Gigi Totaro (b. 1997) is an Italian product designer and researcher.
Since 2019, a research-driven design practice has developed across product design, material investigation, installations and critical inquiry.
Situated within industrial design and ecology, the work investigates objects and materials as part of broader infrastructures and systems of mass production, revealing their ecological, cultural, and geopolitical implications.
During his studies in GEO Design at Design Academy Eindhoven (2025), and after assisting Johanna Seelemann (2023), he developed a deep fascination for materials and hidden processes of industrial production as carriers of ecological and material narratives — exploring how design can both reveal and reimagine our relationship with the environment.
Working between commercial commissions and self-initiated, more radical research-based projects, his work applies a precise, process-driven approach to context, processes, and material details development. Research-driven insights are translated into products, objects, and strategies that operate across commercial and experimental projects. The practice unfolds through objects, industrial products, exhibitions, videos, and photography, often developed through interdisciplinary collaborations.