Tommaso CappellettiLocal time — Berlin

Designer and director with a decade of experience leading digital and physical products, branding, and cultural research, from concept through production.

Born in time to ignore ClippyClippy, forced to argue with LLMs.

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Since 2013, I've designed at the intersection of product and culture.
A background in Art Direction sharpened the eye for identity and narrative; years in Product Design made that instinct measurable and deployable at scale.

I’ve worked with agencies like MSCHF and MONOGRID and brands including Gucci, Adidas, LVMH, GQ, and WIRED on projects spanning UX/UI, design systems, digital platforms, and cultural experiences. Currently at S&SMedia Group in Berlin, leading UX/UI across web and mobile products, AI integration into learning systems, user research, and engineering hand-off.

Co-founder of Clusterduck Collective, researching internet culture, metaphors, and symbolic systems in digital environments.

I've spent the last decade studying the web as a place informed by the understanding that every interface is also an argument about how the world does and will work tomorrow. Curious by default. Structured by necessity. Based in Berlin.

Selected clients

Talks & conferences

YearWhereTitleAbout
2023BerlinTransmediale — a Model, a Map, a FictionPanel talk
2023NaplesClusterduck in conversation — Gallerie d'ItaliaIn conversation
2023DresdenFrom Meme Magic to TikTok Realness — TU DresdenTalk
2022MilanSchermi sinonimo di Inferni — Milano Design WeekTalk
2020LinzArs ElectronicaKeynote
2020UtrechtZero Footprint Edition — IMPAKTTalk
2020Berlin#MEMERSFORFUTURE — re:publicaTalk
2020BerlinMemes as Performative Objects — UdKLecture
2019BolognaSuch Bazaar — DASTalk
2018BerlinBraincels vs Incel Tears — Empowair FestivalTalk
2015MilanWIRED Next Fest — Near Future RiotTalk
2013MilanFrontier of InteractionLecture

Workshops

YearWhereTitleAbout
2026BerlinDead Link Club — Panke GalleryClub night & workshop
2026BerlinROTBOTS — Distant GalleryWorkshop series
2023BerlinHypecompass — ACUDWorkshop lead
2023BerlinDoing Things with Crisis — Transmediale / AdKWorkshop
2021Ho Chi Minh CityThanks for All the Memes — British Council / Sàn ArtWorkshop
2021LondonStock Memes in #MEMEMANIFESTO — The Photographers' GallerySeminar
2020Madrid#FreeportProtocol — MataderoWorkshop
2020Berlin#HYPECOMPASS — Haus der StatistikStudio session
2019Barcelona#HYPECOMPASS — CCCB / The InfluencersWorkshop
2019Borca di Cadore#SOMECOMPASS — Simposio 2019Two-day workshop
2019Berlin#SOMECOMPASS — UdKWorkshop
2016FlorenceLa Cura Summer School — ISIASummer school

Exhibitions

YearWhereTitleAbout
2025–26ZurichThe (W)HOLE Project — Kunst im öffentlichen RaumPublic-space commission
2025PraguePoetics of Encryption — RudolfinumGroup show
2025CopenhagenPoetics of Encryption — Kunsthal CharlottenborgGroup show
2025BerlinThis Goes Against Our Community Standards — TropezGroup show
2024NaplesDeep Fried Feels — Gallerie d'ItaliaGroup show
2024MilanDeep Fried Feels — Printed on PaperGroup show
2023BerlinPoetics of Encryption — KW InstituteGroup show
2023BerlinDeep Fried Feels — New Float GalleryExhibition
2023LinzMemers For Future — FMR23Exhibition
2022Nice#MEMEMANIFESTO — Villa ArsonExhibition
2021Rijeka#MEMEMANIFESTO — Drugo MoreExhibition
2021Ljubljana#MEMEMANIFESTO — AksiomaExhibition
2020Athens#MEMEMANIFESTO — Onassis StegiExhibition
2020Linz#MEMEMANIFESTO — Ars ElectronicaExhibition
2020Utrecht#UN_COUNTRYBALLS — IMPAKT / Abducting EuropaGroup show