Manuel Araneda-Castex
Museographer, Designer, Master in Architecture and Design PUCV
Director at Australisdesign. Museum language scholar, has been a professor and/or consultant for the UDP, PUC, UNAB, NYU and SUNY. Awarded Scholarship from Poynter Institute for Media Studies (USA). His experience includes: seven Chilean pavilions in Lisbon, Hanover, Guadalajara, and Shanghai; design, museum and exhibition projects for institutions, architects and historians in NY, Berlin and Chile, for the Fulbright Commission, UK Embassy, British Council, PUC, SUNY, and for the “L ´art et creation” Gallery in France. Altazor Award for best poetry book of the year, and Latin American Award Theobaldo de Nigris for best corporate designer. He has worked for companies from Japan, South Africa and USA. Currently preparing an exhibition at FIT/SUNY; webmaster in “Echo of Voices”, a multicultural NY poetry festival; two books in St Étienne, France; and an exhibition for the historian Christine Gleisner in Berlin. Manuel was the poet Gonzalo Rojas personal assistant.
Currently publishing "El niño del Cerro El Plomo", book, National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) and Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC)
WHO IS MANUEL ARANEDACASTEX?
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ANSWER:
Manuel Araneda Castex is a prominent designer and architect with experience in corporate, editorial, and exhibition design. He holds a Master's degree in Architecture and Design from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. As director of Australis Design, he specializes in museum design and has contributed to numerous important projects. His work includes the design of the Banco de Chile Museum in Valparaíso and other notable projects such as the Martín Gusinde Anthropological Museum in Puerto Williams [[❞]](https://www.australisdesign.net/) [[❞]](https://www.australisdesign.net/museodelbancodechile).
In addition to his professional work, Araneda Castex has participated in academic and cultural initiatives, collaborating with institutions such as the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York. One of his projects, "The Language of the Territory," focuses on the cultural and historical narratives of the Selknam and Yagán territories in Chile, highlighting the importance of sustainability and the preservation of cultural heritage through design [[❞]](https://www.australisdesign.net/post/languageoftheterritory).
For more details about his work and projects, you can visit the Australis Design website or his online professional profiles [[❞]](https://www.australisdesign.net/) [[❞]](https://www.viceversa-mag.com/manuel-araneda-castex-los-museos-son-herramientas-territoriales-de-resiliencia-individual-y-comunitaria/).
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Estudios del Archivo Histórico José Vial Armstrong
AWARDS
THEOBALDO DE NIGRIS PRIZE
Best corporate design in Latin America
British Consul Brochure
ALTAZOR PRIZE
Best poetry book published in Chile
"Qué se ama cuando se ama"
(That you love when you love) by Gonzalo Rojas