About

Nicole operates in New York City

Nicole explores conversations between art and design. Finding expression in real objects.  Each product has a story that challenges people to look deeper into their relationship with objects, their environment, and the world at large.

BIO

Attended Rochester Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design, resulting in a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design. Nicole explores conversations between art and design. Through exploration find truth and new possibilities in forms and unexpected compositions. With an affinity for various alternative and industrial material, Nicole creates functional art-objects infused with poetry and sculptural style. Nicoles pieces feature themes of connectivity and interaction, sciences and geometry, ritual and play. Her work has been featured at the Elemental Gallery at Art Basel Miami in 2008 and 2009, Felissimo Gallery, X-Initiative, Heller Gallery, as well as at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF).  A prosperous ongoing design partnership she co-founded, KNS design collective, keeps her busy and aesthetically flexible. Operating as a free-lance design consultant, Nicole is currently developing a collection for Ralph Lauren Home.

Co-founder/Head Designer of KNS Design Collective.  A collective presenting a life less ordinary, and the awareness of the everyday. Objects highlighting poetics in design and sciences. Taking inspiration from the relationship of the rational and irrational of organic geometry. Our goal is to inspire new engagements and procure surreal and memorable interactions. We find it important to illuminate a creative line of communication. Each product has a story that challenges people to look deeper into their relationship with objects, their environment, and the world at large.

www.knsdesigncollective.com