Toan Nguyen
Graduating from the ENSCI (Paris) in 1995, Toan Nguyen pursued his training in Barcelona with Alberto Lievore, moving to Milan in 1996, where not long after he took over as head of Antonio Citterio’s design department, with whom, for nearly ten years he was to sign lines for, among others, Axor-Hansgrohe, B&B Italia, Flos, Iittala, Kartell, Technogym, and Vitra. In 2009 he founded his own studio in Milan, subsequently embarking on a series of successful collaborations with several major brands in the high-quality industry and fine craftmanship in Europe, North America, and Asia, on furniture, lighting, and ceramics, as well as on technological products.
For Toan Nguyen design is a discipline intimately bound up with the object, in the traditional sense of the term. Priority is given to physical relationships with users— to them sitting, washing, lighting, etc. Displaying an immediate sense for meaningful utilization, precedence is accorded to intelligible forms and optimized manufacturing processes, without, however, ever neglecting the sensuality of materials and the emotional impact of the object.
District Eight
Stilt Armchair, designed by Toan Nguyen, provides a delicate balance between understated clarity and intuitive elegance. It is outfitted with enveloping cushions in Ecru-beige fabric upholstery that relaxes the body along the line of an ergonomically reclined platform in the same cushions' upholstery. The structure is in Natural Raw oak and Antique Nickel base.
District Eight
The Stilt Coffee Table, designed by Toan Nguyen, is structurally refined yet also accentuated by the pleasing charms of its materials. It is a high coffee table that has a round top and a structure in Raw Oak with Antique Nickel details, standing on three legs base.
District Eight
The Stilt Coffee Table, designed by Toan Nguyen, is structurally refined yet also accentuated by the pleasing charms of its materials. It is a high coffee table that has a round top and a structure in smoked Oak with Antique brass details, standing on three legs base.
District Eight
The Stilt Large Coffee Table, designed by Toan Nguyen, is structurally refined yet also accentuated by the pleasing charms of its materials. It is a low coffee table that has a square top and a structure in Raw Oak with Antique Nickel details, standing on four legs base.
District Eight
The Stilt Large Coffee Table, designed by Toan Nguyen, is structurally refined yet also accentuated by the pleasing charms of its materials. It is a low coffee table that has a round top and a structure in Ebonized Oak with Antique Nickel details, standing on three legs base.
