mist-o is a designers firm based in Tokyo and Milan, established in 2010 by Noa Ikeuchi from Japan and Tommaso Nani from Italy. The studio is a bridge across Europe and Asia and the work ranges from the design of furniture and small objects to spatial arrangements and from limited editions to industrial scale. Tommaso and Noa divide their lives between Japan and Italy and are continuously travelling between the two countries for development and research of new projects. Some of mist-o designs were exhibited at Triennale Design Museum, MOMA design store, Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Shanghai biennale. The studio has developed furniture, products, lighting and architecture for some of the leading companies in the design field. Among their renowned clients are Agusta Westland, Antolini, Be Open Foundation, Cappellini, Frag, Ichendorf, Living Divani, Oluce, Tod’s and others.

设计理念

    mist-o希望通过世界共同的视觉意识去相互沟通，在不同的含义与符号中找到相关的东西。这是一个持续而混乱的进程，缓慢地发展成一个明确的新秩序。似乎在面对一团雾云，外部的观察者要在其中移动，吸纳雾团中独立的小雾滴。因此，可以说设计师在研究了不同文化之间的联系，在复杂中找出纯粹的设计需求。

Our approach has the intention of communicating a vision of the world where things and relations arise from the union and meeting of different meanings and symbols. It is from this continuous chaotic dialogue that one slowly progresses towards a clear new order. It is like a fog bank that appears to an outside observer as a large united mass that moves and breathes as a whole but which basically is composed of an infinite quantity of single individual water drops.

We therefore present a study of things and relations with different cultures that is not superficial but which examines a common archetype, the pure essence of things.




 

两位设计师Tommaso Nani与Noa Ikeuchi

Tommaso Nani来自意大利，出生在1983年的米兰。并在米兰的IED 的欧洲设计学院毕业。Noa Ikeuchi是日本人，出生在1983年东京。与Tommaso Nani是同一个学校毕业。

Tommaso Nani，

Nationality: Italian

Born: Milano, 1983

School: IED, European Institute of Design, Milano

Noa Ikeuchi

Nationality: Japanese

Born: Tokyo, 1983

School: IED, European Institute of Design, Milano

 

两位设计师Tommaso Nani与Noa Ikeuchi
 

    “我们的设计是发自内心地为制造商提供独树一帜的产品，努力为他们创造最好的而实用的设计。mist-o的设计不趋向某种风格，但在我们的生活背景中找出意大利与日本的混搭风格。当看到我们的产品，它总是温和而简单的。我们尝试将设计本质重点放在理念上，消除多余的杂音，可以说我们的产品是温柔的。”

     “Our way to design is very spontaneous, trying to mix our taste with the manufacturer needs. Trying to create the best and usefull products for the company.There is not a style we want to create consciously, but the signature touch comes out naturally from our background; Italian and Japanese taste mixed together. When you look our products you can see always a sort of gentle simplicity, objects that never shout, that assert their existence while remaining clear, honest, never vulgar. We try to bring out the essence of an object, focusing on its main concept and eliminating the superfluous. I would say we do gentle products.”