Studio
Design
Gionata Gatto (Italy, 1982) lives and works between Italy and the United States. He graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven and later obtained a PhD from the University of Loughborough’s School of Design. Winding between collaboration of different disciplines, Gionata’s work emerges as a result of a participatory and speculative research method, to breed a territory of transdisciplinary synergy. Through an active phase of experimentation with technologies, materials, and production processes, he develops artifacts and installations that perform as perceptual bridges to generate visions about speculative future scenarios. His studio’s projects take shape through diverse pathways, including commissions from design companies and cultural institutions, self-initiated research, and collaborations with public and private partners such as universities and research institutes.
Teaching
Gionata has lectured in design at several institutions, including the Willem de Kooning Academy (WdKA) in Rotterdam, the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU), the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Madrid, and the Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (DIDI). Since 2024, he has been a Professor of Design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), in the Department of Designed Objects. At the intersection of product design, speculative practice, and sociological theory, Gionata’s courses examine objects as relational agents – entities that continuously shape and are shaped by the networks in which they exist and operate.
Collaboration and interdisciplinary dialogue inform my approach to design.
If you'd like to connect or explore possible collaborations, you'll find my contacts here
Call me (Italy): +39 340 820 8927
Call me (U.S.): +1 (312) 478 9640
email me: hello@gionatagatto.com
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