Mogg (no not cat) is a brand new Italian company which was set up by an Italian architect, Nicola Galbiati, who wanted to work with a team of other architects, designers and architects.
He calls them his “partners with vision – crazy dreamers” and together they want to create pieces that limit the boundary between art and design.
I have, over the years, spoken to several Italian designers, and this is a common philosophy. In a piece I wrote on Italian Style for the FT last year, Alberto Alessi, the grandson of the company’s founder often referred to his employees as artisans rather than manufacturers and spoke of his factories as research laboratories (click to link to read more).
Galbiati has said his intention is to move away from a world saturated wtih commercial furniture and is proud to describe many of Mogg’s products as pieces that won’t blend in.
See you what you think. Oh the name? Well it actually comes from MObili (furniture) and OGGetti (objects). In the fact the name might be the most pedestrian thing about it.
To find out more about each piece click the image. I like the piece below which would look great in an industrial loft setting wouldn’t it?
Love the doppiafilla shelving in bronze.