Gabriella Marcella is a Glasgow-based designer.
In 2012, Marcella founded RISOTTO Studio; one of the UK’s leading risograph print services, catering for a range of clients; from leading art organisations to bands and brands; quickly and sustainably.

Since it’s beginnings, the studio has grown to deliver workshops and events, as well as producing it’s own line of stationery and limited edition products; where the notoriously colourful house style can be seen at it’s fullest. Best-known for their vibrant calendars and graphic t-shirts, RISOTTO’s products can now be found worldwide with stockists that include Liberty London, Selfridges, and Paperchase.
Outside the studio, Marcella’s work as a designer spans public art commissions, fashion collaborations, exhibition design and installation. Translating her processes from being exclusively 2D, to immersive 3-Dimensional projects, the bold and playful nature of Marcella’s work continues to play a dominant role over all her outputs. She has exhibited internationally, and collaborated with brands such as Puma, Swatch, and Dr Martens.
Marcella’s self directed practice takes inspiration from Friedrich Froebel; inventor of thekindergarten, exploring the principles of learning through play and how creativity can be supported by defining constraints of material, colour and form. Marcella questions how the simplicity of a module may set concise material parameters, yet be a tool for limitless and imaginative responses. In an increasingly digital world, what does it mean to get back to basics?
For commissions, projects, or to say hello, please email hi@gabriellamarcella.com
Grants/Awards
- Circular Design, Zero Waste Scotland, 2016
- Visual Arts & Craft, Scottish Council, 2015
- Flourish, Cultural Enterprise Office, 2015
- £10,000 Creative Practice, Deutsche Bank, 2012
Artist in Residence
- Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (NL), 2018-2019
- Bothy Project, Isle of Eigg, 2017
Solo Exhibitions
- Rules of Play, V&A, Dundee, 2019
- RISOTTO’s Riso Room, Glasgow International, 2018
- Pehchaan, Art From Another India, Tramway, Glasgow, 2016
- RISOTTO’s Riso Room, South Block, Glasgow, 2016
- Super Signs, The Arches, Glasgow, 2015
- RISOTTO Print + Practice, Archizines, (IUAV) Venice, 2013
Group Exhibitions/Projects
- Made In Glasgow Local Heroes, Glasgow, 2018
- This Will Ruin Everything, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, 2017
- India Street, Ahmedabad, India, 2017
- India Street, Tramway, Glasgow, 2016
- Local Heroes at Edinburgh Airport, 2016
- RISOMANIA, London, 2016
- Pick Me Up, Somerset House, London, 2015
Publications
- Colour and Pattern, Octopus Books, WIP, release date 2020
- étapes: 241: Design graphique & Culture visuelle, 2018
- Posterzine™ Issue 29 | Risotto Studio, 2018
- Risomania: The New Spirit of Printing, 2017
- Pressing Matters, White Duck Editions, 2017
- étapes: 232: European Creative Cities, 2016
- Becoming a Successful Graphic Designer, 2016
Workshops
- Here London, It’s Nice That, Royal Geographical Society, 2017
- Plana Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2017
- Torino Graphic Days, Turin, Italy, 2017
- Test Unit, Civic House, Glasgow, 2017
- Graphic Design Festival Scotland, Glasgow, 2015
Speaker
- In Conversation, Rules of Play, V&A, Dundee, 2019
- Wobby Wonderland, Tilburg, 2019
- Creative Practice, Glasgow School of Art, 2017
- Duplica!, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2017
- Pecha Kucha, The Lighthouse, Glasgow 2017
- Creative Mornings, White Space, Edinburgh, 2017
- Magical Riso Seminar, Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, 2016
- Electric Bookshop, University of Edinburgh, 2015
- Glug, Summerhall, Edinburgh, 2015
- Pecha Kucha, The Whisky Bond, 2015