Nichetto=Nendo

Client :
for Milan Design Week
2013.04

A seven-piece furniture collection created through a collaboration with Italian designer Luca Nichetto. In a process and format similar to the Japanese poetry genre known as tanka (‘short poem’), in which the top three lines generate a further two-line response, we took turns coming up with a basic concept, which we then passed over to the other person to use as inspiration, and to further expand and develop. The project was an experiment in dynamic making, in which nothing was planned in advance. Because we worked collaboratively, the design process felt like a jam session, with each participant taking turns improvising new melodies on top of a shared rhythm until a new song emerged.

Client :
for Milan Design Week
2013.04

works

Milan exhibition

A seven-piece furniture collection created through a collaboration with Italian ...
for Milan Design Week

portable pot

Nichetto:A stool that’s easy to pick up and carry about, thanks to its rou...
for Milan Design Week

fish skin on the roof

Nendo:A carpet whose form, colour and size can change flexibly thanks to its par...
for Milan Design Week

bridges for islands

Nendo:A sofa like an archipelago, divided into small parts rather than one great...
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trellis bandaged

Nichetto:Partitions are good for dividing a space, but how about adding extra fu...
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paper ice cream

Nichetto:Ice candies come in different flavours, shapes and colours. What about ...
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wedge of matter

Nendo:Wedge a candle into the fissure in a lump of material, and use it as a can...
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shelves in a comic

Place many small shelves together to make some of the shelves into bookends, and...
for Milan Design week