La Casa de Carlota

La Casa de Carlota is a design studio that describes itself as the first in the world to include creatives with intellectual disabilities in its team. It pairs experienced designers with people from very different backgrounds, on the view that different minds produce fresher ideas. Its founders come from large advertising agencies, social enterprises and foundations.

What La Casa de Carlota offers

• Design and creative work: branding and communication concepts for products and services.
• Creative collaboration: mixed teams of veteran creatives, art students and people with Down syndrome or autism.
• Brand purpose work: communication for companies with social values.
• Studio network: separate studios run by named founders in several cities.

Who it works with

The studio says it chooses to work only with companies and brands that hold values and a social purpose.

Key facts

• Locations: studios in Sevilla, Medellín, São Paulo and Lima
• Recognition: invited to present its model at United Nations headquarters in New York in March 2018
• Awards: mentions Laus design prizes in 2014 and 2015