Filippo Nassetti is a designer and multimedia artist, whose practice explores the visual languages and creative potentials that emerge from challenging conventional oppositions such as natural and artificial, digital and material, human and non-human. Operating at the intersection of art, design and technology, it relates research on algorithmic processes, biomimicry, advanced manufacturing and new media.
In 2012, Filippo co-founded MHOX, a research practice focused on computational design, 3D printing and digital fabrication. The work of MHOX gained international recognition through experimental projects such as Collagene and Carapace Masks, Generative Orthoses, and the ENEA walking stick.
From 2015 to 2023, Filippo was part of Zaha Hadid Design (ZHD), where he was responsible for research and computational design, leading projects ranging from the design of functional and sculptural products, to experimental installations, and interior designs.
In 2023, he established Filippo Nassetti Studio in London, which is the main platform through which he now operates. The practice combines the independent production of artistic projects and design research with consultancy activities on concept and computational design. In 2024, Filippo was artist in residence at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center with the project Breathing Architecture, that received an award in the S+T+ARTS Prize 2025.
Since 2016, he has been teaching at UCL The Bartlett School of Architecture (London).
Filippo's independent work has been published and exhibited internationally. He lectured at The Royal College of Arts (London), China Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing), Florida International University (Miami); exhibited at Centre Pompidou (Paris), Design Museum (London), Bozar Centre (Bruxelles), Ars Electronica (Linz); his work was featured on The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Dezeen, Designboom, Wired Italia.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 - HumanLab4.0: Evolution, Quantum Galerie, Berlin (Germany) | Breathing Architecture.
2025 - Worth Partnership Project, Zona K, Milano Design Week | Generative Orthoses.
2024 - Air Festival (part of Manifesta 15), Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus, Barcelona (Spain) | Breathing Architecture.
2024 - Superpower Design, CID at Grand-Hornu (Belgium) | Generative Orthoses, Carapace Masks.
2024 - Materia Bosque, Olot (Spain) | Breathing Architecture.
2024 - Sonar+D, Barcelona (Spain) | Breathing Architecture.
2023 - Tools for After, Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne | Carapace Masks.
2021 - Ars Electronica 2021, Linz (Austria) | Thalassic Masks.
2021 - Ultraromanticismo. Il post umano, tra inquietudini e abbandono, Modena | Collagene Masks.
2019 - The City as Biological Computer, The Gallery at Foyles, London (UK), November 2019 - January 2020.
2019 - La Fabrique du vivant, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France), February 2019.
2018 - Beazley Designs of the Year Award, Design Museum, London (UK).
2017 - New views of humankind, Ars Electronica Center, Linz (Austria) | EYE.
2015 - Methesis, Autodesk Italia, Milano Design Week | Carapace Masks.
2015 - Making a difference / A difference in making, Bozar Centre, Bruxelles | Carapace Masks.
2015 - Biennale Internationale Design SaintÉtienne, Cite Du Design, SaintÉtienne (France) | Generative Orthoses.
2014 - 3D Printing. An exhibition from the future... now, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens (Greece) | Generative Orthoses.
2014 - Dopo gli anni Zero. Il nuovo design italiano, Milano (Italy) | Collagene Masks.
2013 - (im)possible living, Milano Design Week | Collagene Masks.
2012 - Giovani architetti grattano il cielo, Casabella Lab, Milano (Italy).
2025 - Worth Partnership Project, Zona K, Milano Design Week | Generative Orthoses.
2024 - Air Festival (part of Manifesta 15), Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus, Barcelona (Spain) | Breathing Architecture.
2024 - Superpower Design, CID at Grand-Hornu (Belgium) | Generative Orthoses, Carapace Masks.
2024 - Materia Bosque, Olot (Spain) | Breathing Architecture.
2024 - Sonar+D, Barcelona (Spain) | Breathing Architecture.
2023 - Tools for After, Italian Cultural Institute of Melbourne | Carapace Masks.
2021 - Ars Electronica 2021, Linz (Austria) | Thalassic Masks.
2021 - Ultraromanticismo. Il post umano, tra inquietudini e abbandono, Modena | Collagene Masks.
2019 - The City as Biological Computer, The Gallery at Foyles, London (UK), November 2019 - January 2020.
2019 - La Fabrique du vivant, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France), February 2019.
2018 - Beazley Designs of the Year Award, Design Museum, London (UK).
2017 - New views of humankind, Ars Electronica Center, Linz (Austria) | EYE.
2015 - Methesis, Autodesk Italia, Milano Design Week | Carapace Masks.
2015 - Making a difference / A difference in making, Bozar Centre, Bruxelles | Carapace Masks.
2015 - Biennale Internationale Design SaintÉtienne, Cite Du Design, SaintÉtienne (France) | Generative Orthoses.
2014 - 3D Printing. An exhibition from the future... now, Onassis Cultural Centre, Athens (Greece) | Generative Orthoses.
2014 - Dopo gli anni Zero. Il nuovo design italiano, Milano (Italy) | Collagene Masks.
2013 - (im)possible living, Milano Design Week | Collagene Masks.
2012 - Giovani architetti grattano il cielo, Casabella Lab, Milano (Italy).
SELECTED AWARDS
2025 - S+T+ARTS Prize 2025, Honorary Mention | Breathing Architecture.
2024 - S+T+ARTS AIR Residencies, Awarded Project | Breathing Architecture.
2024 - WORTH Partnership Project, Awarded Project | Generative Orthoses.
2024 - WORTH Partnership Project, Awarded Project | Generative Orthoses.
2021 - S+T+ARTS Re-FREAM Residencies, Awarded Project | Thalassic Masks.
2018 - Beazley Designs of the Year Award, Shortlisted project | ENEA Walking Stick
2012 - Spinner 2013, Awarded Project | Collagene Masks.
SELECTED PRESS
filippo nassetti’s AI explorations synthesize biomorphic forms in sculptural eyewear series Designboom 17.11.2022
filippo nassetti’s AI designs place spaceships into the painted worlds of bosch and caravaggio Designboom 01.07.2022
Thalassic Masks on Designboom 29.11.2021
Enea Walking Stick on Designboom 13.08.2017
Enea Walking Stick on Dezeen 11.08.2017
Using computer algorithms in design is like "sculpting with a new material", Carapace Masks on Dezeen, 08.05.15
Wi-Fi connected synthetic eyeballs complete with vintage filters are on the way, EYE in The Independent, 21.04.15
MHOX envisions a future of bioprinted and enhanced human eyes, EYE on Dezeen 20.03.15
Generative Orthoses on WIRED Italia, 08.05.15
Generative Orthoses on Design Milk, 09.07.14
Letting go of the future as it was, Alice Rawsthorn on New York Times 11.09.2013
Catching up to 3d printing, Alice Rawsthorn on New York Times 22.07.2013
The changing conceptions of pleasure, Alice Rawsthorn on New York Times 20.05.2013
Collagene Masks on WIRED Italia, 11.2013
Antropologia digitale, Interni 09.2013
Collagene Masks on Designboom, 01.04.2013
filippo nassetti’s AI designs place spaceships into the painted worlds of bosch and caravaggio Designboom 01.07.2022
Thalassic Masks on Designboom 29.11.2021
Enea Walking Stick on Designboom 13.08.2017
Enea Walking Stick on Dezeen 11.08.2017
Using computer algorithms in design is like "sculpting with a new material", Carapace Masks on Dezeen, 08.05.15
Wi-Fi connected synthetic eyeballs complete with vintage filters are on the way, EYE in The Independent, 21.04.15
MHOX envisions a future of bioprinted and enhanced human eyes, EYE on Dezeen 20.03.15
Generative Orthoses on WIRED Italia, 08.05.15
Generative Orthoses on Design Milk, 09.07.14
Letting go of the future as it was, Alice Rawsthorn on New York Times 11.09.2013
Catching up to 3d printing, Alice Rawsthorn on New York Times 22.07.2013
The changing conceptions of pleasure, Alice Rawsthorn on New York Times 20.05.2013
Collagene Masks on WIRED Italia, 11.2013
Antropologia digitale, Interni 09.2013
Collagene Masks on Designboom, 01.04.2013
SELECTED LECTURES AND INVITED TALKS
27.02.2024 - Postnatural Design, ESARQ School of Architecture, UIC Barcelona (Spain).
06.02.2024 - Postnatural Design, LAU School of Architecture and Design, Beirut (Lebanon).
06.02.2024 - Postnatural Design, LAU School of Architecture and Design, Beirut (Lebanon).
30.09.2022 - Transcalar: Body (and) Architecture, Knit-a-verse, Amsterdam University of Applied Science (The Netherlands).
27.09.2022 - Postnatural Design, Alasala College of Architecture and Design, Dammam (Saudi Arabia).
05.03.2022 - Postnatural Design, Computational Design: NEXT 8.0.
29.01.2022 - Design of Postdigital Bodies, Advanced Design Unit, Università di Bologna (Italy).
13.12.2021 - Postnatural Design, Fabricademy, Barcelona (Spain).
17.03.2021 - Postnatural Design, Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Art ALBA, Beirut (Lebanon).
27.09.2022 - Postnatural Design, Alasala College of Architecture and Design, Dammam (Saudi Arabia).
05.03.2022 - Postnatural Design, Computational Design: NEXT 8.0.
29.01.2022 - Design of Postdigital Bodies, Advanced Design Unit, Università di Bologna (Italy).
13.12.2021 - Postnatural Design, Fabricademy, Barcelona (Spain).
17.03.2021 - Postnatural Design, Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Art ALBA, Beirut (Lebanon).
14.12.2020 - Generative Bodies, Universita' degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Napoli (Italy).
11.12.2020 - Postnatural Design, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara (Turkey).
05.05.2020 - Postnatural Design, Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna (Italy).
16.11.2019 - The Inhuman City | Arachno-computational languages for urban design, IAAC Responsive Cities, Barcelona (Spain).
06.06.2019 - Postnatural Design, PI School / Art Directors Club of Europe, Disseny Hub Barcelona (Spain).
04.06.2019 - Arachnocomputer, ESARQ School of Architecture, UIC Barcelona (Spain).
17.04.2019 - Postnatural Design | Disability as catalyst for innovation, BIZ Innovation Forum, Bucharest (Rumenia).
30.12.2017 - Elsewhere, Florida International University, Miami (USA).
25.10.2017 - Cross-scale: building to skin / A digital turn in wearable technology, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (China)
22.10.2017 - Biodigital Prosthesis, Gemmological Institute of China University of Geosciences, Wuhan (China).
01.07.2016 - Elsewhere, AA Visiting School Jordan, Amman (Jordan).
01.02.2016 - Biodigital prostheses, Royal College of Arts , London (UK).
01.04.2015 - Biodigital prostheses, Autodesk Italia, Milan (Italy).
01.02.2015 - Biodigital prostheses, LUNA Libera Università delle Arti, Bologna (Italy).
11.12.2020 - Postnatural Design, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara (Turkey).
05.05.2020 - Postnatural Design, Accademia di Belle Arti, Bologna (Italy).
16.11.2019 - The Inhuman City | Arachno-computational languages for urban design, IAAC Responsive Cities, Barcelona (Spain).
06.06.2019 - Postnatural Design, PI School / Art Directors Club of Europe, Disseny Hub Barcelona (Spain).
04.06.2019 - Arachnocomputer, ESARQ School of Architecture, UIC Barcelona (Spain).
17.04.2019 - Postnatural Design | Disability as catalyst for innovation, BIZ Innovation Forum, Bucharest (Rumenia).
30.12.2017 - Elsewhere, Florida International University, Miami (USA).
25.10.2017 - Cross-scale: building to skin / A digital turn in wearable technology, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (China)
22.10.2017 - Biodigital Prosthesis, Gemmological Institute of China University of Geosciences, Wuhan (China).
01.07.2016 - Elsewhere, AA Visiting School Jordan, Amman (Jordan).
01.02.2016 - Biodigital prostheses, Royal College of Arts , London (UK).
01.04.2015 - Biodigital prostheses, Autodesk Italia, Milan (Italy).
01.02.2015 - Biodigital prostheses, LUNA Libera Università delle Arti, Bologna (Italy).
01.04.2014 - Biodigital prostheses, Zero Design Festival, Milan (Italy).