Stock Photo - Alejandro Magallanes during second day of conferences of FID 7, â. . Festival Internacional de Diseñoâ. . in La Antigua Aduana, San José, Costa Rica, march 11th, 2017. . . Based in Mexico City, designer Alejandro Magallanes has built an international reputation for his posters, distinctive for their reinterpretations of popular Mexican imagery, use of mixed media and visual impact. . . Alejandro plays with images and words but prefers not to believe in the adage that an image is worth a thousand words, since â. . a thousand words combined can create six million images, more or lessâ. . . . . FID, is the only multidisciplinary design festival in Latin America. Some of the world's top creative minds gather in San Jose for three days of conferences, workshops, exhibitions and parties.