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AGO Projects is a design driven practice and designer representation space started by Rudy F. Weissenberg and Rodman Primack. Based in the energizing creative capitals of Mexico City and New York, AGO Projects is committed to incubating and promoting exceptional design voices. We work together with artists and designers to realize personal projects of various scales while actively enhancing international alliances and opportunities.

We believe in the power of good design as an agent of positive transformation. We encourage the hand made and support artists and designers with a heightened level of social and environmental consciousness that strive for a more equitable society.

Team

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Rudy F. Weissenberg

Co-Founder
rudy@ago-projects.com

CO-FOUNDER Rudy holds a Masters Degree in Design Studies focused in Art, Design and Public Domain from the Harvard Graduate School of Design - Cambridge, MA and a Masters Degree in Business Administration focused in Media Management from Columbia Business School - New York, NY. He has combined his interest in media, spending over a decade in both financial and creative roles within large media conglomerates with a passion for art & design, simultaneously curating design exhibitions and advising on art and collectible design. He is actively engaged in the development of thoughtful, design centric, mixed use and residential projects within the urban fabric. He is currently co-chair of the Latin American Circle of friends of the Guggenheim Museum and a member of the GSD Dean Leadership Council.

Rodman Primack

Co-Founder
rodman@ago-projects.com

CO-FOUNDER Rodman has a dynamic and profound knowledge of the worlds of art and design. He is the former Chief Creative Officer and Executive Director of Design Miami/Miami and Basel editions, the world’s pre-eminent collectible design fair. He maintains an active interior design practice, RP Miller, based in NYC/CDMX, which has been proudly recognized as a member of the AD100, published yearly by the American edition of Architectural Digest. He was Chairman, London of Phillips auction house, a Director of the Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, a Latin American Specialist at Christie’s Latin American department and a young designer at Peter Marino Architect. He is the Vice President of Venetian Heritage, an international non-profit committed to the restoration of Venetian treasures.

Santiago Ortiz Monasterio

santiago@ago-projects.com

Entrepreneur with experience in the financial, architecture, art, design, marketing and relations sectors, Santiago has dedicated the last years of his career to real estate development with the focus of adding architectural value to the urban space through the inclusion of design and art from the conception of the projects. In 2019, Santiago founded the real estate developer WOM Studio together with Rudy Weissenberg, through which they seek to become the benchmark in Mexico of real estate and interior projects that are purposeful, efficient and aware of their urban, social and ecological environment. Previously, Santiago worked at Mexplorer Capital, a Private Capital Fund that invests in Real Estate Development, leading the area of internal Real Estate Development, being responsible for two housing developments for sale and a housing development for rent, in addition to leading the research area market as well as administrative matters of the 2 investment funds. After multiple collaborations with Museums, galleries and art institutions, in 2019 Santiago began collaborating as an associate with Rodman Primack and Rudy Weissenberg in the launch of the exhibition space for design, photo and architecture AGO Projects. Santiago has a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana, 2015.