Matteo Guarnaccia Creative ServicesAbout
Matteo Guarnaccia (he/him) [1993] is a Sicilian freelance art director and designer whose practice spans branding, visual narratives, creative strategy, and editorial formats. Based between Sicily and New York, his work moves between identity systems and narrative-driven projects, often informed by an anthropological approach to design. He is the founder of Cross Cultural Chairs, a long-term research project exploring the relationship between objects, culture, and the body, developed into an award-winning publication (Laus Prize, 2022) and an internationally exhibited project. In 2020, he co-founded the Institute for Postnatural Studies, a platform for artistic experimentation and critical research investigating the intersection of nature and culture. With almost 10 years of freelance experience, he keeps working with institutions and brands around the world. 

Working on Cross Cultural Chairs
Co-founder of the Institute for Postnatural Studies

Contact at:
ciao@matteoguarnaccia.com
@emmegu
Past projects/clients:
    ⋆ Tate Modern Exchange
    ⋆ Onomatopee
    ⋆ CERN
    ⋆ Kvadrat
    ⋆ IKEA
    ⋆ HEAD Geneva
    ⋆ Treccani
    ⋆ Curro Claret
    ⋆ Doctor Without Borders
    ⋆ Alcova
    ⋆ BASE Milano
    ⋆ Space10
    ⋆ TBA21
    ⋆ Manifesta15
    ⋆ Matadero Madrid
    ⋆ Elisava Barcelona
    ⋆ The Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro
    ⋆ The National Gallery of Modern Art of Mumbai
    ⋆ Archivo y Arquitectura Mexico City
    ⋆ Macan Museum Jakarta
    ⋆ The African Artists Foundation in Lagos


Residency:  
      Fabrica Research Center, Treviso_2020


Exhibitions/Presentations:
    Challenge Based Innovation CBI at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) _2015
    Made Again, invited participant of the workshop organized by Space10, IKEA and FablabBcn, Spain _2016
    ”Flying trash” installation at PobleNou Art Festival _2017
    ”The lemon project” installation for the Festuge 2017 in Holstebro, Denmark _2017
    CCC launching at Arts SantaMonica Barcelona, Spain _2018
    CCC launching at ZO Catania, Italy _2018
    CCC Brazil exhibition at Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio MAM _2018
    CCC Mexico exhibition at Archivo Design in Mexico City _2018    
    CCC Indonesia exhibition at Macan Museum in Jakarta, Indonesia _2019 
    CCC China exhibition at Ziwu Gallery in Shanghai, China _2019
    CCC India exhibition at National Gallery of Modern Art of Mumbai, India _2019
    CCC Nigeria exhibition at African Artists Foundation in Lagos, Nigeria _2019
    Videoinstallation “Holy How” with F. Tagliavia at Tate Modern part of Higher Resolution in London _2019
    Col·laboració Vs Resistència, part of V. Papanek by Vitra Museum at the Bcn Design Museum, Spain _2020
    Installation and talk part of the Dutch Design Week 2020 by Onomatopee_2020
    Masterclass at the Politecnico di Milano, part of Design Master of Science Degree_2020
    CCC China Chair part of V&A Museum Shenzen’s Exhibition “ Values of Design, China in the Making” _2021
    CCC exhibition at Base Milano duringat the Milano Design Week _2021
    Invited talk at Alcova Milano 2021 public program _2021
    Un lago de jade verde, exhibition at CentroCentro, Madrid. With the Institute for Postnatural Studies _2022
    “Foodscapes” Spanish Pavilion at the Architecture Biennale of Venice with the IPS _2023
    Installation “Vista Panoramica” at “Italy: A new collective landscape“ at ADI Design Museum Milan _2023
    Installation at Centraal Museum, Utrecht part of “Statement chairs”, The Netherlands _2023


Teaching/Workshops:
    Digital fabrication, assistant teacher at IAAC (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia) _2019
    Master class at Politecnico di Milano with Valentina Auricchio, on “Cross cultures design”_2020
    Non-human design, speculative design workshop at Domaine de Boisbuchet, France _2021
    Anthropology and contextual design, master class at IED Madrid _2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
    Foundamental of graphic design I, undergraduate class at IED Madrid (Instituto Europeo di Design) _2021
    Acidic Waters, speculative design seminar with the Institute for Postnatural Studies _2022
    Visiting teacher at HEAD Geneva, Interior Ecologies MAIA Master_2022
    Leading IN Residence workshop at the ADI Design Museum in Milan_2023
    Master class at Design Academy of Eindhoven DAE, on “Exploring the self-archiving”_2023
    “Seat-ing Exercises” workshop at Domaine de Boisbuchet_2025
   

Awards:
    Silver ADI Fad Culture with the Institute for Postnatural Studies_2022
    Silver LAUS on Editorial Design with CCC book, designed in collaboration with Studio Albert Romagosa_2022


Gratefull to the people that have helped me in the studio: Valeria Montero, Natalia Del Rio, Yohanes Manunggaling, Fandi Mad, Kunal Sharma, Sanjana Purohit, Clay Brown, Alessia Lapio, Fernando Lopez Torres.


Press:
︎Domus printed edition Oct 2020
︎FRAME printed edition July/August 2019
︎Domus printed edition Oct 2020
︎Dezeen
︎Elle Decor Italia
︎Domus Italia
︎Domus Italia
︎Casa Vogue
︎FRAME
︎Design Boom
︎Design Indaba
︎AD China
︎Diari Ara
︎Lamono Magazine
︎Olhares Editora
︎Revista Gatopardo
︎Paperplanes India
︎Verve Magazine
︎Conde Nast Traveller
︎Neo2
︎Interni printed edition Nov 2021
︎Dezeen










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