Joaquin Peiro
Transportation designer - IED Barcelona.
Concept cars, racing prototypes and bike builds.
In a world where augmented reality has reached a point where it is impossible to distinguish between what is real and what is virtual, I proposed a race set in the historic Montjuic F1 circuit, with real and virtual obstacles.
The driver builds his strategy as he goes: every obstacle is a decision to take a risk, to dodge it or go straight through it.
Concept video: Barkeno framed as a race-strategy experience, circuit choice, obstacle race, time on target, cut with reference footage from Montjuic and other historic circuits.
A redesign of a 1960s Colani prototype, taken back to its source: the stingray. The body follows Colani's biodesign principles, where the shape of the car is drawn from the animal rather than from packaging.
The donor was a beaten 1995 Virago 250. My uncle and I stripped it to the frame, and from a single sketch we worked out the rest in metal: proportion first, then the parts that would make it stand.
The swingarm, subframe, exhaust and seat were all fabricated from scratch. Front and rear suspension, wheels and brakes came off a KTM Duke 390, which reset the stance and the whole attitude of the bike. The engine was rebuilt with a new carburettor, cylinder and pistons. Everything else on the bike is either custom made or replaced.
My name is Joaquin Peiro.
I moved from Argentina at the age of 18 to study transportation design at IED Barcelona, where I graduated in June 2022. Since then I have had diverse roles, such as supercar exterior design at Colani Design Europe and leading creative output for a team of 15+ designers in a digital marketing company. In 2025 I founded TTmedia, a marketing firm doing social media, website design and brand development.
Argentine and Italian citizen. Spanish native, English C1, Italian conversational.
