2013 – 2014 / Foundation course in 3D-Design & Architecture at Central Saint Martins College (London, UK)
2014 – 2019 / BA at the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Man & Communication Department (Eindhoven, NL)
2015 Dec. / Participation at Depot Basel’s Forum for an Attitude about design education (Basel, CH)
2017 Sept – Jan. / Erasmus semester at Hyperwerk, the Institute for Postindustrial Design at FHNW (Basel, CHWork
Work
2010 / Founder of Cakes Are Not Evil baking business (Berlin, DE)
2016 June – July / Art Director for the &beyond collective for a publication project (Berlin, DE)
2016-2024 / Teaching workshops on collage-making at the University of Manchester (Manchester, UK)
2017 April / Producer of the Design Academy Eindhoven show #TVclerici at Salone del Mobile (Milan, IT)
2017 April / Coordinating the Design Date with Jurgen Bey, Ilse Crawford, Marcus Fairs and Job Smeets (Milan, IT)
2017 April / Lecture on Cake & Serendipity for TEOK Basel (Basel, CH)
2018 January / Founder of the speculative design institution The School of Cake (Basel, CH)
2018 June / Event Planner of performative dinner series for the online project Vicarious Life (IT, DE, NL)
2018 July – 2021 January / Communications Manager at The Dutch Institute of Food & Design (Berlin, DE)
2018 October / Coordination of the Food & Design Manifesto workshop for The DIFD at the DDW (Eindhoven, NL)
2019 February / Teaching a cake workshop for businesswomen at Babes Brunch by Wishbone (Berlin, DE)
2019 July / Teaching and tutoring Taste Your Feelings at the Illustration School (Porto, PT)
2019 August / Co-founder of studio_lovell together with Sophie Lovell (Berlin, DE)
2019 October – 2021 June / Head of Communications the ChefsList Start-Up, an app for food suppliers (Berlin, DE)
2021 January / Co-founder of The Common Table – a platform for food futures and systemic change (Berlin, DE)
2022 August – 2023 August / Assistant Director at Château Royal (Berlin, DE)
2023 August / Speaker at Commagene Culinary Gatherings at Mount Nemrut (Adiyaman, TUR)
2023 October – present / Director of Communication at Grill Royal (Berlin, DE)
Exhibitions
2016 Feb. – May / Exhibition curatorial assistance for Do Disturb Festival at Palais de Tokyo (Paris, FR)
2016 July / Exhibition concept and curation assistance for Symbiosis at Paris Design Week (Paris, FR)
2017 April / Multimedia Exhibition production of #TVClerici and Design Date at Salone de Mobile (Milan, IT)
2018 January / Multimedia Solo Exhibition Cake Stories at the Academy of Art and Design Basel (Basel, CH)
2018 May / Exhibition collaboration with Marisa Miller for #smothered at TAC Eindhoven (Eindhoven, NL)
2019 May – July / Exhibition Counter Cookie Cutter Culture for the Design programme at Bienal da Maia (Maia, PT)
2019 September / Exhibition Taste The Now for Urban Food & Design at Vienna Design Week (Vienna, AT)
2019 October / Multimedia Exhibition Polycreative at Dutch Design Week (Eindhoven, NL)
Further Links
www.studiolovell.com
www.thecommontable.eu
Instagram: @orlando.lovell
Instagram: @orlandolovell_studio
Instagram: @the.commontable