Celebrating the female force of otherworldly design
An instrumental figure in the history of contemporary Italian art and design, Nanda Vigo was a multidisciplinary pioneer whose diverse career, spanning over six decades, has influenced generations of cultural producers. Vigo passed away earlier this month, on 16 May 2020, at eighty-three years old. The Milanese avant-gardiste was a forerunner of minimalist contemporary Italian...
Mercoledì 20 maggio 2020 il MACTE di Termoli riapre al pubblico con la mostra NANDA VIGO. LIGHT PROJECT 2020 a cura di Laura Cherubini in collaborazione con Archivio Nanda Vigo.
Sognare l’America, riuscire ad andarci, rimanerne delusi e tornare a casa. Nanda Vigo, artista, architetta e designer milanese nata a Milano nel 1936. Racconta: “avevo circa 7 anni, era l’ultimo anno di guerra ed eravamo sfollati sul lago di Como. Ogni tanto ci recavamo in città per fare acquisti e in una di queste uscite… Leggi tutto »Integrare architettura, arte e design. Conversazione con Nanda Vigo
An epic retrospective of the avant-garde visionary is long overdue
Work by Nanda Vigo is at the centre of major rediscovery by institutions, galleries and collectors. Domus Archive contains highlights of her path from young Milanese woman to the iconic figure.
Nanda Vigo (Milan, Italy, 1936 – 2020) Nanda Vigo is an interdisciplinary artist who ranges from art to design, and from architecture to environments. After graduating from the École polytechnique fédérale in Lausanne and gaining work experience in the United States, she opened her own studio in Milan in 1959. In 1959 she started frequenting […]
About "Blocco" is a pouf, designed by Nanda Vigo and manufactured by Driade, with wooden frame and padding in polyurethane foam of varying density. Upholstery in black Mongolian fur or in Loira velvet. Indoor use only. DIMENSIONS: D. 19.2", W. 17.3", H. 22.8", Seat H. 14.1" The “Blocco” seat / pouf, designed with such purpose in 1970, has got now a fresh re-edition with the same function but with a more joyful spirit by offering colorful covers. Have a nice seat! Nanda Vigo said about "Blocco": "Many elements called “furniture” are needed that actually remain “fixed”, once set, to the well-being. I've always rejected the tendency to overload space; therefore I have always worked to the limit of need." NANDA VIGO, born in Milan in 1936, lives in East Africa and works in Milan. She showed an interest in art at a very early age, when she had the opportunity to spend time with Filippo de Pisis, a family friend, and to study the architecture of Giuseppe Terragni, in which she immediately noticed the subtle employment of natural light. She studied architecture at the Ecole Polytechnique in Lausanne, worked as an intern in San Francisco, then returned to Italy where she opened her own studio in Milan. The underlying characteristic of the work has always been the relationship between light and space, which she has developed in a series of “environments” that blend architecture and design. In 1959 she began to visit the studio of Lucio Fontana and got to know that artists who founded the Azimut Gallery in Milan: Piero Manzoni, Enrico Castellani and Vincenzo Agnetti. During that period, she developed relations with the artists of the Zero group in Germany, the Netherlands and France, as a result of which her work was shown in more than 400 solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe. Between 1964 and 1966 she participated in some thirteen Zero exhibitions, including “Nul 65” at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and “Zero: An Exhibition of European Experimental Art” at the Modern Art Gallery in Washington D.C.. She was the curator of the legendary exhibition “Zero avantgarde” in 1965 in Fontana’s studio in Milan, at which some 28 artists were represented. In 1964 she created Utopie with Lucio Fontana for the Triennale. Again at the Triennale, in 1973 she organized a performance at which architects and artists freely intervened: it's considered to have been the first happening at the event. In 1974 she received the New York Award for the Industrial Design for the Golden Gate lamp. In 1976 she was awarded the Saint-Gobain Prize for the work with glass. In 1982 her work was included at the Venice Biennale. The exhibition of her work at the 2006 Milan Triannale underlined her uninterrupted creativity since her earliest works. Resting faithful to the artistic convictions she had championed throughout her career, Nanda Vigo’s work combined art, design, architecture and “environments”, operating no distinction between architecture, design and art, and with the intrinsic belief that the concept renders explicit a spiritual and almost initiatory research. Her unconventional career has been distinguished by the emphasis she places on research unbounded by any disciplinary limits, in which her inspiration is given by philosophical theories rather than aesthetic doctrines. Customization OptionsAvailable with upholstery in black Mongolian fur or Loira velvet.\nPlease inquire about the version upholstered in Loira velvet, its related pricing and production lead times. Request Customization
Nanda Vigo, 1960s [Archivio Nanda Vigo]
A historic residence, Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan represents a peak of Italian style of the early twentieth century.
Deux ans après sa mort, Nanda Vigo reçoit enfin les honneurs d’une grande exposition dans un musée français. L’occasion de revenir sur l’un des parcours les plus transversaux du design italien.
Given her signature repertoire of reflective surfaces, neon tubes, gridded expanses, and fake fur, you’d be forgiven for assuming that the work of Nanda Vigo arose out of the radical design movement of the 1960s. In fact, her greatest influences, it turns out, are the “total environments” of modernist architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Giuseppe Terragni, and Gio Ponti along with the avant-garde philosophies of the Zero art movement.
Tour d'horizon des nouveautés présentées durant la Design Week new-yorkaise, de l'ICFF au Sight Unseen Offsite.
Progetto del 1971, Due più di Nanda Vigo è una poltroncina sorprendente con struttura in acciaio e pelliccia di Mongolia.
Given her signature repertoire of reflective surfaces, neon tubes, gridded expanses, and fake fur, you’d be forgiven for assuming that the work of Nanda Vigo arose out of the radical design movement of the 1960s. In fact, her greatest influences, it turns out, are the “total environments” of modernist architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Giuseppe Terragni, and Gio Ponti along with the avant-garde philosophies of the Zero art movement.
Beautiful screen in perspex and wood, made in the sixties for a italian shop
VIGO Ring,unser Ring mit doppeltem Twist, grafisch und organisch zugleich und von jeder Seite anders anzuschauen. Der vielfältige Ring ist aus 925 recyceltem Sterling Silber.Benannt nach Nanda Vigo, einer fantastischen, weiblichen, italienischen Architektin und Designerin (1936-2020). Eine wahre Ikone und Inspiration, unkonventionell und mutig. Der Stil und alle seine Elemente werden von ©Sabrina Dehoff und in unserem Atelier in Berlin entworfen und entwickelt. FARBE Gold MATERIAL 925 recyceltes Sterlingsilber, 18ct vergoldet GRÖSSEN: XS; S; M; LSIEHE GRÖSSENTABELLE
Acerbis @ Inspiration Design BY: here design, decorative art and love for beauty give life to a showcase full of inspirations.
“Freedom has always been the key point from the beginning. I’ve taken some risks in life, but without freedom nothing can come out.” Nanda Vigo
Nanda Vigo
Con una grande installazione luminosa pensata dall’artista per lo spazio del museo, il MACTE di Termoli presenta fino al 16 maggio la mostra Nanda Vigo. Light Project 2020, a cura di Laura Cherubini e realizzata in collaborazione con l’Archivio Nanda Vigo.
Sognare l’America, riuscire ad andarci, rimanerne delusi e tornare a casa. Nanda Vigo, artista, architetta e designer milanese nata a Milano nel 1936. Racconta: “avevo circa 7 anni, era l’ultimo anno di guerra ed eravamo sfollati sul lago di Como. Ogni tanto ci recavamo in città per fare acquisti e in una di queste uscite… Leggi tutto »Integrare architettura, arte e design. Conversazione con Nanda Vigo
A historic residence, Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan represents a peak of Italian style of the early twentieth century.
Artiste, designeuse, architecte, Nanda Vigo s’est éteinte à l’âge de 83 ans. Celle qui a toujours privilégié une vision globale dans son travail, traçant son parcours au fil du XXe siècle à travers les avant-gardes radicales, était revenu pour nous sur sa longue carrière.
VIGO 01Ein paar doppelte Ohrringe mit Twist, grafisch und organisch zugleichaus 925 recyceltem Sterling Silber. Benannt nach Nanda Vigo, einer fantastischen, weiblichen, italienischen Architektin und Designerin (1936-2020). Eine wahre Ikone und Inspiration, unkonventionell und mutig. Der Stil und alle seine Elemente werden von ©Sabrina Dehoff und in unserem Atelier in Berlin entworfen und entwickelt. FARBE Gold MATERIAL 925 recyceltes Sterlingsilber, 18ct vergoldet GRÖSSE 25mm x 8mm
Given her signature repertoire of reflective surfaces, neon tubes, gridded expanses, and fake fur, you’d be forgiven for assuming that the work of Nanda Vigo arose out of the radical design movement of the 1960s. In fact, her greatest influences, it turns out, are the “total environments” of modernist architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Giuseppe Terragni, and Gio Ponti along with the avant-garde philosophies of the Zero art movement.
Work by Nanda Vigo is at the centre of major rediscovery by institutions, galleries and collectors. Domus Archive contains highlights of her path from young Milanese woman to the iconic figure.
