Eugenio Menjivar

Born in 1979 in El Salvador to Salvadoran parents. Eugenio discovered his passion for design at a young age watching his father doing carpentry jobs. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design at Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado in San Salvador and paid his way through by doing all sorts of odd jobs, always adding to the enrichment of his passion for design. All this experience taught him that financial constraints were no match to the birth of a creative, earth-friendly masterpiece. He spent two years as a design consultant for US-AID’s NGO program, Aid to Artisans, during which he became aware that one of the main flaws with Salvadoran design production, the lack of raw materials, could be solved with one of the country’s main problems, trash. He went independent to pursue his vision by focusing on his designs and perpetuates his beliefs as a lighting design professor. He was selected as one of five designers to represent El Salvador at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair 2008 in New York City, USA. He has participated as a guest designer with the British European Design Group (BEDG) since May 2008, at 100% Futures, 100% Design 2008 in London, England; IMM Cologne International Furnishings Fair 2008 in Cologne, Germany, and at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair 2009 in New York City, USA.