Silvio Lorusso (born 1985) is an Italian writer, artist, and designer. His work critically examines design culture, technology, digital platforms, and labor. He is the author of Entreprecariat (2019), a book on entrepreneurialism and precarious labor, and What Design CanâÂÂt Do (2023), which explores the limitations of the design profession. What Design CanâÂÂt Do was nominated among the best design books of 2023 by Fast Company and The Architect's Newspaper.
Lorusso earned a Ph.D. in Design Sciences from Iuav University of Venice and serves as an assistant professor at Universidade Lusófona.
Lorusso's artistic and research practice includes projects such as Kickended and Shouldn't You Be Working?, which comment on digital culture and productivity. Lorusso also created the Post-Digital Publishing Archive, an online archive focused on works of experimental publishing informed by digital technology.