email: gigi.totaro5@gmail.com
Education
2023 - 2025 MA Geo-Design, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL)
2016 -2019 BA Industrial Design, Polytechnic of Bari (IT) *Cum Laude
Work Experience
2022 - 2023 Assistant for Studio Johanna Seelemann
2018-2019 Internship at Oltrestudio
2025 - 'Grad Show 2025', Design Academy Eindhoven
2026 - ‘Hello Darkness’, BASE, Milan Design Week
2026 - ‘OFF SEASON’, 019 Ghent, Belgium
2026 - Radica_Cultures of Change, Puglia, IT
Publications
- 2026 ‘Intrigo Progettuale: l’intreccio di suono, voce e corpo al FuoriSalone 2026’, by Paola Carimati, Internimagazine
- 2026 ‘Al Fuorisalone 2026 Base Milano è una casa di sperimentazione nel quartiere di via Tortona’, by Salvatore Peluso, Elle Decor
- 2026 ‘Milano Design Week 2026: le direzioni da seguire per capirla davvero’, by Silvana Annicchiarico, Domusweb
- 2026 Interview by Caroline Schulz for Schnitt Magazine
- 2025 ‘Postnatural Remains’, Plural Magazine, article by Nina Zulian
- 2025 ‘Across a Flock’s Orbit’ Geo-Design Master Thesis 2025, Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE).
- 2024 ‘Tackling Pollinator Decline in the Mediterranean Area: A New Approach Through Gigi Totaro’s Lens’, interview by Simone Lorusso for C41 Magazine
2025 - DAE Lecture Series ‘Creative Circular Cities Panel Talk & Networking Event’ - Dutch Design Week, DAE Graduation Show 2025
2026 - ‘Across a Flock’s Orbit’ Geo-Design Master Thesis 2025, BASE, Milan
Workshops
25 – 29 July 2022
‘Casting Journeys’
led by Johanna Seelemann and Heinrich Ehnert
School of the Untold by Formafantasma
Design Campus Kunstgewerbemuseum, Dresden
Oct - Nov 2022
‘New Ecologies - Decentralizing the human through contemporary practices’
Institute for Postnatural Studies of Madrid