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Designer
Giacomo Moor
Giacomo Moor was born in Milan in 1981 and graduated in Design with a thesis on wood defects, published in Abitare magazine. He founded his studio in Milan in 2009, working with a team of carpenters and designers.
Biography
Background
Giacomo Moor was born in Milan in 1981 and graduated in Design with a thesis on wood defects, published in Abitare magazine. He founded his studio in Milan in 2009, working with a team of carpenters and designers.
Signature Style
Moor combines the integrity and rigour of the project with manual sensibility, supervising the aspects related to production. Cappellini notes his technical precision and deep material knowledge.
Notable Works
- Mathare for Cappellini, a collection of tables and a bench built on interlocking joints
- Design for Communities, furniture prototypes made in Mathare with LiveinSlums
- Kit del Legname, a carpentry tool box in American walnut and olive
- Railway, Fillet and Halfsquare for Living Divani
Legacy
In 2016 he won the Best Young Designer prize of the Salone del Mobile Award, and in 2017 the Wallpaper Award with Kit del Legname.
Products
Mathare
Mathare by Giacomo Moor: oak tables and bench built from interlocking sequential joints.
Fillet
Lounge chair with a curved plywood shell on a Ø25 mm tubular steel frame, 55 cm seat depth.
Fillet Lounge
Chaise longue of 5 mm aluminium sheet on a stainless steel tube frame, for indoor and outdoor use.
