Luminous sofas

Born in Turin, Paola Navone adopted Milan as her home; he graduated in architecture in 1973 and between the Seventies and the Eighties she worked in the Alchinia group alongside with Alessandro Mendini, Ettore Sottsass and Andrea Branzi. In the same time, she began her long-lasting and fruitful collaboration with Abet Laminati; from 1985 to 1988 she became consultant for Unido and for the World Bank for the Philippines and Indonesia. An architect, a designer, an art director and an interior design, Paola Navone has an extreme interest for the most different cultures suspended between the East and the West, between design and craftsmenship. Nowadays she collaborates with a very long list of heterogeneous Brands, such as Armani Casa, Knoll International, Alessi, Driade, Piazza Sempione, Casamilano, Molteni, Poliform and Gervasoni for which she is also artistic director. In 2000 she has been named “Designer of the Year” by prestigious German magazine Architektur & Wohnen. 

The Italian designer Enzo Catellani founded the small company "Catellani & Smith", which designs and produces lights. Shortly after his first catalogue "oggetti senza tempo" is available. With the collections "Turciu" and "Albero della Luce" he started producing lights with different long flexing arms, which allow the buyer many options to design and style individually. In 1995 he designs the "Luce d´Oro" series. Lights as "Macchina della Luce" takes centre stage of this collection. In 1997 Enzo Catellani creates the "Stchu-Moon" series. He designs "Luce Nera" in 2000 and the "Out Collection" with the lights "Fil de Fer", "Luna Nel Pozzo" and "Luce Che Dipinge" in 2002. Enzo Catellani designs these lights using his ingenious intuition and enjoying the experiment.

Simon Legald graduated from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in the summer of 2012. His work consists of both small- and large scale products. Simon’s designs are often created in a dialogue between craftsmanship and industry. He also likes to incorporate the techniques that are necessary for the structure of a product into the design by highlighting them visually. He says about design : ''For me honesty describes the true identity of objects. By highlighting the techniques necessary for the structure of the product, and making it a visual part of my design. Therefor I design with both craftsmanship and industry in mind.''

Nicholai Wiig Hansen has had his own design studio since he was 26 years old. When Nicholai designs he uses himself as the target group. Proportions are extremely important in his work and details are not added from a decoration perspective but only if they serve some kind of purpose. He is inspired by everything that surrounds him and especially art, food, nature and machinery. When Nicholai Wiig Hansen designs a new product he always thinks the product to end in his head before sketching a single drawing. Everything from production to form and all the way to the end-user perspective.