Filippo Nassetti is a multimedia artist and computational designer.
His work explores the visual languages and project opportunities that emerge from challenging traditional oppositions such as natural and artificial, digital and material, human and non-human. Working between scales and crossing disciplines as architecture, product design, art and technology, it relates research on organic form, computational methods, new media and advanced manufacturing technologies.
Soon after graduating in Architecture, Filippo started operating independently, and throughout the years the practice engaged with a wide portfolio of projects, that included commissions, grants, research activities and design consultancy.
In 2012 he co-founded MHOX, a research practice and start-up focused on the design of radical artefacts and wearable products through computational techniques and 3d printing.
The contribution of MHOX to generative design gained international recognition through a number of experimental projects, such as Collagene and Carapace Masks, Generative Orthoses, ENEA walking stick and the design of prostheses.
The contribution of MHOX to generative design gained international recognition through a number of experimental projects, such as Collagene and Carapace Masks, Generative Orthoses, ENEA walking stick and the design of prostheses.
In 2015 Filippo joined Zaha Hadid Architects, initially as part of the Computation and Design team (ZH CODE), then of Zaha Hadid Design (ZHD), where he was responsible for computational design. In the eight years he was part of the practice, he led and completed a number of projects where computation played a central role, ranging from the design of both sculptural and functional products, to experimental installations, projection mappings and interior designs.
Since 2016 he teaches in London at UCL The Bartlett School of Architecture, as part of the MArch Urban Design, a postgraduate programme focused on computational design, co-leading the Research Cluster 16 throughout a methodology of research-based teaching.
In 2023, Filippo established Filippo Nassetti Ltd in London (UK), which is now the main platform through which he now operates.
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) among others; exhibited at Centre Pompidou (Paris), Design Museum (London), Bozar Centre (Bruxelles); 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).