My practice moves between making things and asking what making is/does: to materials, to relationships, to the way I/we understand the world. I've designed objects for living with plants, baked bread in an organic bakery I founded, worked with glass, wood, ceramics, and seaweed, and I'm now building software for small bakeries. And I see a thread that runs through all of it, working-with(in) rather than imposing mastery.
Panicuocoli (2020–2024)
Founder & Head Baker · HelsinkiAn organic sourdough bakery producing naturally leavened breads from Finnish heritage grains, local organic flour, and long fermentations. The flour we usbaked-with came directly from farms and each harvest brough differences with each batch often demanding its adjustments. The form of bread emerged everyday from the contextual conditions of all actors making it, beyond the human bakers.
The bakery grew from a personal desire to a full commercial operation with a counter at Helsinki Hakaniemi Market Hall, presence at local markets, and a team. It is also the practice-led grounding within my doctoral research: four years of sustained engagement with sourdough cultures, seasonal agricultural cycles, and material variability. This lived (and lively) experience now drive both the writing of the PhD thesis and the development of BakeryOS.
Studio Dossofiorito (2012–2018)
Co-founder with Livia RossiA design studio founded with Livia Rossi in Verona, Italy, working from a former car workshop. Across six years we developed self-initiated research on form and materials, producing collections of objects in collaboration with skilled craftsmen. The work moved across subjects (plants and the human relationship with nature, food, children's workshops, interiors), sharing a performative, relational attitude. Objects acted as vehicles for thought. Among them: furniture systems for Zilio, glass lamps exploring memory and perception, and the Co-Relations series, where design steps back to let plants take centre stage.
Co-Relations Series (2014–2018)
- The PhytophilerHand-thrown terracotta pots with functional appendages that prompt the daily gestures of care towards plants. A project of care and exchange, treating houseplants as sentient cohabitants. Acquired by CID Grand Hornu (2020); awarded Biennale Interieur Award (2014) and Design Report Award special mention.
- LudmillaOutcome of a residency at Schloss Hollenegg for Design, shown in the Slow exhibition (2016). The full development of a bulbaceous plant holds the relevance and focus, from the rooting to the blossoming and decay. The support disappears while highlighting what's happening within it.
- EpiphytesSuspended white ceramic vessels for epiphytic plants. Alternating porous and glazed surfaces hold water for days while the roots envelop the outside of the vessel, allowing the plant to live in ways that are closer to their un-domesticated wild reality.
Workshops for Children
MUBA · UovokidsWe developed and facilitated design workshops at MUBA- Museo dei bambini (Milan), at Uovokids - Museo della Scienza Leonardo da Vinci (Milan): building periscopes to see from another's height, shelters in imaginary forests, and explorations of animal imagination.
