Angelo Spagnolo

Angelo joined Utile in 2024 as an architectural designer. He’s brought along with him his fascination for looking under the hood of how our society and culture work with an emphasis on these systems’ material implications. Applying that curiosity to contributing to a more equitable and culturally-rich present is his goal.

Prior to Utile, Angelo worked in Philadelphia at DIGSAU where he spent most of his time on Princeton University’s Dillon Gymnasium and Swarthmore College’s Beardsley Hall Art and Philosophy Building among other projects.He earned his Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his thesis How to Build: An Anti-Violent Construction Practice Through Bio-Based Building Materials and Community Design-Build in the Spring of 2020.

Previously based in New York City, Angelo has also had a prior career in music through performing, recording, teaching, and touring internationally. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music and holds a certificate in Creative Arts Therapy.

Angelo has had a lifelong love of fake food, which has blossomed into his sculptural practice as well as his real food obsessions of cheesemaking and bread baking. He lives in Brookline with his textile-loving wife and wild three-year-old daughter.