Elena Genesio
                        



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Elena Genesio (Torino, 1997) is an Italian designer, material researcher and visual artist, currently based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Merging hands-on material experimentation with contextual research, her work focuses on the relationship between materials and their sourroudings, bringing territorial narratives to light by crafting objects that act as storytelling mediums.

Over the past four years she collaborated with multiple design studios and institutions, including Dutch Invertuals, Palet, De Fabriek Eindhoven, the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and Crafts Council Nederland. 



Photography by Gigi Totaro


Initiatives
Clay Archives
Exploring territorial narratives through soil.
In collaboration with Emmie Massias
theclayarchives@gmail.com

Allora Studio
Small-batch ceramic studio develping
handmade tableware and bespoke designs
alloraastudio@gmail.com

Discoteca Amore
Female-led music collective started in 2019.
In collaboration with Federica Notari.
discotecamore@gmail.com

Recent exhibitions
2025
Collectible Brussels
coming soon

2025
Object Rotterdam
coming soon

2024
‘Tools of Rekindling’
Dutch Design Week
De Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL

2023
‘Objects for a new kind of society: The way we work’,
Dutch Invertuals,
Fuorisalone, Milano,  IT

2022
‘Expedition Aequalis’,  
Dutch Invertuals, 
Eindhoven, NL

2021
‘Objects for a New Kind of Society’,
Dutch Invertuals, 
Eindhoven, NL

2019
‘Exploring Materials & Materiality’, MID x Waag, 
Dutch Design Week,
Eindhoven, NL

2018
‘Exploring Alternative Paths for the Fashion Industry’,
De Waag, Amsterdam, NL


Education
2020
MA in Industrial Design
Royal Academy of Arts,
The Hague, NL

2018
BA in Product Design
Politecnico di Milano, 
Milan, IT

2016
MADE Labs Summer School,
Led by Formafantasma
Siracusa, IT


Features & publications
2024
'The hidden stories of glaze
at Dutch Design Week 2024’
The Thing Magazine

11/2024
Dutch Design Daily
'DDW at De Fabriek'

2021
All Was Lost is Found, Rararadio
interview and podcast
2021
‘DESIGN RESEARCH Research’
KABK, The Hague, NL

2020
‘Dutch Designers Yearbook:
From Reset to Resilience’ BNO

2020
‘Anew Magazine’
Master Industrial Design
KABK, The Hague, NL

2020
'Food Anthologies'
Master Industrial Design Thesis, KABK,  The Hague, NL


Work experience
2024
Glaze and production specialist
Palet, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, NL

2021 - 2024
Designer and researcher
Dutch Invertuals,
Eindhoven, NL

2021  
Exhibition designer
MID Graduation Show,
KABK, The Hague, NL

2019 - 2023
‘Discoteca Amore’
events organizer
Grey Space in the Middle,
The Hague, NL

2020 - 2021
Internship at David Derksen, 
Rotterdam, NL