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Giovanni Ottonello was awarded his degree in Architecture at Genoa and after various experiences in the field of museum and scenographic exhibits, he approached the world of fashion through the study of fabric in its variety of expressions and designs. He helped to set up, order and launch an event at the Diocesan Museum in Genoa. He has worked with the National Gallery of Palazzo Spinola and Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, the set designer and director Pierluigi Pizzi and the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. Consultant for Companies, not only fashionable, for projects, visual merchandising or updates on the contemporary as Salvatore Ferragamo, Bottega Veneta, Procter & Gamble, Rubelli, Conbipel, Carrefour, Artsana, Ethos and many others. Food designer for two years at Design Week in Milan, working on a new approach to eat and a new shape of food. Food designer for two years (Design Week in Milan) thinking a new approach to eat and a new shape of food. His current work involves lectureships and participation in seminars or conferences ranging from graphics, to fashion, from design to photography and contemporary art in various design and fashion institutes. Some of these collaborations are: IED – Istituto Europe di Design, Politecnico Milan, Domus Academy Milan, Accademia Teatro della Scala, Confindustria Macerata, Italian Institute of Culture, Dante Alighieri School, for courses, workshop or lectures. Some schools where he lectured from 2010: Universidad San Buenaventura(Cali), Universidad ICESI(Cali), Corporación Universitaria Taller Cinco Centro de Diseño(Bogotà), Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (Bogotà), Universidad de los Andes (Bogotà), Universidad El Bosque (Bogotà), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotà), Escuela Arturo Tejada (Bogotà), Tsinghua (Bejing), Academy of Fine Arts (Tbilisi), Almaty Technological University, FAD Academy (Pune), Ural University of Architecture and Art (Ekaterinburg), Kyiv National University of Technology and Design, SenMiao School (Beijing), Yingsheng (Beijing), BIFT (Beijing), NUCH (Seoul), IDAF (Seoul), Master di Hongik University (Seoul), Seoul National University of Science and Technology, CANactions School for Urban Studies (Kiev), Universidad Instituto Metropolitano (Quito), Colegio Europeo Pachamama (Quito), Colegio Terranova (Quito), Colegio Internacional SEK (Quito), Colegio Jose Englins (Quito), Colegio Santana (Cuenca), Design Institute in Soci, Stroganov Academy (Moscow), Rottning Blankas Gymnasieskola (Malmo), The Swedish School of Textiles (Boras), Gumilev University (Astana), Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering (Almaty), Kazakh National Academy of Arts (Almaty), Sprachen & Dolmetscher Institut (Munich), Siebold Gymnasium (Wurzburg)… 2018 Fashion Start up in Mexico City: lecture around world of trend 2019. 2018 in Teheran: ambassador for the Italian Design Day with focus on sustainability for Fashion, Design and Architecture. Broken Nature 2013 in Cartagena: he was invited for the event IXEL Moda with the director of F.I.T. Museum in NYC Valerie Steele and Julian Roberts (fashion designer). From 2013 he is invited to Benext, International Art & Fashion Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia. Now is Art Director for IED – Istituto Europeo di Design.