RICCARDO TOLDO

RICCARDO TOLDO

Research lab focused on the exploration of new technologies and languages of objects. Each prototype is designed and produced in the Dolomites — Italy.

XY

  • CLIENT—SUPERSTUDIO
    YEAR—2026
    DESCRIPTION—XY is a project by RICCARDOTOLDO in which light and space become perception. Low-voltage LED filaments come
    to life on a welded wire mesh borrowed from construction, giving shape to a suspended, imaginary space. Perfect
    trajectories along the X and Y axes, where the Z axis becomes the human gaze. A luminous sculpture that shifts
    according to the viewerʼs point of observation. Bringing it to life are filaments individually controlled by an
    algorithm that varies their intensity, responding to the audienceʼs interaction.

ARCHAIC

  • CLIENT—ESA European Space Agency
    YEAR—2020
    DESCRPTION—Archaic is a lunar ice cream maker for a moon base. The name itself suggests the design methodology: imagining astronauts as inhabitants of a new world, Archaic is a tool dictated by the specifications of the lunar environment: Scarce availability of ingredients, materials and energy resources.

    The project has been featured at XXIII Triennale di Milano UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS. Il gelato come esportatore di felicità terrestre.

FEATURED AT XXIII TRIENNALE DI MILANO "UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS"

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FEATURED AT XXIII TRIENNALE DI MILANO "UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS" -

LAMA

Floor lamp

  • An almost invisible stainless steel blade stands vertically, with a thickness of just 5mm and an integrated switch/dimmer on all it’s surface LAMA can adapt to every interior.

  • Personal research

  • 2023

ICFF NEW YORK - AWARD WINNER

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ICFF NEW YORK - AWARD WINNER -

LAVORI IN CORSO

Ready-made bedside lamp

  • Inspired by the works of the master Vico Magistretti, Lavori in corso is a ready-made artwork in which, a construction light with an integrated lampshade symbolizes the "work in progress" within our bed: Our dreams.

  • Personal research

  • 2024

FIL ROUGE

  • Inspired by the Japanese legend of the red thread, Akai Ito, which tells that each of us is invisibly connected by a red thread to our destined person. Similarly, this lamp, seemingly fragile and almost invisible when turned off, becomes—once illuminated—a symbol of the strength and wonder that emerge from connections, in this case, between two opposing poles.

  • Personal research

  • 2024

1.8mm light filament

SALONE SATELLITE - AWARD WINNER

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SALONE SATELLITE - AWARD WINNER -

SCATOLA DEI SOGNI

Portable universe 22x22x22cm

  • A fragile, small box with a hole to peek through. Inside, the boundaries disappear, and the infinity of a starry sky is recreated through a mirror play, and three glowing fiber-optic points that replicates endlessly.

  • Personal research

  • 2022

DECOTECH

Pool table

  • Together with Biliarditaly, we are reimagining the aesthetics and functionality of pool tables. Our research aims to integrate the pool table seamlessly into contemporary home environments.

    The design language focuses on eliminating decorative and ornamental elements.Ornamento e delitto A.L.

  • BILIARDITALY

  • 2022

MIRROR

Pool table

  • Together with Biliarditaly, we are reimagining the aesthetics and functionality of pool tables. Our research aims to integrate the pool table seamlessly into contemporary home environments.

    The design language focuses on eliminating decorative and ornamental elements.Ornamento e delitto A.L.

  • BILIARDITALY

  • 2023

MEZZO

  • CLIENT—STUDIO RESEARCH
    YEAR—2018
    DESCRIPTION—Mezzo is a research project on LED technology. The project aims to give some dignity to a humble and often overlooked product: the extension cord. In this case, what used to be merely a conductor of electricity to power a lamp becomes the source of lighting itself.

    The result is a lamp that can serve as a power cord and vice versa. Il mezzo diventa il fine.

ARCHAIC

  • CLIENT—ESA European Space Agency
    YEAR—2020
    DESCRPTION—Archaic is a lunar ice cream maker for a moon base. The name itself suggests the design methodology: imagining astronauts as inhabitants of a new world, Archaic is a tool dictated by the specifications of the lunar environment: Scarce availability of ingredients, materials and energy resources.

    The project has been featured at XXIII Triennale di Milano UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS. Il gelato come esportatore di felicità terrestre.

FEATURED AT XXIII TRIENNALE DI MILANO "UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS"

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FEATURED AT XXIII TRIENNALE DI MILANO "UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS" -

LAMA

Floor lamp

  • An almost invisible stainless steel blade stands vertically, with a thickness of just 5mm and an integrated switch/dimmer on all it’s surface LAMA can adapt to every interior.

  • Personal research

  • 2023

ICFF NEW YORK - AWARD WINNER

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ICFF NEW YORK - AWARD WINNER -

LAVORI IN CORSO

Ready-made bedside lamp

  • Inspired by the works of the master Vico Magistretti, Lavori in corso is a ready-made artwork in which, a construction light with an integrated lampshade symbolizes the "work in progress" within our bed: Our dreams.

  • Personal research

  • 2024

FIL ROUGE

  • Inspired by the Japanese legend of the red thread, Akai Ito, which tells that each of us is invisibly connected by a red thread to our destined person. Similarly, this lamp, seemingly fragile and almost invisible when turned off, becomes—once illuminated—a symbol of the strength and wonder that emerge from connections, in this case, between two opposing poles.

  • Personal research

  • 2024

1.8mm light filament

SALONE SATELLITE - AWARD WINNER

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SALONE SATELLITE - AWARD WINNER -

SCATOLA DEI SOGNI

Portable universe 22x22x22cm

  • A fragile, small box with a hole to peek through. Inside, the boundaries disappear, and the infinity of a starry sky is recreated through a mirror play, and three glowing fiber-optic points that replicates endlessly.

  • Personal research

  • 2022

DECOTECH

Pool table

  • Together with Biliarditaly, we are reimagining the aesthetics and functionality of pool tables. Our research aims to integrate the pool table seamlessly into contemporary home environments.

    The design language focuses on eliminating decorative and ornamental elements.Ornamento e delitto A.L.

  • BILIARDITALY

  • 2022

MIRROR

Pool table

  • Together with Biliarditaly, we are reimagining the aesthetics and functionality of pool tables. Our research aims to integrate the pool table seamlessly into contemporary home environments.

    The design language focuses on eliminating decorative and ornamental elements.Ornamento e delitto A.L.

  • BILIARDITALY

  • 2023

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