1936 - 2020

Born in Milaan (IT), died in Milaan (IT).

Nanda Vigo was one of the Italian members of the ZERO movement and was thus an important pivotal figure of it. She designed the ZERO house in Milan and participated in several ZERO exhibitions with her groundbreaking work. She stood alongside other big names such as Fontana, Castellani and Manzoni, with whom she also had a relationship. She studied architecture at the Institut Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne, then moved to the United States, where she briefly studied with Frank Lloyd Wright and worked in his studio. After an internship in San Francisco, she returned to Milan to open her first private studio there in 1959. Her works are an interdisciplinary approach to architecture, design and art and have a very visionary and futuristic feel, for which she found inspiration in the architecture of Giuseppe Terragni. Especially her later art, which work with glass, neon lights and mirrors, seem to come from another world. She looks for the conflict and/or harmony between light and space through materiality and transparency. As an industrial designer, she also worked with several companies, big names in the design world, such as Kartell and Glass Italia. Nanda Vigo had a very impressive career both as an architect, artist, and designer.