Doi De Luise (Genoa, Italy) obtained his BA in Industrial Design from ISIA Firenze and his MA in Design (formerly Design Curating and Writing) from the Critical Inquiry Lab department at Design Academy Eindhoven. He was also the single selected candidate for a semester-long guest program which he attended at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in the fall of 2018 (MCAD; Minneapolis, MN, USA).
In a context in which reality tends to be an hegemonic product, Doi De Luise addresses his practice towards a continuous and multi-disciplinary inquiry of the narratives and discrepancies that allow oppressive systems to exist and thrive. Dedicated to both theoretical research and experiential approach, his work grows entangled with a crescent attention towards hegemonic settings, exploring design means as direct tools to both inquire and expose the patterns and dynamics that enforce inequalities within the contemporary political management of bodies, capital, and resources.
Blending documentary style photography with both video and material explorations, De Luise’s recent works explore the interlinkages and reverberations that generate between ‘reality production’ and ‘reality perception’, delving deep into the narratives and the socio-political superstructures to which living and nonliving are both exposed.
Education:
MA: Design – formerly Design Curating and Writing; 2021.
the Critical Inquiry Lab master department; Design Academy Eindhoven.
(Eindhoven, The Netherlands).
BA: Industrial Design; 2019.
ISIA Firenze – Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche.
(Florence, Italy).
2018: 5 months long guest at MCAD Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
(Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.).
2017: Erasmus+ Hochschule der Bildende Künste Saar
(Saarbrücken; Saarland; Germany).
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Exhibitions:
2024 | Italy: A New Collective Landscape; HDKI Gallery Hong Kong
January 2024 > May 2024 | Hong Kong (CN / PRC)
2023 | Italy: A New Collective Landscape; ADI Design Museum
Milano (ITA)
2021 | DAE GS’21; Dutch Design Week (DDW’21); Beursgebouw | DAE
Eindhoven (NL)
2019 | The Object is Absent; Dutch Design Week (DDW’19)
Eindhoven (NL)
2017 | Glas-Bar; Dutch Design Week (DDW’17); Atelier NL
Eindhoven (NL)
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Panels/Lectures:
21.05.22
Mare Incognitum – Design Strumento e Metodo: Navigare le Complessità del Presente.
Genova BeDesign Week – DIDE | Santa Maria di Castello | De Luise, D.
17.10.2021: the Body Matrix
By examining behaviours that extend beyond corporeal margins, and questioning imposed bodily norms, the panel seeks to exemplify how bodies are arbitrarily posed under limitations of various systems and the ways they can rapture them. Three graduates will activate the body as a multiplicitous site and show how it plays a key role in addressing legal reparation, capital and productivity, and national ideals.
ARENA PANEL – GS’21 || Participants: Ines Borovac; Viktória Kaslik; Doi De Luise || Moderated by Roberto Pérez Gayo.
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Publications:
2020: Ένα εν πλω ταξίδι στη Γένοβα
[en] Sailing away from Genoa: available on BEATER.gr (10.2020).
2020: Framing (through) Rocks.
in collaboration with Valeria Fabiano.
2017: Riva: Identità di un Mito.
[en] Riva: Identity of the Myth;
Extract of an analysis regarding the evolution and rise to fame of the world-famous yacht-brand Riva. Developed with Lorenzo Tognarini and published by the e-mag Liguria Nautica.