Bruno Newman

Bruno Newman is a businessman from Mexico City. He is the founder and co director of Zimat Consultores, a publisher, photographer and the founder of the Museo del Objeto del Objeto (MODO).

Career Newman has a bachelor's degree in communications from the . He has worked in communications and human resources in both the public and private sectors. He has been a consultant to a number of businesses, cultural institutions, philanthropic organizations and professional associations. The firm merged with U.S. enterprise Golin/Harris, giving the cooperation access to markets in Mexico, other parts of the Latin America and Spanish speaking markets in the United States. Newman has remained as director of Zimat. Today, clients include Avon, Body Shop, BBVA Bancomer, Cemex, Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery, Cinépolis, Colgate, Fondo Mexicano para la Conservación de la Naturaleza, Grupo Bimbo, Hewlett Packard and HSBC.

In addition to his work with Zimat, Newman is an author and photographer, publishing work related to his field as well as his personal interest in the ordinary. He published Organizaciones en la mira. Comunicación estratégica para prevenir y manejar las crisis with Marta Mejía in 2009.

He has received a number of recognitions for his professional and philanthropic work.

As a collector and founder of MODO Bruno Newman is a longtime collector, mostly of packaging and ordinary objects. He has a collection of over 30,000 objects in thirty categories such as household products, food packages, medicine bottles, cosmetics and toys. Newman began collecting when he was thirteen years old. His uncle collected stamps and he was inspired by these stamp albums. He began collecting stamps from Spain, England and Mexico, preferring the Mexican ones because of their designs, especially the old ones.

La Gunilla is the editorial arm of the Museo del Objeto del Objeto. Newman created this enterprise with partner Gonzalo Tassier, to publish works focused on design and collecting. The name is a play on the name Lagunilla, which has a famous market for collectors. Books published by this organization include "Mextencil" by Edgar Vargas and "Arte Urbe" by Flavio Montessoro focused on "urban" or "street" art, mostly graffiti and stencil art.