Philippe Nigro

Maison&Objet 2014 awarded Philippe Nigro as “Designer now! design à vivre 2014” for his capacity to combine design and manual craftsmanship.

Born in 1975 in Nice, France, Philippe Nigro studied applied arts and product design at La Martinière School and École Boulle. Today, he works primarily in Italy and France. 

An independent designer since 1999, he began and completed his pursuits alongside Michele De Lucchi, with whom he took part in many design projects for products, furniture, lighting, interior design, events, and scenography until 2012.

Since 2005, planned projects are supported by the VIA (Valorisation of Innovation in Furnishing), through which he receives backing for undertakings like the Spiral shelf, the Storage-Unit and the Intersections sofas, the latter renamed Confluences and produced by Ligne Roset (now part of the Fnac and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs collections).  In 2009, he designed the Universal Base, rechristened the T.U. (again by Ligne Roset) and the Twin-Chairs seats (both now in the Centre Pompidou collection).