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By Cesar Espinoza
20 Nature-Inspired Paint Colors That Bring the Outside In
By Wendy Rose Gould
Take your cue from the desert with Chanchito by Comex, an exquisite, pink-leaning clay color. "This pink represents the transition of some cactus as a response to solar lighting, they adjust themselves as a reaction of their own pigments to this condition. It also reminds me of the earth that gets transformed into clay," says Paola Camarena, architect, designer, and creative director for Xala. "This is essential in the Mexican culture, somehow, I could say it embodies it." She says this pink is a representation of nature’s flexibility and can be used in a very elegant way throughout your home.
Updated on September 27, 2023
In Her Own Words: Paola Camarena designs life changes
By Ellen Sherberg - Bizwomen Contributor
Some of us are lucky enough to know what we want at a young age and even more fortunate to see those dreams take shape. Paola Camarena’s was inspired by her mother’s old magazines.
Updated: May 31, 2023, 7:41am EDT
VI Encuentro Empresarial Internacional Hospitality
Design & Wellness: México-Caribe
2025
The most international event on pools, wellness, and outdoor living—Piscina Barcelona—celebrates its Business and Design Forum abroad for the very first time in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Paola was a featured Speaker on the panel “Wellness as a Strategy in Hospitality: Global Trends and the Mexico/Caribbean Perspective” sharing the stage with leading professionals in the field.
Piscina & Wellness
Barcelona
2021
Piscina & Wellness Barcelona, Spain’s leading trade fair and one of Europe’s most prestigious and international events in its field, once again brought the entire industry together in an exceptional edition, attracting over 10,000 visitors with 50% international attendance.
As part of the program at Fira Barcelona, Paola delivered a keynote on “Luxury in Hospitality,” alongside other distinguished industry leaders.
XI Semana Internacional
Contract Galicia
2021
This year in Parador Costa da Morte (Muxía) has been the flagship annual event, bringing global trends and business opportunities to the forefront while connecting leading industry companies with renowned international influencers—establishing Galicia as a premier hub for innovation, collaboration, and networking.
Paola actively engaged in networking sessions and one-on-one meetings with leading companies, industry influencers, and speakers in both Santiago de Compostela and Muxía, strengthening connections and fostering collaboration across the sector.
"Habitando el Futuro"
2018
760 students from the School of Architecture, Digital Media and Business Development at ITESM Campus Guadalajara gathered together through one week of conferences and workshops in order to propose the Housing Design of the Future considering space and technology needs, defining upcoming megatrends and analyzing how new developments will be inhabited from different social and geographical perspectives.
Análisis Gráfico de la Vivienda
2017
Organized by Centro para la Cultura Arquitectónica y Urbana (CCAU) and the School of Architecture, Art and Design ITESM Campus Guadalajara; and coordinated by Diego Vergara the intention of this workshop was to document the spatial, programmatic, constructive, economic evolution, the factors that have determined its configuration, location,... from a comparative graphic-architectural analysis of specific cases of sets designed by different authors and decades of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Interview for "Blok-e Arquitectura y Diseño"
2016
Conversatorio Uno a Uno
2016
"Architects are Useless" was the topic for this panel organized by the School of Architecture from ITESO.
Along with the Architects Emely Malacón, Mito Covarrubias, León Leroy and Civil Engineer Ulises Vázquez and moderated by Historian Daniel López we had an open discussion regarding the roll of the Architect nowadays in diverse performance areas.
Los Veneros | Entre Muros Magazine by Reforma
2014
In collaboration with AM/a the Interior Design for this Apartment located in Punta Mita intended a relaxed beach ambiance accomplished by the neutral color palette where the flexibility of the furniture and accessories selection allowed the possibility of open spaces.
Casa RP
Cream Magazine
2012
Casa RP was a full renovation from an old residence where the new outdoor areas: such as the swimming pool, the media room with a patio and the terrace, were design as the new heart of the House.
This project was design as a team member of AM/a in 2010
Cube Tower Scale Model
MOMA's Cultural Heritage
2003
Cube Tower, Guadalajara, Mexico (2002-2005)
Project by Carme Pinos
Scale model 1:100
Medium: Basswood, medium-density fiberboard, maple blockboard, acrylic, and aluminum
Dimensions: (70 x 60 x 90 cm)
Model maker: MYP Maquetas
Credit: Gift of the Peter Norton Family Foundation
Object number: 82.2006