{"id":967848,"date":"2026-11-12T11:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/967848\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T11:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:48:11","slug":"dum-dum-studios-inventive-design-emerges-from-an-open-mind-and-a-love-of-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/967848\/","title":{"rendered":"Dum Dum Studio\u2019s inventive design emerges from an open mind and a love of play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"gbrj6\">From an organic, textural identity for a neighbourhood cafe, to playful collages for a restaurant consultancy and an animated woodmark for a cocktail bar, Dum Dum Studio leave plenty of room for play.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9eg4j\">\u201cEach project is a new canvas and an opportunity to create something different,\u201d says Mario Juli\u00e1n Guti\u00e9rrez, who co-founded the Monterrey-based studio with Sergio Mart\u00ednez in 2015. While Dum Dum focuses primarily on branding, it takes on varied projects within the realms of design, typography and art direction. \u201cWe approach every project as something entirely new, starting with an open mind and without preconceived ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5bfla\">The influence of radical movements like Dada and Fluxus is clear to see, but Dum Dum\u2019s home-city also provides a healthy source of inspiration. Monterrey is Mexico\u2019s industrial capital, with a rich graphic history shaped by decades of commerce, steel and brewing, and later by European influences of clean grids and typography. This feeds into the studio\u2019s considered approach to building identities: \u201cWe believe in finding a balance between function and feeling, planning and spontaneity,\u201d says Mario. \u201cBrands should be alive, able to adapt, evolve and remain free.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From an organic, textural identity for a neighbourhood cafe, to playful collages for a restaurant consultancy and an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":967849,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-967848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967848"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967848\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/967849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}