The Mayan Ganzfeld
The Ganzfeld effect is a sensory deprivation-type of feeling that occurs when a user is exposed to a certain type of stimulus. James Turrell, the...
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Táabal and social impact
Here at 32 Estados we support social entrepreneurs in Mexico that are creating ethical, sustainable and vibrant change in their local communities. Social businesses in...
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Modern Mexican Design: Talent, Vision, Culture & Sustainability
Imagine yourself walking down the streets of a picturesque street in one of Mexico City's hipster areas... Restaurants full of lively conversations and delicious looking...
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The Day of the Dead: What is it Celebrating?
Every year as November approaches, our house starts getting dressed for my favorite Mexican traditional celebration: the Day of the Dead –In Spanish: Día de...
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Day of the dead, remember your loved ones the Mexican way
A few years ago when we were participating in a day of the dead event in Zurich, there was a beautifully decorated big altar in...
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Eight Key Elements to interpret Mexican Art & Design
Arriving to Mexico, often in transit through the capital Mexico City, the folk arts are everywhere: on the street, in hotels/houses/guest houses, at fairs and...
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Corn Mythology
In ancient Mexico, Mesoamerican mythical time is enclosed in an ancestral past whose pattern is not linear: it has the shape of a Theodore spiral....
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Cosmic Designs: the duality, sacred mountain & four-petal flower
When we look into prehispanic textile designs we find similar patterns and drawings. So what is the meaning behind them?
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Cosmic designs in prehispanic textiles
Textiles express a way of life, a way of being and a cosmogony. Textile art in Mexico is rooted in a remote and distant past....
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