

Their work has been shown in prestigious venues like in the 58th International Art Exhibition Venice IT (2019), Manifesta 12 in Palermo (2018), Triennale Design Museum – W. Within and against logics and structures of design and art, they aim to develop constructive dissent, experimenting interactions as forms of social practice and political awareness. They develop a practice in a continuous dialogue with other professions, expertise, and cultures. They use prototypes, installations, writings and films to investigate and document the production of objectual universes and spaces, and their implications on a planetary scale.

Marginal is a research studio exploring the margins of design disciplines and the roles design can play in the making of societies. Marginal Studio was founded in 2014 by Zeno Franchini (MA Social Design, Design Academy Eindhoven) and Francesca Gattello (MA Product Design, Politecnico di Milano).

ACT 4 ENERGY – Atelier 21 and students Antoine Tour and Quentin Poudollec, SUELO ORFEBRE – Simon Ballen Botero, COUTEAU CHIEN – dach&zephir, SAVOIR(-)FAIRE FOR FRUGAL INNOVATION – Lucas Dauvergne from STU-DIO and the students Judith Zantain, Vera Dubost, Wilfried Becret, Chloe Helson, Pauline Landrieu, Lorenzo Oliva, Philomène Robert, Lily Saillant, Eloi Regnier, SUPERLOCAL – Andrea De Chirico / 0 miles production, MAXIDREAMS – Florence Doléac, BLOOMING GROUND – Anne Fischer, ATELIER DES GRIOTS – Caroline Grellier, L’ÉCOLE DES MUTANTS – Hamedine Kane and Stéphane Verlet Botero, COUNTER-COLONIAL AESTHETICS – Marginal Studio, CO-CARTS – Orizzontale / Lungomare, SYNTROPIC MATERIALS – Eugenia Morpurgo, FOLIE N☃6 – Eugenia Morpugo and Andrea de Chirico, DIGGING FOR THE FUTURE – Pantopicon, VOCABOLARIO DI QUARTIERE – Polimi Desis Lab, FRUGAL 19th – Fleur Moreau, LIVRAISON À DOMICILE – Talking Hands, POETIC MANIFESTO FOR NATURE'S BEAUTY – Toraki, VIVANT.ES – Alexia Venot et les etudiant.e.s Zoé Arnaud, Pauline Aubry, Antoine Behagel, Marianna Faleri, Séverine Luxerrois, Phi Lou-van, PARADISE ONLY LASTS A SEASON – Nicolas Verschaeve and students Adèle Jacquier, Adélia Bellier, Adrien Buyukodabas, David Schroeder, Samer Selbak
