Noemi Cortizas
I work at the intersection of industrial design, engineering, and material research. Investigating how materials, manufacturing, and emerging technologies shape the future of luxury.

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I work at the intersection of industrial design, engineering, and material research: investigating how materials, manufacturing, and emerging technologies shape the future of luxury.


I work at the intersection of industrial design, engineering, and material research — investigating how materials, manufacturing processes, and emerging technologies shape the perception of value, desirability, and longevity. My practice operates across three interconnected areas: high-value project execution translating brand heritage into physical reality. Deep research into how materials age, transform, and carry meaning. And computational and fabrication experiments at the frontier of what materials can become.Across projects spanning automotive CMF, luxury, cosmetics, circular material systems, and digital fabrication, I treat material behavior, production logic, and aesthetic intent as a single inseparable system.

Based in Paris, I develop research on Material Intelligence, Computational Materiality, and the futures of luxury,  while leading digital fabrication and prototyping at ENSCI – Les Ateliers.

My work includes patented material systems, industry-validated prototypes, and speculative research exhibited internationally. I collaborate with brands, universities, and research environments where design is understood as a long-term investment, not a surface decision.

I am open to research collaborations, innovation consultancies, and long-term partnerships with brands where material thinking is taken seriously.


Education

 Product Design
Creapole ESDI (Paris)
BSc Mechanical Engineering
Polytechnical School of ICAI (Madrid)

Current Roles

Fablab Manager & Teacher
ENSCI Les Ateliers
Independent design & research practice.
Luxury, consumer goods,  transportation, retail and furniture.
Since 2020 Focus areas

  • Material research & CMF
  • Industrial Design & Engineering
  • Form, structure & Perception
  • Texture design
  • Trends. Future-oriented design

Publications, Exhibitions & Media
France Design Impact Awards
Finalist
2026 - Link
Maker Faire Galicia
Speaker
2025 - Link
Talento Talante
Podcast - Spanish Embassy
2025 - Link
WDO Design Day
Event - Speaker
2025 - Link
Maison et Objet
Project with Inés RiR&Co
2025 - Link
 DS Jules Verne
Coche Global
2025 - Link
MIAD - Madrid Design Exhibition
2024
Porto Design Biennale
Exhibition
2023
FEED - Design Forum
Speaker
2023
DS El Principito
Faro de Vigo
2024
Atlantico Diario
Article & Cover
2024


Languages Spanish
English
French
German
Japanese Native
Bilingual
Bilingual
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I am interested in collaborations, research-led projects and exchanges where design is approached as a strategic and material practice :)

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