Maiella Di Donato is an experimental designer acting at the intersections of art mediation, design research, material experimentation. She develops methods, tools and workshops using the mediating power of materials. By focusing on situated phenomena, she aims to recognise, investigate, and collectively reshape structural, social and ecological patterns.
EXHIBITIONS // AWARDS
June 2023
New European Bauhaus Ambassador, Mezo
June 2022
RecyclingDesignpreis Exhibition – MARTa Herford, Mezo
New European Bauhaus Ambassador, Mezo
June 2022
RecyclingDesignpreis Exhibition – MARTa Herford, Mezo
November 2020
GDG 2020 – Green Card Wasserschloss Klaffenbach, Other Sight
GDG 2020 – Green Card Wasserschloss Klaffenbach, Other Sight
September 2020
GDG 2020 – German Design Graduates Exhibitor, Other Sight
GDG 2020 – German Design Graduates Exhibitor, Other Sight
February 2020
DINEUS 2020 – Tischkultur des Jahres, Handwerker
DINEUS 2020 – Tischkultur des Jahres, Handwerker
November 2019
March 2020 Studio 100 – Reclaim Context, HfG Archiv Ulm, Handwerker
March 2020 Studio 100 – Reclaim Context, HfG Archiv Ulm, Handwerker
November 2019
EDAD-Award 2019 – lobende Anerkennung, Other Sight
EDAD-Award 2019 – lobende Anerkennung, Other Sight
January 2019
Manifest of practice, state chancellery of Thuringia in Berlin, Handwerker
Manifest of practice, state chancellery of Thuringia in Berlin, Handwerker
December 2018
Studio 100, Weimar, Handwerker
Studio 100, Weimar, Handwerker
May 2018
Nature 2.0, PASS Belgium, Chitosan
Nature 2.0, PASS Belgium, Chitosan
October 2017
Dutch Design Week 2017, Chitosan
Dutch Design Week 2017, Chitosan
October 2017
Berlin Food Week, Handwerker
Berlin Food Week, Handwerker