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“I like to think that a designer is like a bridge that connects the idea to the final message, a bridge made of shape, details and function.”
Gio Tirotto doesn’t focus on any specific product group, instead he works to build an artistic language that crosses all different fields of design: from the industrial product to the limited edition, from interiors to temporary set ups and brand’s art directoring.
Gio Tirotto artistic language is based on the consistency of the idea and depth of research, that is able to use technique to shape a project at its best.


2024 - Gio signs ENSHOLM chair for IKEA, the first chair by an italian designer for the swedish brand
2023 - Gio is chosen by Maria Cristina Didero, DESIGN MIAMI curatorial director, to take part at the exhibition “Episodi di mosaico contemporaneo” during Biennale del mosaico contemporaneo, Ravenna.
2020 - Gio is chosen by Maria Cristina Didero, DESIGN MIAMI curatorial director, to produce a site specific light public installation for the city of Rimini. That’s how was born 208

2020 - October, signs in Milan the new concept FENIX SCENARIO, the space located in the Brera Design District, designed for FENIX, the global brand leader for innovative surfaces.

2019 - He signs the interiors of Chef Carlo Cracco’s newly opened restaurant in Milan: “Carlo & Camilla – In Duomo”.

2019 - Milano Design Week, Secondome presents “INTIMATE PHENOMENA”, Gio Tirotto’s investigation about shapes and materials, a collection of “atools for the imagination”.

2017 - In the field of interior design, Gio Tirotto signs the entire concept for BNBIZ – the first coworking hotel in Italy. A dynamic and technological space, perfect for startups, conferences, seminar, nomad workers. Lightness, light and comfort are the keywords to understand the “BNBIZ room”, a space designed to fulfill both the work and relax needs of the guest.

2017 - COEXIST has been selected by MoMA (Museum Of Modern Art) in and exclusive black version for the MoMa Store catalogue both in the US and Japan.

2015 - Through the PADIGLIONEITALIA project, the globe COEXIST comes to life for SECONDOME Gallery, the Roman gallery lead by Claudia Pignatale.

2012 - with the friend and colleague Alessandro Zambelli, Gio Tirotto founds PADIGLIONEITALIA: an independent collective that gathers and exhibits projects by emerging Italian designers during Milan Design Week through experimental concept and without a commercial purpose.
Among the enthusiastic partecipants to PADIGLIONEITALIA, there are Lanzavecchia+Wai studio, Elena Salmistraro, Cristina Celestino, CTRLZAK studio, Antonio Aricò and many more.

2013 - Paris Eat’s Design is the title of a live design performace for the the opening of the first LAGO showroom in Paris.