Mockups before fuckups. Maquetas, prototipos y el oficio del diseño

More than 300 mockups, prototypes and experiments, and not one finished product: that is how designer Jorge Diego Etienne described this show to The Editorial México. It lays out the work of his Monterrey studio, JDE, through what normally stays hidden: errors, tests, iterations and projects that never reached production.

You won't find a finished piece here, only the steps before one. The room follows the studio's five working stages and fifteen principles, from an aluminium pen Etienne made as a student to bus stops in San Pedro Garza García. A first version ran in Monterrey in November 2025; this expanded one opens the Franz Mayer's new Design and Process gallery. JDE's own site still prints the title as F*ckups; the Franz Mayer, a trust run by the Banco de México, spells it out.

It runs in Temporales IV until 14 February 2027, Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 17:00, and the general ticket covers it: MXN 130, or 75 for students, teachers and over-65s with ID.