Pedro Cerisola

Pedro Cerisola is a Mexican Cuban designer born in Mexico City in 1980, whose practice connects geometry, craftsmanship, and play. Working through Estudio Cerisola between Mexico City and Madrid, he creates furniture, sculpture, lighting, toys, and installations. He studied Industrial Design at Universidad Iberoamericana before completing an MFA in Product Design at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where he specialised in toy design. In 2012, he founded Canica Toy Lab, whose collections later became part of Estudio Cerisola.

His work explores how complex structures can emerge from the repetition and assembly of simple forms. Mathematical research provides a starting point for objects that invite curiosity through their construction, balance, and spatial relationships. Combining digital tools with skilled handwork, Cerisola collaborates with artists, craftspeople, and scientists to translate geometric principles into tangible experiences. His collaboration with UNAM’s Institute of Mathematics extends this approach to models developed for education and public engagement.

The Toro table illustrates this process through a sculptural structure assembled from solid wood modules. Developed through physical models and digital studies, its toroidal form emerges from the repetition of three different shapes, with assembly, polishing, and finishing completed by hand. His collaboration with glass artist Luisa Restrepo takes these investigations into another material. Their Coriolis project transforms geometric studies into overlapping glass elements, combining fusing, waterjet cutting, and manual sandblasting to create layered compositions with shifting rhythm and depth.

Cerisola’s work is held in the permanent collections of UNIVERSUM and MODO in Mexico City and has been exhibited at institutions including Museo Rufino Tamayo, Museo de Arte Moderno, Museo Nacional de Antropología, and Museo Franz Mayer. Alongside his studio practice, he has taught at Tecnológico de Monterrey and UDIT in Madrid. His approach was featured in Glocal Design Magazine’s “Arte, geometría y diseño industrial: Pedro Cerisola,” while his Toro G8 table was presented in the 2020 Ibero American Design Biennial’s project selection.