We Are Speaking / Estamos Hablando by Héctor Ruiz (MFA DSI ’25) creates spaces for community members to
identify shared values, goals, and symbols, representing them as a group and
create a visual code in the form of a digital font designed “by” them. The potential
of these tools made out of symbols is to design posters, postcards, and zines that
celebrate communities and engage individuals in conversations that advocate for
the recognition of their experiences and the improvement of their futures.
Hector Ruiz
Héctor Ruiz is a designer from Mexicali. His work encompasses the design of posters, books, iconographic systems, and educational material for culture, and environmental projects. He has illustrated children’s books for publishers such as SM Mexico, Castillo McMillan Education, Planeta Editorial, SEP / CONALITEG Mexico, UdeG editorial, UABC editorial, Cayuco, and the Chilean publishing house Cocorocoq. As a teacher, he taught at the Autonomous University of Baja California in Mexicali, as well as being a workshop facilitator on various occasions. He´s currently working on co-creating nonverbal communication systems along with communities in the borderlands and members of the Latin American Diaspora in NYC.
