Catalina Lotero

Why you should listen

Catalina Lotero leads design as the creative director at BCG BrightHouse, where her innovative work with Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits and startups showcases design's power to address complex societal issues. Her distinguished career, highlighted by the MIT design challenge, exemplifies her dedication to creative excellence. Deepening her expertise, Lotero spent five years as an academic design researcher at Keio University in Tokyo, focusing on aesthetics and speculative design, which has established her as a respected authority in the field.

Lotero's influence and insights have been shared worldwide, with speaking engagements at Dubai Design Week, PechaKucha in Tokyo, Design Indaba in Cape Town and MoMa’s Biodesign in New York, as well as features in prestigious publications like Deutsche Welle, Forbes, Rolling Stone, Dezeen and Cosmopolitan. Currently, Lotero is introducing a children's book on pre-Columbian futurism, aiming to educate young audiences on the rich cultural heritage and its impact on contemporary design, further cementing her role as a visionary in the design community.