Tavola Distorta

Tavola Distorta is a critical design project exploring design as a tool for social awareness around Parkinson's disease. It takes the form of a shared meal featuring a collection of tableware objects such as plates, glasses, and cutlery, each crafted to evoke specific symptoms: oversized handles that cause muscular fatigue, unstable plates, a glass restrained by an elastic band, a mirrored table surface. Participants eat without instructions; only at the end does a moderator reveal the design logic behind each object, connecting every difficulty to a specific symptom. The project aims not to simulate disability, but to make visible the social and relational complexity of living with a chronic condition.