︎NEWS: “DEATH-DESIGN-DATA” available NOW at ONOMATOPEE online book shop. ︎︎︎ ︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
“Dreams - of dreams of dreams” is still available via Onomatopee online book shop. ︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
Dreams of dreams of dreams - curator
(Onomatopee, Eindhoven, 2024)
The Dutch Embassy of Living - curator
(DOPO?, during MDW 2024 in Milan, April 2024)
The Body is a Movement - co-curator with Baltan Laboratories
(Sectie-C, during DDW23, Eindhoven, October 2023)
HistoricALL! A collective rewriting of design history - curator
(Onomatopee, Eindhoven, January - July 2023)
Designers from the Flatland - co-curator
(DOPO? and Ortica Studio, during MDW 2023 in Milan, April 2023)
Design in Conversation: Thinking, Making, Knowing - curator
(BASE Milano, during MDW23 in Milan, April 2023)
RE-design-er for Onomatopee Projects - curator
(Onomatopee, during DDW 2022, Eindhoven, October 2022)
A Funeral For Digital Data for ArtVerona Fair - curator
(Verona, Italy, October 2022)
Exhibited projects:
The Holistic Technology Salon 2023 at V2_LAB (Rotterdam, NL)
with “Funeral for Digital Data” (performance). Also exhibited on the occasion of
the exhibition “WOMBTOMBS“ at MU Hybrid Art House in 2024. (Eindhoven, NL)
SUPERMARKET Stockholm Independent Art Fair 2023 (artist in residence)
with the film project “How a plant comes to plant”
‘Over and over and over’ we become (group exhibition)
with the film project “How a plant comes to plant” for SEA Foundation Tilburg
(physical exhibition in Tilburg, March - May 2023)
THE GRADUATION SHOW for Eindhoven Design Academy (group exhibition)
with the film project “How a plant comes to plant”, film and installation with prompts
(physical exhibition in Eindhoven, 2021)
Published writings:
“DEATH-DESIGN-DATA” published by Onomatopee (November 2024)
“Dreams - of dreams of dreams” published by Onomatopee (June 2024)
“HistoricALL! A collective rewriting of design history” for ONOMATOPEE, editor and contributor
(published by Onomatopee, June 2023) - available at Onomatopee shop
“The urn is dead! Long live the urn!” for URNE.RIP (published online, 2022)
ABOUT
Cecilia Casabona (she/her) is an Italian curator specializing in design. Her work focuses on collective approaches to thinking and making, with a particular interest in participatory methodologies and performative practices. Centered on the designer's role within their built environment, she explores contemporary tools and research strategies shaping today's design landscape.
Cecilia's curatorial practice bridges cultures between Italy and The Netherlands, exemplified through her active participation in Dutch and Milan Design Weeks. She is currently associate curator at Onomatopee Projects in Eindhoven (NL). She has also curated exhibitions in collaboration with BASE, DOPO?, Baltan Laboratories, ArtVerona Fair, and other international platforms.
Cecilia is also the co-founder of "DEATH-DESIGN-DATA”, a research project which explores the digital dimensions of design in the context of grief and death.
︎ ceciliacasabona95@gmail.com
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