avant/garde diaries

nicolo | Uncategorized, urban design | Sunday, March 31st, 2013


an interesting blog which collects a variety of artists, designers, athletes and other cutting edge personas

maya lin

nicolo | Uncategorized, architecture, design, installations, web design | Thursday, February 14th, 2013


I had the distinct pleasure of working for her uncle, TY Lin while still in high school. Maya had a tough act to follow and big shoes to fill, both of which she has done incredibly admirably. Her web site is alone worth a peek at

one gun ranch

nicolo | Uncategorized, design, green, product design | Saturday, January 19th, 2013


epic new retail, food, health and lifestyle concept out of Malibu that I had the pleasure of visiting a few days ago

pfarré lighting

nicolo | Uncategorized, design | Sunday, November 25th, 2012


Munich based lighting designer that works with architects and designers as well as independently to create works of light and shadow

Uli and Friends

nicolo | Uncategorized, design | Monday, November 19th, 2012


Miami based designer of lighting for architecture, interiors and landscape, his work is worth looking into and his collaborations are after 20 years in the business many

PLANT Inc.

nicolo | Uncategorized, architecture, furniture, green | Saturday, November 17th, 2012


an interdisciplinary firm that branches into the domains of architecture, landscape, ecology, furniture, art and graphic design

simon costin

nicolo | Uncategorized, design, fashion, sculpture | Saturday, August 25th, 2012


artist and set designer whose magic includes models walking out of giant magazines, everyday objects being enlarged to dwarf the featuring models. Often colourful, he collaborated extensively with Alexander McQueen and his client list includes Hermès, Lanvin, Kim Jones, Maison Martin Margiela, Alice Temperley, Stella McCartney, Luella Bartley and Gareth Pugh.

sprüth magers

nicolo | Uncategorized | Wednesday, August 1st, 2012


a berlin and London based talent management service with a nice portfolio of talent

glass lab

nicolo | Uncategorized, design | Tuesday, June 12th, 2012


at the Corning Museum of glass GlassLab offers designers unprecedented access to molten glass. In public design performances or private sessions, designers and glassmakers collaborate, rapidly prototyping concepts and using the immediacy of hot glass as a catalyst for http://www.cmog.org innovation

12 x 12

nicolo | Uncategorized, urban design | Monday, June 11th, 2012


an exhibition featuring work by 12 designers from the reclaimed wood of 12 demo sites in NYC, the above BELLBOY is a collaborative wood shop based in Brooklyn, New York

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