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Designer
Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Umberto Bellardi Ricci is an Italian-German architect, sculptor and designer based in New York. After teaching at avant-garde institutions and collaborating with the Tezontle collective, he founded his own studio in 2019 in the Brooklyn…
Biography
Background
Umberto Bellardi Ricci is an Italian-German architect, sculptor and designer based in New York. After teaching at avant-garde institutions and collaborating with the Tezontle collective, he founded his own studio in 2019 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. His first collection, Dawn, explores the dialogue between design and sculpture.
Signature Style
He works at the meeting point of design, sculpture and architecture, combining industrial elements such as steel and aluminium with refined materials such as glass, marble and fabrics. His simple, monumental forms engage with space and light and play on the contrast between raw material and handcrafted detail.
Notable Works
- Trono, a stool that turns the cube and the circle into a throne for the sitter
- Trono Side Table
- Mano Light
- Fackel
- Torus
- Ancora
- Doric
Legacy
New York's architectural vocabulary has become part of his work, even as projects take him to London, Paris and Milan. For Tacchini he has designed the products listed above.
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Products
Torus
Ottomans by Umberto Bellardi Ricci where industrial materials meet soft upholstery.
Doric
A painted sheet-metal wall light inspired by the Doric columns of classical Greece.
Fackel
A bent metal bar wall lamp with a rear LED strip, inspired by medieval wall torches.
Trono Side Table
A low marble-top side table on a color-coated steel base by Umberto Bellardi Ricci.
Trono
An upholstered stool by Umberto Bellardi Ricci with a generous seat on a minimalist leg.
Mano Light
Standing Mano by Umberto Bellardi Ricci, a folded metal sheet lamp inspired by a hand and a flame.
