DIZE 

Sonia Gómez de Toussaint

Architect, Interior Designer and Artist Sonia Gomez de Toussaint founded DIZE studio in 2009 in Monterrey, Mexico. 
 
With more than 20 years of experience, the studio has a vast variety of residential, commercial, lighting and custom-made furniture projects.  The projects vary in scale, according to the client’s needs.  

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Sonia graduated with Honors from a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from ITESM in Monterrey, Mexico. She also has Interior Design Certificate from Parsons, NYC. She completed a Master's in Education with a Specialization in Neurolearning from Instituto Superior de Educacion. 

Sonia completed her academic formation with international experiences having worked and studied in Monterrey, New York, Paris, Barcelona, Pamplona, Rome and Bern. Working in hand with great mentors such as Enrique Norten and Agustin Landa, in worskshops such as Taller Catedra Blanca, where she won a special recognition. 

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She worked in TEN Arquitectos offices in New York City where were she collaborated in projects such as Brooklyn Visual and Performing Arts Library and the Guggenheim Competition for Guadalajara.

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She later worked at Arquitectonica´s Office in New York and Paris. Sonia combines her love for architecture and interior design together with her passion to art.

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The studio won the Consurso Norteño Design Competition for the project Comuna. Her work has been published in books such as Catedra Blanca, and in Magazines such as Revista Ambientes.  Her art has been exhibited in France, Spain, the US and in Mexico,  in museums such as MARCO.

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For her, creating a work of art is as exciting as creating an architectural space, an object, or furniture. 

Furniture and lighting design are also one of our passions. She continues to explore the use of materials, form, colors in her art and sculpture that together with the architectural Interior Design part of the studio creates a unique blend of Art & Design.