Luca Gonnelli: Lucas J. Daniel Series in Sustainable Systems

Luca Gonnelli, CEO & Creative Director of Algo, shares his expertise on using technology and motion design to communicate sustainability-related data with clarity.

The eighth annual Lucas J. Daniel Lecture in Sustainable Systems is co-presented by the Institute of Design at Illinois Tech and AIGA Chicago.

About Luca Gonnelli

Luca Gonnelli leads the data visualization studio Algo as CEO & Creative Director, focused on developing generative systems. Algo builds creative tools that turn data into videos, at scale—building more than 605,000 videos in the last year with the belief that “robots and humans can happily coexist and create awesome things together.” Algo specializes in video automation that brings visual synthesis, bold color palettes, and clear concepts to the world of innovation. Luca travels to Chicago from Turin, Italy, an Italian hub for contemporary design where Algo and its sister studio, Illo, one of Europe's most established motion design studios, are headquartered.

Algo and Illo were co-founded by Ilenia Notarangelo and Luca Gonnelli, who are on a mission to keep designers in the driver’s seat in the age of AI and now lead a team of around 30 people. Their work has an ongoing focus on sustainability, helping organizations like The Nature Conservancy, Bloomberg Philanthropies, The New York Times, Google, Apple, Doctors Without Borders, and innovative international startups communicate datasets with both precision and clarity.

A Q&A and discussion with ID faculty members Tomoko Ichikawa and Zach Pino and a reception will follow Luca’s talk.