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GROOVIDO is a design studio that uses a unique visual aesthetic to translate creative challenges into distinctive design pieces. The studio’s explorative nature confronts tradition with new cultural influences, materials, colors, and production techniques.
The studio was founded in 2020 by Gianmaria Della Ratta (b. 1993, Italy) and Giorgio Gasco (b. 1992, Italy) after their Master’s in Contextual Design at Design Academy Eindhoven.
GROOVIDO collaborates with brands and companies to develop furniture collections and products that combine tradition with material innovation. Their commercial projects include partnerships with Rodruza, TNO,
70MATERIA and Coef, where they integrate contemporary design narratives with industrial production.
Their designs have been showcased at several international venues, including Collectible Brussels, Alcova, Dutch Design Week, Capsule Plaza, Fuorisalone, Rotterdam Design Biennale, Venice Design Biennale, Huidenclub, HKDI Gallery, The Italian Expo Pavilion in Shanghai, and the ADI Design Museum.
Since 2022, they have also been teaching at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in both the Industrial Design and Art & Tech programs, where they contribute to the dialogue between design, technology, and material innovation.
“Shaping icons by breaking the mold!”
CONTACTS
E-mail: info@groovido.com
Phone: +31 644985121
HIGHLIGHTS
• DESIGN DISCO CLUB (Paris Design Week 2025)
Lafayette Anticipations, Paris, France
• ORBITA, TIER (Milan Design Week 2025)
In collaboration with 70Materia
Capsule Plaza, Spazio Maiocchi Milan, Italy
• THIS IS US (Rotterdam Design Biennale 2025)
Groot Handelsgebouw, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• NO PLAY TIME (Sept-Nov 2024)
Huidenclub, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• ITALY: A NEW COLLECTIVE LANDSCAPE (2024-2025)
HKDI Gallery, Hong Kong, China (Jan-May 2024)
Italian Expo Pavilion, Shanghai, China (Sept 2024-Feb 2025)
• FACING THE HYPE_SOLO SHOW (Dutch Design Week 2023)
COEF store, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• AUTO_EXOTIC (Venice Biennial 2023)
Venice Design Biennial, SPUMA Space for the Arts, Venice, Italy
• ASHES AND SAND (May 2023)
Schloss Hollenegg for Design, Schloss Hollenegg, Austria
• ITALY: A NEW COLLECTIVE LANDSCAPE (Apr-Sept 2023)
ADI Design Museum, Milan, Italy
• PROPHECIES OF DUST_SOLO SHOW (Dutch Design Week’22)
Temporary Art Center(TAC), Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• DIGITAL MUSES X STRIPTOPIA (Everybody else 2022)
United Cowboys, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• CASTINGLAND_MIRROR FRAMES (Collectible 2022)
Vanderborght Building, Bruxelles, Belgium
• CASTINGLAND_MIRROR FRAMES (Dutch Design Week 2021)
Envisions Invites, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• CASTINGLAND_SOLO SHOW (Dutch Design Week 2021)
Domusdela, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• DEBUT AT BE BUUT (Dutch Design Week 2021)
De Buut, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
• CASTINGLAND (Salone del Mobile 2021)
Alcova, Milan, Italy
• DIGITAL MUSES (Dutch Design Week 2020)
Foundation Mesh, Galerie Lecq, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
MENTORSHIP
• Hybrid Teachers (Sept 2024-ongoing)
(TuE) Eindhoven University of Technology,
Art & Tech projects, Innovation Space
• Hybrid Teachers (Sept 2022- Aug 2025)
(TuE) Eindhoven University of Technology,
Sensory Matter Squad, Industrial Design Dep.
• Mold Making (Workshop + Lecture)
(TuE) Eindhoven University of Technology
• Prototyping (Workshop + Lecture)
(TuE) Eindhoven University of Technology
• Present your Presentation (Workshop)
(TuE) Eindhoven University of Technology
TALKS & LECTURES
• Lecturers (2022)
Make it Groove!
Material District, Utrecht
• Talk (2020)
The intimacy of the workspace,
with Li Edelkoort, Sabine Marcelis, Jorn Konjin Dezeen x Dutch Design Week