We had the good fortune of connecting with Hugo Mijares and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Hugo, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
As my company, One D+B, in Miami approaches its 14th anniversary, I am reevaluating the responsibility and role of my organization. This is a design practice, which is fantastic, but what are we doing here as humans? Such inquiries have prompted me to dissect the Anglo-centric traditions that frequently rule the design sector. The modernist training that revolves around the idea of a machine for living is completely at odds with those who leave the smallest environmental footprint.

Can you open up a bit about your work and career? We’re big fans and we’d love for our community to learn more about your work.
One D+B Miami is a Multidisciplinary Design Company developing a wide range of projects from small exhibits thru High-End Homes, Buildings and Hospitality projects. Everything we do is shaped by our love for thinking (designing) and making (building). It is essential to our architecture that materials, details, and construction are an integral and informative part of the design process. Materials are what realise the architecture and interior design.

We identify with Tropical modern, timeless values, and in our Architecture, we bring the outside in and link purpose with beauty. We do so with an architectural design response that is simple and intuitive yet strong and elegant and sustainable. By subtracting, we find the solution that adds value through simplicity.

We can improve the environment by designing buildings that are built with clarity and simplicity at their core through design excellence, innovation, and public service. We basically bring award-winning perspective and depth to help our clients achieve the world-class design. All the work of our studio is based on the principles of intelligence and beauty.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
I must definitely will take the Bright Line to West Palm Beach, lunch at Grandview Market, head out to the Norton Museum and end up drinking at RH Modern Rooftop before heading back. In Miami, hitting the PAMM Museum, Rubell Museum and dinner at LEKU.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I understood that although life is a meandering road, everything happens for a purpose. Most of the challenges arise from the desire to advance and step up. I studied architecture in Caracas, Venezuela, before moving back to the US and learning that I would need to return to school in order to succeed. Since few people pursue a full career in education twice, this tells you a lot about my motivation, character, and love for architecture. Then, in the midst of the economic crisis, I started my own studio in 2008, but I was able to stay afloat thanks to my overseas clients. In retrospect, going through that kind of difficulty was the route that led to the success I am experiencing today.

Website: onedbmiami.com

Instagram: @onedbmiami

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/hugo-mijares-883437

Facebook: @onedbmiami

Other: Instagram @ugomi_miami @hugomijares

Image Credits
Photo @shopiamijaresart

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