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design for alternative futures, I work between Venice and Chicago and teach at the Design Objects dept.

at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Gionata Gatto (Italy, 1982) is a Designer and PhD candidate, currently working from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. His approach to design is firmly connected to the objective of questioning the significance of daily-life products, resulting in narrative investigations related to production processes, materials, artifacts and services. The projects of the studio - often perceived by the public as evocative tools and proponents of engagement and dialogues - are initiated in several ways, including commissions from Design Companies and Labels, self-initiated projects or collaborations with public-private partners. The work of the studio has been exhibited in galleries and events worldwide, including Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Triennale di Milano, Maison & Objet, Sotheby's, Tijdelijk Museum and others. Since 2014 Gionata lectures Future Thinking & Products at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam (NL).

10/06/2024

A face mask that is possessive with its wearer, a security camera that gets offended if you don’t greet it, a speaker that wants to be cuddled, a plug that refuses overconsumption. What do these devices have in common and what purposes do they have? This small exhibit I curated for reflects the work done by my students in the last 5 years, where we looked at objects beyond the lenses of commercial design, and towards those of the mis-functional, the uncanny, the ambiguous, the adversarial. -BehaviouralThings is on display at building 4, in Dubai Design District, until the end of the June.

10/06/2022

Coloniae, for JCP Universe, On Dubai's The National. Thanks Maghie Ghali for the interview and article:

The Milan design show returns — but be careful where you sit

12/04/2022

Could plants take us over? Preview of Coloniae, the new work designed for JCP Universe, for Salone del Mobile.Milano 2022:

Designed for JCP Universe, Coloniae is a collection of objects that explore the relationship between man and plant and will be presented at Salone del Mobile 2022

10/01/2022

Happy to share the book chapter: "Within the Metabolic Network", which I wrote for the book: "From Human-Centered To More-Than-Human-Design. Exploring The Transition", just published by Francoangeli. The entire book is open access and can be downloaded here:

Released under the Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) in the peer reviewed series Design International.

21/05/2020

Product Design final presentations today at Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation!

17/10/2018

If you're going to be around Wageningen tomorrow, join us at the 'Earth Futures' symposium at WUR. I'm happy to be one of the speakers discussing possible design stances on the Anthropocene. Free reservations available here:

'Earth Futures’ is a unique 1-day symposium that brings together WUR researchers and internationally renowned speakers to debate earth system transformations, from both natural and social science perspectives. Wageningen University and Research has a long history in contributing to the interdiscip...

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