Gabriel Fontana

Gabriel Fontana is an independent designer and creative director, born in Paris and dividing his time between Rotterdam and Paris. Working from a social design framework, he uses sport as a metaphor for society and develops alternative team games that deconstruct group dynamics and train empathy.

Multiform, his best-known project, has been played in schools across Europe and shown at MoMA, while his practice also produced the Dutch Pavilion contribution Sidelined and a collaboration with Nike on reinventing team sports, alongside work for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. He lectures in the MA Social Design at Design Academy Eindhoven and received the Pierre Keller award in 2023.