︎︎︎ selected work in random order 




PastFastForward experimental product research

Tigeraire   commercial product
Design Resurrection    product research 
Endogenesis    editorial writing
MonoCovers    product discursive   
NFT_AI_OMG_WTF   experimental
Areocene    research discursive

Deglobalizer    product research
The Algae Factory  writing consultancy
Bespoke   experimental product
East Modernism    product discursive
Design Catalyst product research consultancy
Speculative Healthcare  research discursive
Bio-Neorealism  experimental product writing
CircusCollection product research consultancy
GlobalFutures Lab research curatorial writing
Arco Hacking    product discursive
Future Skin     research discursive writing
Fake in Italy    product discursive
Canavese Connexion research curatorial
Design Gang    product commercial
Gringo    product research 
CDMX Observatory research curatorial writing
Open-Up Outdoor    product commercial 
Local Interactions experimental  discursive
DesignxDeath    experimental product
In The Hood    experimental  discursive product









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©paolocardini

Making things, one at a time



“The joy and passion for making feeds our curiosity and it’s a solid pedagogical foundation for a long lasting learning experience”





The extreme diversity of the field and my personal inclination towards a generalistic approach brings me often to experience the immateriality of today's design. The collaboration with manufacturers and artisans or the involvement in strategic and systems design are some of the cases in which a personal and intimate relationship with the act of "making"  is replaced by collaborative and "thinking" activities. While I'm very interested in any aspect of the present design world, and I'm aware of the impossibility of any one-man-band model, I still find extremely important and vital to my profession to engage with materials and not losing touch with hands-on processes. For this reason, I often engage with one-off projects in which I can enjoy the full creative process in absolute freedom, and I can let my voice to be the only element informing any design choice. Moreover, the possibility to experiment on how digital manufacturing technologies can dialogue with traditional crafting technics has always been particularly interesting to me interests and is a continuing investigation I'll keep pursuing and valorize. In the next couple of pages are described two projects in which is highlighted the material and artistic exploration through different hybrid processes.



*Experiments in shoemaking

*Experiments in leather jewelry

*Experiments in longboarding