Designer and interior architect, Giovanna began her professional career in the second half of the Seventies. After working with colleagues for several years, in 1995 she founded the Talocci Design studio. The studio works with a team of designers and is mainly involved in product and exhibit design, art direction, communication and event organization.

Giovanna‘s innate curiosity for innovation, her research into materials and technology and her close observation of her surroundings have led her to work in a wide range of fields for prestigious companies such as Poltrona Frau, Teuco, Effegibi, Foppapedretti, Fantini, Provex, Falper, Scarabeo, Fratelli Guzzini, Fornara &Maulini, Luceplan, Rapsel, Viasat, Italaquae, SanLorenzo, Domo, Et-al, Rina Menardi, Gran Tour, DMP Electronics and Stilhaus. She has received numerous acknowledgements, including many selections for the ADI Design Index, Honourable Mentions in the Compasso D’Oro, Design Plus awards and the German Design Award. She combines her work as a designer with interior architecture projects for commercial spaces and private residences. She has curated many cultural events: a number of editions of “Abitare il Tempo” and then “Segnali di Cibo”, an exhibition which in 1999 anticipated the trend of marrying design with food, ”WonderFull World”, ”Superfici”,“Cafe’ Cafe’”, “Evoca”, “Design on Board, ”Come l’acqua sul fuoco” and “Italianism”. She has taken part, both as presenter and guest, in television programmes about design. She has been a member of many juries in national and international design competitions. She teaches at the La Sapienza University in Rome and at design schools such as IED, QUASAR and currently AANT. She has been a member of ADI since 1979. From 2004 to 2017 she was on ADI’s National Steering Committee and from 2014 to 2017 was the deputy chairperson.

In 2017 she curated the Design Collection at the Farnesina (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and the staging of the Design Hall. She is a member of the Orientation Committee for the National Innovation Award “Premio dei Premi”, which was set up by special concession of the President of the Italian Republic at the COTEC Foundation.

In 2007 she joined the first Italian Design Council, established by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.