Project Type Year
(W)aardawerk Exhibition (coming soon)
Alluvial Grounds Material Research 2025
Slipcasting with Wild Clay Workshop 2025
Collectible Bruxelles Exhibition 2025
Elena Genesio (Torino,1997) is a multidisciplinary designer, material researcher and creative producer based in The Hague, Netherlands.
Merging hands-on material experimentation with contextual research, her work focuses on the relationship between materials and their surroundings, uncovering their hidden narratives
Over the past years, she collaborated with multiple design studios and institutions, including Nieuwe Instiuut, Dutch Invertuals, Palet, De Fabriek, the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Waag Textile Lab and Crafts Council Nederland.
Professional experience
Jul 2025 - ongoing
Nieuwe Instituut
Exhibition producer
Rotterdam, NL
June 2025
Crafts Council Nederland
Inspiratiedag Duurzaam Keramiek
Event organizing
Eindhoven, NL
Apr 2025
Vuur Collective
Ceramic Workshop Instructor
Amsterdam, NL
June 2024 - June 2025
Palet (Studio GdB)
Freelance producer
Den Bosch, NL
Aug 2024 - ongoing
Clay Archives
co-founder
March 2021 - June 2024
Dutch Invertuals
Designer and researcher
Eindhoven, NL
Apr - Jul 2021
Exhibition designer
MID Graduation Show,
KABK, The Hague, NL
Oct 2019 - ongoing
‘Discoteca Amore’
Events organizer
Grey Space in the Middle,
The Hague, NL
Oct 2020 - March 2021
Internship at David Derksen,
Rotterdam, NL
Oct 2025
coming soon: (W)aardewerk,
Crafts Council Nederland
De Fabriek, Eindhoven
March 2025
Collectible Fair
Curated Section
Brussels, BE
Feb 2025
Object Rotterdam
Air Offices
Rotterdam NL
Oct 2024
‘Tools of Rekindling’
Dutch Design Week
De Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL
Apr 2023
‘Objects for a new kind of society:
The way we work’,
Dutch Invertuals,
Milano, IT
Oct 2022
‘Expedition Aequalis’,
Dutch Invertuals,
Eindhoven, NL
Oct 2021
‘Objects for a New Kind of Society’,
Dutch Invertuals,
Eindhoven, NL
Jan 2019
‘Exploring Materials & Materiality’,
MID x De Waag Amsterdam
Dutch Design Week,
Eindhoven, NL
Nov 2018
‘Exploring Alternative Paths
for the Fashion Industry’,
De Waag, Amsterdam, NL
Education
2018 - 2020
MA in Industrial Design
Royal Academy of Arts,
The Hague, NL
2015 - 2018
BA in Product Design
Politecnico di Milano, IT
Aug 2016
MADE Labs Summer School,
By Formafantasma
Siracusa, IT
2013 - 2015
International Baccalaureate
Vittoria International School
Torino, IT
Talks & recognitions
June 2025 - Talk & Event hosting
Inspiratiedag Duurzaam Keramiek
Crafts Council Nederland
De Fabriek, Eindhoven
De Fabriek, Eindhoven
Jan 2025 - Grant
Cultuur Eindhoven
Snelgeldfonds
Oct 2024 - Grant
Cultuur Eindhoven
Snelgeldfonds
2025
Ducinstambul.com
Clay Archives: Re-Looking at Earth
and Water with Ceramics
2024
The Thing Magazine
'The hidden stories of glaze
at Dutch Design Week 2024’
2024
Dutch Design Daily
'DDW at De Fabriek'
2024
Elevator Radio
Interview
2021
All Was Lost is Found
interview and podcast
2021
‘DESIGN RESEARCH Research’
KABK, The Hague, NL
2020
BNO
‘Dutch Designers Yearbook:
From Reset to Resilience’
2020
‘Anew Magazine’
Master Industrial Design
KABK, The Hague, NL
2020
'Food Anthologies'
Thesis MID
KABK, The Hague, NL
Initiatives
Clay Archives
Ongoing research platform
exploring territorial narratives
through the lens of clay.
Genesio+Horton
Spatial and product design
studio in collaboration
with Alex Horton.
Coming soon
5th & 12th April 2025
Wild clay slipcasting workshop
Vuur Collective, Amsterdam NL
June 27th 2025
De Fabriek Eindhoven
Inspiratiedag Duurzaam Keramiek
Crafts Council Nederland
Oct 2025
(W)aardewerk exhibition
Crafts Council Nederland
Dutch Design Week