Born in Venice in 1976, Nichetto graduated in industrial design from IUAV in 1998. His professional career began the following year with a design for the Murano glassmaker Salviati, followed by work as a product designer and consultant for lighting company Foscarini. He established his own practice in Venice in 2006 and opened a second studio in Stockholm in 2011.
Those early encounters with glass remain an important thread in his work. Nichetto is interested in the possibilities that emerge when skilled making meets a new production process. Colour, surface and proportion give his designs their character, while carefully resolved details connect the initial idea to the finished object.
For Upglas by Astep, that approach returns to the material culture of Murano with a fresh question: what might be made from the glass left behind? Working with Rehub’s patented process, discarded glass is ground into powder and combined with a biodegradable resin. The resulting material can be shaped by hand before being fired at a relatively low temperature.
The lamps reveal this transformation through their marbled surfaces. Each has its own pattern, bringing individual variation to two sculptural forms. A familiar table-lamp silhouette becomes an opportunity to see glass differently: substantial, tactile and full of colour.
What draws us to Nichetto’s work is that sense of discovery. Upglas carries a connection to the place and craft that shaped him, while finding a new use for an overlooked material. Explore the Upglas Table Lamp at Good Form below.
