Elio Caccavale

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The Animal Farm Simulator

Caccavale, Elio (2023) The Animal Farm Simulator. Beijing, China, 28 April - 08 October 2023 [Show/Exhibition]

Ways of Seeing Invisible Illness

Caccavale, Elio, Johnson, Michael, Enya, Fortuna, Nicol, Keith, Margaret, Cunningham, Fiona, Kerr, Fiona, Henriquez and Ourania, Varsou (2022) Ways of Seeing Invisible Illness. [Video]

Addressing Problem of Invisible Chronic Pain

Caccavale, Elio, Johnson, Michael, LeGuennec, Aude, Cunningham, Margaret, Rattray, Zahra, Kerr, Fiona and Henriquez-Mui, Fiona (2022) Addressing Problem of Invisible Chronic Pain. The Scotsman. ISSN 0307-5850

Mitochondria and Us: From Exploration to Global Collective

Caccavale, Elio, Johnson, Michael, Brijbassi, Sonya, Andreazza, Ana C. and Tokatlidis, Kostas (2022) Mitochondria and Us: From Exploration to Global Collective. The Biochemist, 44 (4). pp. 22-28. ISSN 0954-982X

Design Beyond the Human: Transdisciplinary Conversations About the Planet

Caccavale, Elio and Hush, Gordon, eds. (2022) Design Beyond the Human: Transdisciplinary Conversations About the Planet. Bloomsbury, London.

Ways of Seeing Invisible Illness

Johnson, Michael, Caccavale, Elio and Welisch, Gaston (2021) Ways of Seeing Invisible Illness. In: Crossover Workshop: Ways of Seeing Invisible Illness, 22nd November 2021, Zoom.

Mitochondria Collective

Caccavale, Elio, Johnson, Michael, Tokatlidis, Kostas and Ana, Andreazza (2021) Mitochondria Collective. In: Mitochondria Collective, 21 September 2021, Biochemical Society (Online).

Sustainable Impact by Design

Caccavale, Elio, Johnson, Michael and Gaston, Welisch (2021) Sustainable Impact by Design. [Teaching Resource]

STEM Equals - Co-Designing a science sustainability summer school for young people

Caccavale, Elio and Johnson, Michael (2021) STEM Equals - Co-Designing a science sustainability summer school for young people. In: STEM Equals - Co-Designing a science sustainability summer school for young people, 03 June 2021, Zoom.

Mitochondria and Us - Co-creating science and society narratives of mitochondrial disease

Caccavale, Elio, Johnson, Michael and Tokatlidis, Kostas (2021) Mitochondria and Us - Co-creating science and society narratives of mitochondrial disease. In: Mitochondria and Us - Co-creating science and society narratives of mitochondrial disease, 25 Feb 2021, Zoom.

Mitochondria and Us - Sharing stories from science and society on the powerhouse of the cell

Caccavale, Elio, Johnson, Michael and Tokatlidis, Kostas (2020) Mitochondria and Us - Sharing stories from science and society on the powerhouse of the cell. In: Mitochondria and Us - Sharing stories from science and society on the powerhouse of the cell, 17 Sept 2020, Zoom.

Strategie Della Coperazione

Caccavale, Elio (2020) Strategie Della Coperazione. In: Contro l’oggetto - Conversazioni sul design. Quodlibet Habitat, Rome, pp. 125-132. ISBN 9788822903266

Crossover Workshop: exchanges between design and biochemical sciences

Caccavale, Elio and Johnson, Michael (2020) Crossover Workshop: exchanges between design and biochemical sciences. Innovation School, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow.

Extra/Ordinary Animals: Human/Nonhuman Relationships in the Age of Genetic Engineering

Caccavale, Elio (2019) Extra/Ordinary Animals: Human/Nonhuman Relationships in the Age of Genetic Engineering. Design Museum, Ghent, 17 May - 29 September 2019 [Show/Exhibition]

Citizen Consumer Bank

Caccavale, Elio and Morelli, Matteo (2019) Citizen Consumer Bank. Subalterno1 Gallery, Milan, 09 - 14 April 2019 [Show/Exhibition]

Extraordinary Animals: Human/Non-Human Relationships in the Age of Genetic Engineering

Caccavale, Elio (2018) Extraordinary Animals: Human/Non-Human Relationships in the Age of Genetic Engineering. In: Creature Made to Measure: Animals and Contemporary Design. Marta Herford gGmbH, Herford, pp. 144-153. ISBN 978-3-7356-0528-3

Utility Pets

Caccavale, Elio (2018) Utility Pets. Marta Herford Museum for Art, Architecture, Design, 16/09/18 – 06/01/19 [Show/Exhibition]

MyBio Xenotransplant Dolls

Caccavale, Elio, Ashcroft, Richard and Reiss, Michael (2017) MyBio Xenotransplant Dolls. Triennale Design Museum, Milan, 01 April 2017 - 08 Feb 2018 [Show/Exhibition]

MyBio Dolls

Caccavale, Elio (2017) MyBio Dolls. In: Giro Giro Tondo - Design For Children. Electa, Milan, pp. 177-178. ISBN 978-8891813985

Why Contemporary Culture Would Appear Completely Dystopian to a Consumer From the Past

Caccavale, Elio (2016) Why Contemporary Culture Would Appear Completely Dystopian to a Consumer From the Past. In: Strange Design: From Objects To Behaviours. It: Editions, Paris, pp. 176-193. ISBN 9782917053263

Thinking Differently About Life: Design, Biomedicine and “Negative Capability"

Caccavale, Elio and Shakespeare, Tom (2014) Thinking Differently About Life: Design, Biomedicine and “Negative Capability". In: Design as Future-Making. Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp. 25-35. ISBN 978-0857858399

Utility Pets

Caccavale, Elio (2014) Utility Pets. Doosan Art Center, Seoul, 03/2014 [Show/Exhibition]

Smoke Eater

Caccavale, Elio (2013) Smoke Eater. In: Ultrabody: 208 Works Between Art and Design. Corraini Editore, Mantova, pp. 170-171. ISBN 978-8875703523

Utility Pets

Caccavale, Elio (2013) Utility Pets. Cité du Design, Saint-Étienne, 14/03/2013 - 02/06/2013 [Show/Exhibition]

Utility Pets

Caccavale, Elio (2012) Utility Pets. Castello Sforzesco, Milan, 18/04/2012 - 19/06/2012 [Show/Exhibition]

MyBio Xenotransplant Dolls

Caccavale, Elio, Ashcroft, Richard and Michael, Reiss (2012) MyBio Xenotransplant Dolls. MoMA, New York, 02/03/2012 - 28/01/2013 [Show/Exhibition]

Neuroscope

Caccavale, Elio, Warwick, Kevin, Whalley, Ben, Bacerra, Victor, Hommond, Mark, Muth, David, Jeroslaw, Nasuto and Xydas, Dimitris (2011) Neuroscope. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 16 Dec 2011 - 14 April 2012 [Show/Exhibition]

Neuroscope

Caccavale, Elio, Warwick, Kevin, Whalley, Ben, Bacerra, Victor, Downes, Julia, Hommond, Mark, Muth, David, Jaroslaw, Nassuto and Xydas, Dimitris (2011) Neuroscope. Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Turin, 17 March 2011 - 17 March 2012 [Show/Exhibition]

Animal Pharm

Caccavale, Elio, Mirti, Stefano and Christiansen, Line Ulrika (2011) Animal Pharm. Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar, Doha, 16/03/2011 - 16/04/2011 [Show/Exhibition]

Science and Design: Neuroscope

Caccavale, Elio (2010) Science and Design: Neuroscope. In: Design of the Other Things. Electa, Milan, pp. 36-41. ISBN 978-8837076580

Utility Pets

Caccavale, Elio (2010) Utility Pets. Science Gallery, Dublin, 08/10/2009 - 11/12/2009 [Show/Exhibition]

A Pig Saved My Life

Caccavale, Elio (2010) A Pig Saved My Life. Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Cultue, 12. pp. 26-30. ISSN 1756-9575

Neuroscope

Caccavale, Elio, Warwick, Kevin, Whalley, Ben, Downes, Julia, Hammond, Mark, Muth, David, Jaroslaw, Nasuto and Xydas, Dimitris (2010) Neuroscope. Triennale Design Museum, Milan, 26 May - 04 July 2010 [Show/Exhibition]

Neuroscope

Caccavale, Elio (2009) Neuroscope. In: Material Beliefs. Goldsmiths, University of London, London, pp. 96-118. ISBN 9781904158950

Design and Science Collaborations

Caccavale, Elio (2009) Design and Science Collaborations. The Journal of Nanjing Arts Institute, 02. pp. 142-144. ISSN 1008-9675

Will Public Engagement Lead to a Marriage Between Science and Society?

Caccavale, Elio and Kerridge, Tobie (2008) Will Public Engagement Lead to a Marriage Between Science and Society? In: Human Futures: Art in the Age of Uncertainty. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool. ISBN 9781846311819

Neuroscope

Caccavale, Elio, Warwick, Kevin, Whalley, Ben, Becerra, Victor, Downes, Julia, Hammond, Mark, Muth, David, Jaroslaw, Nasuto and Xydas, Dimitris (2008) Neuroscope. [Artefact]

Neuroscope

Caccavale, Elio, Warwick, Kevin, Whalley, Ben, Bacerra, Victor, Downes, Julia, Hammond, Mark, Jaroslaw, Nasuto and Xydas, Dimitris (2008) Neuroscope. LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, 09 October - 27 April 2008 [Show/Exhibition]

Animal Pharm

Caccavale, Elio, Mirti, Stefano and Christiansen, Line Ulrika (2008) Animal Pharm. [Artefact]

Neuroscope

Caccavale, Elio, Warwick, Kevin, Whalley, Ben, Becerra, Victor, Downes, Julia, Hammond, Mark, Muth, David, Jaroslaw, Nasuto and Xydas, Dimitris (2008) Neuroscope. Royal Society, London, 02/10/2008 - 21/11/2008 [Show/Exhibition]

Miracles, Monsters and Disturbances

Caccavale, Elio and Reiss, Michael (2008) Miracles, Monsters and Disturbances. In: Creative Encounters: New Conversations in Science, Education and Arts. Wellcome Trust, London, pp. 48-63. ISBN 978 1 84129 077 5

MyBio Dolls and Fertilitoys

Caccavale, Elio (2008) MyBio Dolls and Fertilitoys. In: Design and the Elastic Mind. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, pp. 31-32. ISBN 978-0870707322

Fertily Toys MyBio Xenotransplant Dolls

Caccavale, Elio (2008) Fertily Toys MyBio Xenotransplant Dolls. MoMA, New York, 24/02/2008 - 12/05/2008 [Show/Exhibition]

Material Beliefs – Open Labs, Speculative Design, Science and Society

Caccavale, Elio, Kerridge, Tobie, Loizeau, Jimmy and Auger, James (2008) Material Beliefs – Open Labs, Speculative Design, Science and Society. In: Touch Me Festival: Feel Better! Kontejner, Zagreb, pp. 135-151. ISBN 978-9539536037

Future (Now) Families

Caccavale, Elio and Woods, Simon (2007) Future (Now) Families. [Artefact]

Utility Pets

Caccavale, Elio (2006) Utility Pets. Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts, Losanne, 13/12/2006 - 11/02/2007 [Show/Exhibition]

Elio Caccavale Design Studio

Caccavale, Elio (2006) Elio Caccavale Design Studio. In: Betes De Style - Animals With Style. 5 Continents Editions, Milan, pp. 80-83. ISBN 978-8874393459

MyBio Dolls

Caccavale, Elio (2006) MyBio Dolls. In: Dot Dot Dash!: Designer Toys, Action Figures and Character Art. Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, pp. 258-259. ISBN 978-3899551617

Learning from Bananas. How DNA Entered the World of Design

Caccavale, Elio (2006) Learning from Bananas. How DNA Entered the World of Design. In: Interaction Design Premier Vol.1. Postmedia Books, Milan, pp. 100-120. ISBN 978-8874900299

Utility Pets

Caccavale, Elio (2005) Utility Pets. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2005 [Show/Exhibition]

Hybrids: Towards a New Typology of Beings and Animal Products

Caccavale, Elio, Ashcroft, Richard and Reiss, Michael (2005) Hybrids: Towards a New Typology of Beings and Animal Products. [Artefact]

Pour Un Design Critique

Caccavale, Elio (2005) Pour Un Design Critique. In: D. Day : Le design aujourd'hui. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, pp. 25-28. ISBN 978-2844262790

Hybrids: Towards a New Typology of Beings and Animal Products

Caccavale, Elio, Ashcroft, Richard and Reiss, Michael (2005) Hybrids: Towards a New Typology of Beings and Animal Products. Wellcome Trust, Science Learning Centre, Institute of Education, London.

Utility Pets

Caccavale, Elio (2003) Utility Pets. [Artefact]