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First name

Riccardo

Last Name

Cenedella

Username

riccardo.cenedella

City

Torino

Country

Italy

Biography

Cenedella's work is inspired by a fascination with materials experimentation, exploring how contemporary society's waste can be transformed into functional objects. He developed this design method while studying MA Material Futures at Central Saint Martins in London. In this period, he started taking a low-tech approach to design, influenced by the theories of the French philosopher Claude Levi-Strauss about the "bricoleur" described in one of his most important works (The Savage Mind, 1962).

Riccardo Cenedella lives and works in Turin. He works with both private and public clients. His pieces have been exhibited at Collectible in Bruxelles, SWING Design Gallery in Benevento, EDIT Napoli, the London Design Festival, the Milan Design Week, the Affordable Art Fair London, and the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. In addition to working as an independent designer, he is a university professor at IAAD in Turin (Institute of Applied Art and Design) where he teaches Product Life Cycle Assessment.

Education

Graduated

2021

School / Course

MA Material Futures, Central Saint Martins

Graduated

1970

Solo Shows

Show Name

Carpet Matter at Swing Design Gallery

Date

1970

Group Shows

Show Name

Collectible Bruxelles

Date

1970

Show Name

ITALY: a new collective landscape at ADI Museum, Milan Curated by Angela Rui

Date

2023

Show Name

EDIT Napoli, Curated by Domitilla Dardi and Emiliana Petruccelli

Date

2022

Awards & Nominations

Award name

The Artf Foundation Fellowship Award – Material Innovation shortlisted

Year

2022

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