Dr. Giovanni Innella

Giovanni Innella is a designer, researcher and curator trained at the Polytechnic of Turin and then at the Design Academy Eindhoven, to finally obtain his Phd at Northumbria University. During his professional career, he has participated and curated several exhibitions in international contexts including the Droog gallery in Amsterdam, the Triennale in Milan and The New Institute in Rotterdam. His projects are part of the collections of the Design Museum Den Bosch and the Centre des Arts Plastiques in Paris. Furthermore, Giovanni writes and publishes in the academic and non-academic fields. He covered faculty positions at Chiba University (JP), Tokyo Metropolitan University, School of the Arts Institute of Chicago, and is currently an Associate Professor at VCUarts Qatar.

Research Interests
GEO—DESIGN, Design Forensics, Design Ethnography, DesignArt, Contextual Design, Conceptual Design, Critical Design, Product Design, Design Philosophy, Design Politics

Publications
Selected Journal Articles (7 of 9)
Innella, G., Paul, R. A. (2021). The Benefits of a Convergence between Art and Engineering. HighTech And Innovation Journal, 2(1), 29-37
Innella, G., Scarpitti, C. (2020). The Value of Design Practices in Scientific Research: 5 paradoxes. Disegno Industriale Industrial Design (DIID), 20(72), 34-41
Rodgers P.A., Bremner C., Innella G. (2019). The Lancaster Care Charter, Design Issues, Volume 35, Issue 1, 73-77
Innella G., Rodgers P.A. (2017). The Commodity of Trade in Contemporary Design, The Design Journal, 20:sup1, S647-S668
Innella G., Rodgers P.A. (2017). Making Sense: Harnessing Communication through Prototyping, The Design Journal, 20:sup1, S1154-S1166
Rodgers P.A., Innella G., Bremner C. (2017). Paradoxes in Design Thinking, The Design Journal, 20:sup1, S4444-S4458
Leitner M., Innella G., Yauner F. (2013). Different Perceptions of the Design Process in the Context of DesignArt, Design Studies, Volume 34, Issue 4, July 2013, 494-513

SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS (4 of 6)
Innella G., Gatto G. (2022). Speculating on Nature, Technology and Finance. Geomerce as a Case Study for Research through Design, Proceedings of the Design Society, Vol. 2 2107-2116, Cambridge University Press
Onishi T., Innella G. (2021). Design Development of Cricket Breeding System, Proceedings of IASDR, Hong Kong PolyU 2021.
Innella G., Rodgers P.A. (2018). Why We Need Engineers to Make Art, Design Research Society, Vol. 7 2801-2811, Limerick 2018
Innella G., Rodgers P.A., Spencer N., Bohemia E. (2011). Examining the Physical to Visual Shift in how we Now Experience Designed Objects, Proceedings of IASDR Conference 2011, Delft
Innella G., Papeschi F., Nisi V. (2011). The Participatory Technique of “Technology Probes”: a Case Study in Burkina Faso, Proceedings of Create11 Symposium, London

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS (3 of 3)
Rodgers P.A., Bremner C., Innella G. (est. 2023), Design for the Unthinkable World: Strange Ecology and Unwelcome Change, Routledge [contract signed], London
Petroni M., Innella G. (2019), Going Real. The value of design in the Postcapitalist era, Vernon Press, New York
Innella G., Jaworska A. (2019), The Machine Whisperer. Whom shall we teach in the era of Artificial Intelligence, in Design School: After Boundaries and Disciplines, 121-126, book edited by Rodgers P.A., Bremner C., Vernon Press, New York

Exhibitions
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AS EXHIBITED AUTHOR (9 of 15)
2021, Dowry at Collectible Design – Rossana Orlandi Gallery, Milan, IT. Group show
2019, GeoMerce for Broken Nature (curated by P. Antonelli), at La Triennale Design Museum, Milan, IT. With G. Gatto. Group show
2019, Design and Its Double (Scarf) for Vienna Biennale for Change, at MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT. Group show
2018, –162°C, Trading Powers at Wieden+Kennedy Gallery, Tokyo, JP. With VCUarts Qatar. Collaboration show
2018, Dowry at DESIGNART TOKYO, Tokyo, JP. Curated festival
2017, Design and Its Double at Ayumi Gallery CAVE, Tokyo, JP. Solo show
2014, Money Changer for Design Destinations show at MAXXI of Rome, IT. With T. Drori
2010, Predictions at International Design Biennale St-Etienne, FR. Group show
2008, Master Pieces at Droog Gallery, Amsterdam, NL. Group show

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AS CURATOR (5 of 7)
2022, Melting Pottery at Rossana Orlandi, Milan (IT) for VCUarts Qatar. Co-curatorship with M. Bruno
2016, The Life Fair. New Body Products at The New Institute, Rotterdam (NL). Co-curatorship with A. Jaworska
2016, Domestic Affairs at The FireStation, Doha (QA). Co-curatorship with A. Jaworska
2015, Domestic Affairs at The Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, Shenzhen (CH). Co-curatorship with A. Jaworska
2014, Domestic Affairs at Passagem, Cologne (DE). Co-curatorship with A. Jaworska

Funded Research Projects and Grants
2021-22, AHRC Fund (UK), The Unthinkable Design Project. Managing budget 27,000GBP
2020, project Gas Nation awarded FRG-E grant by VCUarts Qatar (QA). Granted budget 3,480USD
2020, project GeoMerce acquisition in the permanent collection of the Centre National des Arts Plastiques in Paris (FR). Acquisition award 8,895EUR
2017, Tokyo Arts and Space (JP) 1-month research residency
2015, Stimuleering Funds (NL) Grant for exhibition Domestic Affairs in Shenzhen (CN) and Doha (QA). Granted budget 78,000EUR
2014, Stimuleering Funds (NL) Grant for exhibition Domestic Affairs in Cologne (DE). Granted budget 38,500EUR
2010 – 2014, Full Scholarship for PhD, Northumbria University (UK). Granted scholarship approximately 50,000GBP