Philippe nigro biography

Philippe Nigro (born , Nice, France) is a French product and furniture designer. He studied decorative arts at La Martinière in Lyon, France, and product and furniture design at École Boulle in Paris.

In , he created for Casati Gallery the Mèstissage collection of marble benches; some of them are made out of interlocking marble pieces, and others are marble benches with bronze legs. In , after Philippe Nigro spent time in Japan, he created a series of vases made out of wood lacquered in Urishi, of which we have a few astonishing prototypes.

From until , Philippe Nigro worked as an independent designer with the Michele De Lucchi&#;s Produzione Privata studio in Milan, where he participated in numerous product, furniture, lighting, and interior designs and in exhibition designs for such companies as Olivetti, Poltrona Frau, and Artemis.

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