerras, un argentino sueña en Washington con poder ayudarlos a vivir dignamente en situaciones de crisis. Se...

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19 Feb
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FACES OF LEADERSHIP Nicolas Garcia Mayor – Innovative Ways to Help Refugees

FACES OF LEADERSHIP Nicolas Garcia Mayor – Innovative Ways to Help Refugees Industrial Designer talks about the huge refugee crisis and what his organizations are doing to provide aid and support Nicolas Garcia Mayor talks innovative approaches to the Refugee Crisis at our Young Cultural Innovators Forum II Patrick Wilson | 19.02.2016 Nicolas Garcia Mayor has spoken to Salzburg Global Seminar in our Faces of Leadership video project filmed during our 

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21 Sep
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CCTV China Game changer – Nicolas Garcia Mayor

Americas Now Game changer For this week’s Game Changer on “Americas Now,” meet Argentina’s Nicolas Garcia Mayor. Nicolas has designed an emergency shelter for victims of natural disasters. Called CMAX, it looks like a tent, folds up and can be transported too. It even comes with collapsible furniture. The world has seen more and more extreme weather and storm systems, in recent years.  And according to the United Nations, 22 million people were displaced by natural disasters in 2013. Garcia Mayor’s goal...

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01 Sep
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Conferencia de Prensa Casa Rosada – Nicolas Garcia Mayor

También quiero destacar que, Nicolás García Mayor, fue elegido uno de los 10 jóvenes sobresalientes en el año 2013, por la Cámara Junior Internacional. Es un premio muy trascendente, en virtud de que hace 27 años la República Argentina no recibía esta distinción, y obviamente nuestras felicitaciones para este diseñador industrial con 35 años, que constituye un verdadero orgullo para el país. Fuente > http://www.casarosada.gob.ar/informacion/archivo/27892 ...

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11 Jan
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Housing the Displaced – American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Housing the Displaced – by James Pero, Mechanical Engineering Share ASME It isn’t often that a grad school project can land you a visit with the Pope. But anyone who’d like to try may want to talk to Nicolás García Mayor. In 2001, at the age of 21, he developed the Cmax System as a graduate student in industrial design at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Argentina. Named for his younger brother, Carlos Maximiliano, the Cmax is...

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