Luca Nichetto

Luca Nichetto was born in Venice in 1976, where he studied at the State Institute of Art and then graduated in 1998 in industrial design at the IUAV University. In 1999 Nichetto began his professional career with the Murano glassmaker, Salviati, to later become a product designer and consultant for Foscarini, a lighting company. In 2006 he founded his eponymous studio in Venice and a few years later he moved to Stockholm, where he opened a second studio. Throughout his career he has been artistic director of several brands, thus deepening his knowledge in the design industry. In addition, he has received significant international recognition for his innovative and sophisticated projects such as the Gran Design Award in 2008, the Good Design Award of the Chicago Atheneum Museum of Architecture 2008 and the Elle Decoration International Design Awards 2009 (EDIDA) as Designer of the Year in the Young Designer Talent category. In addition to exhibitions in Europe, the United States and Japan, Luca Nichetto has been the protagonist of important retrospectives in cities such as Venice, London, Paris and Stockholm. He currently collaborates with numerous companies at national and international level.