She directed, produced, and edited Madly Gifted (released in 2013)—a documentary that explores the relationship between bipolar disorder and artistic temperament—available as open-source material on Vimeo and at madlygifted.com. As research and practice blended, Gigi’s investment in mental health and social justice activism led her to start a still ongoing, personal project: an ethnographic investigation of self-and social identities within mixed-race women and apartheid communities, which then translated into a series of portraits that contest social prejudice, stereotypes, and otherness. In 2021, Gigi became the Design Director at Dauphin Americas, a German furniture manufacturer, where she manages the Design Services and Marketing departments; in this new position, Gigi leverages her design expertise and research capacities to service clients’ needs, and build partnerships that support industry efforts in sustainability and workplace wellbeing.