Meet the Artist

Ricardo Ardito

A young man with a beard and short hair smiling and leaning back against a dark wall, wearing a gray sweatshirt.

With over 15 years of experience, Ricardo Ardito is one of the UK’s most experienced professional domino artists. Starting with the classic dotted 28-packs of dominoes, Ricardo began experimenting with chain reactions. This led to owning wooden dominoes for toppling, then advancing to now owning over 20,000 precision-engineered dominoes specifically crafted for toppling.

Under the title of ‘Ricardo’s Dominoes’, his YouTube and TikTok presence has been wildly successful, combining over 30 MILLION views total, and also gaining traction from brands and creating custom domino art relating to themes. One being a psychological test for children on Channel 4’s Secret Life of Four Year Olds, a Domino’s Pizza advert for ITV Hub, BT Sport’s Rugby World Cup coverage - just to name a few.

Ricardo’s experience and expertise within the world of domino toppling is unique to Topple Academy, meaning you’re in safe hands when creating your own projects at our events. Ricardo will be available at all workshops to share his expertise and give a helping hand to beginners!

Ricardo Ardito and his dominoes are also available for custom domino art requests.
He can be contacted at: ricardo@toppleacademy.com

Previous Commissions

  • A detailed model of a two-story house with domino pathways, stairs, and abstract decorations. The house has open walls and the domino paths are orange, blue, and white.

    Telstra

    Over 20,000 dominoes set up for Australian company Telstra to promote home internet. A combination of efforts from 8 different domino builders in total helped bring this astounding project to life.

    Videos / Article
  • A large mosaic made of dominoes spelling out 'WE GOT THIS' with a red and blue domino tile representing the Domino's Pizza brand. A sign below repeats 'WE GOT THIS' with a domino graphic.

    Domino's Pizza

    What better way to promote Domino’s Pizza other than toppling actual dominoes? I had the please of collaborating with Austrian Domino Art to complete this project!

    Video
  • Close-up of a blue portable speaker labelled 'Ultimate Ears' held in a person's hand, with a blue and white mosaic in the background that says 'ULTIMATE EARS' in large letters.

    Ultimate Ears

    A TikTok collaboration with headphone company Ultimate Ears to promote their MEGABOOM 3 speaker.

    Video
  • A small silver trophy is placed on a black surface among colourful dominoes arranged in patterns, with lights shining from above.

    BT Sport

    The team colours of the semi-finals racing towards the trophy of the Rugby Gallagher Premiership 2021.

    Video
  • A young man sitting cross-legged on a teal floor, inside a circular enclosure made of black, pink, and blue dominoes. He is building this wall up around himself.

    The Secret Life of Four Year Olds

    Working with Channel 4’s acclaimed ‘Secret Life’ documentary series by conducting a psychological test of temptation with four year olds.

    Video
Dominoes arranged in a 'wall' pattern depicting a spiral which goes inwards with blue, and outwards with purple.
Recreation of the 'Batter Call Saul' logo in over 2,000 dominoes. In the colours black, yellow and red.
A mosaic artwork made of dominoes arranged to depict the famous 'Ghostface'.
A domino mosaic of MF DOOM's MADVILLIANY album cover.
Domino art featuring colourful dominoes on a wooden floor against a cream-colored wall.