Luca Nichetto
Jun Aizaki (Crème)
In 1999, Nichetto began his professional career with
Murano-based glass maker Salviati, later becoming a
product designer and consultant for lighting company
Foscarini. In 2006, he founded his eponymous practice in
Venice. In 2011 he moved to Stockholm, Sweden, to open
a second studio and he continues to live in and work from
this city. Over the course of his career, Nichetto has served
as art director for many international design brands and
he has developed an in-depth knowledge of the design
industry. He has lectured and led workshops at various
universities, including serving as a professor of design at
the Università Iuav di Venezia, as well as sitting on juries
for assorted international design competitions. Nichetto’s
work has been exhibited worldwide and has been the
subject of retrospectives in cities such as Venice, London,
Paris and Stockholm. He has been awarded numerous
international design awards for his highly researched,
innovative design projects, which range across products,
furniture and accessories, as well as incorporating
architecture and exhibition design.
Founded by Jun Aizaki, Crème is a multidisciplinary
design firm based in the vibrant neighborhood of
Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The studio is collaboration of
dynamic, international designers that work around the
idea that all design challenges require the same problem
solving approach. Crème tackles a chair, a restaurant or
a building, the same way they would approach a logo or
a street block.
Crème has developed a contemporary wood and
steel chair inspired by the traditional Windsor form. By
exchanging the traditional wooden spindles and stretcher
of the Windsor back with steel, Crème has produced a
new chair that feels both contemporary and traditional at
once. This exchange suggests the new life and design
that can be breathed in to used or well-worn objects and
furnishings. Aside from the tradition spindle back, Crème
has designed several other backs that can be substituted
in to fit any design. Custom backs, multiple wood species
and steel finishes are available.
Michele De Lucchi
‘Architect. Michele De Lucchi was a prominent figure in
movements like Alchimia and Memphis. He has designed
furniture for the most known Italian and European
companies. For Olivetti he has been Director of Design
from 1988 to 2002. He realized architectural projects in
Italy and abroad, including cultural, corporate, industrial
and residential buildings. For Deutsche Bank, Deutsche
Bundesbahn, Enel, Poste Italiane, Hera, Intesa Sanpaolo,
UniCredit and at other Italian and foreign banks he has
designed working environments and corporate image. He
developed important hospitality projects in Tbilisi (Georgia),
Beijing (China), Rokko- ̄san (Japan) and various part of Italy.
He has planned buildings for museums as the Triennale di
Milano, the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome, the Neues
Museum in Berlin and the Gallerie d’Italia in Milan.
In 2000 he was appointed Officer of Italian Republic
by President Ciampi. In 2001 he has been nominated
Professor at the IUAV in Venice. In 2006 he received the
Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University. In 2008 he
has been nominated Professor at the Design Faculty of
the Politecnico of Milan and Member of the Accademia
Nazionale di San Luca in Rome. During 2018 Michele De
Lucchi was editor in chief of the new “Domus” magazine.
Jens Risom
An acclaimed designer, Jens Risom studied at Niels
Brock Copenhagen Business College as well as The
School of Arts and Crafts in Copenhagen, along with
Hans J. Wegner and Børge Mogensen, where he
studied Industrial arts and design.
Jens Risom emigrated to New York In 1939 and after
success designing the majority of Hans Knoll’s first
furniture collection, he established his own design
company. Jens Risom Design Inc. grew to be one of the
three largest furniture companies in America, with offices
spanning to Argentina, England and Australia. His
designs continue to inspire many today and his legacy
remains strongly present in the design world.
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