After making her mark on the international collectible design scene, Lavinia Fuksas—designer and jewelry creator—arrived at the ninth edition of Nomad Circle in St. Moritz, from February 12 to 15, in collaboration with the Milanese art gallery Mondavilli & Scagliola, continuing her research in which jewelry and architecture merge into vision and form becomes narrative.
Fuksas’ creativity takes shape in an exhibition space conceived as an immersive interior in collaboration with Niccolò Giraldi: more a threshold to cross than a room to visit. Red velvets, crossed by bronze reflections, envelop the gaze and the step, leading the visitor through a cozy entrance to an intimate living room, suspended between bourgeois elegance and the discreet mystery of a secret club from the early 20th century.
The space does not simply show itself: it breathes, welcomes, and retains. It is not a setting, but an experience to be lived with the body and memory, where time is layered and eras touch each other like silent presences.
Within this sensory universe, masterpieces of 20th-century Italian design dialogue with contemporary interventions by Lavinia Fuksas, creating a fluid narrative between languages and sensibilities. History and the present coexist in balance, between memory, matter, and vision, in a cultured and poetic living room where every object becomes a living presence.
In Lavinia Fuksas’ creative universe, Kalyka reappears, a sculptural coffee table that returns as the protagonist in a new finish, as if the material had chosen a new way to express itself. Born from the encounter between the precious mark of jewelry and the visionary materiality of Pietro Franceschini, Kalyka strikes a balance between intimacy and architecture: a geometric base, punctuated by brushed brass facets, welcomes enamel and mother-of-pearl inlays, luminous traces preserved in the surface.
The three brass faces open with a measured movement, revealing a secret compartment or opening an unexpected small bar: a gesture that suspends time, where function becomes ritual and use becomes discovery and wonder.
PHNX, a new addition to Lavinia Fuksas’ portfolio, challenges the boundaries between sculpture and functional design. A vertical composition in red lacquered iron rises with architectural rigor, interrupted by a backlit onyx block that radiates warmth and depth, transforming matter into suspended light. The sharp geometry is softened by the glow of the stone, creating a delicate dialogue between opacity and transparency, structure and preciousness, while a discreet mirrored base multiplies the reflections, amplifying the dual nature of sculpture and collector’s item.
The TNX series manifests itself in two forms that dialogue between solidity and light, between function and sculpture. The luminous coffee table blends blocks of Guatemalan green marble and brushed steel volumes, crossed by a backlit onyx element that diffuses a soft, suspended light, transforming the piece of furniture into a luminous object, suspended between matter and poetry.
The TNX vase, a faceted bronze body, stands out with its architectural and geometric presence, capturing and multiplying light in changing reflections. Its vertical shape balances solidity and lightness, transforming a functional object into a collector’s item suspended between design and sculpture, while its monolithic silhouette and precious materiality evoke timelessness, where craftsmanship and geometry merge in a poetic gesture.
“Kalyka, PHNX, and TNX were born from the idea of making the invisible visible: transforming everyday gestures into discoveries, matter into emotion, light into poetry. Each object is a sculpture and a companion for life, an invitation to experience design with attention and wonder,” says Fuksas.
Each work dialogues with the space without overlapping, responding with an autonomous and contemporary voice. Geometry, the distinctive feature of Lavinia Fuksas’ language, is never an exercise in style: it is archetypal form and memory, a structure that becomes emotion.
In St. Moritz, Lavinia Fuksas did not just present objects, she created an atmosphere: a narrative interior in which metal reflects, stone preserves light, and red velvet amplifies perception.An invitation to slow down the gaze, to penetrate the material, to recognize design not as a simple functional gesture, but as a form of storytelling. Here, the project becomes a sensory experience, a silent presence, and a shared memory.
About Lavinia Fuksas
A Paris-based designer and jewelry maker, Lavinia Fuksas embodies a multidisciplinary vision that combines architecture, art, and fashion. A graduate of Bocconi University, Central Saint Martins, Parsons School of Design, Istituto Marangoni, and École d’Architecture in Paris, her professional practice combines intuition and structure, emotion and geometry.
Her eponymous brand, founded in 2020, explores the expressive possibilities of metal through sustainable, sculptural jewelry handmade in Rome. Her fluid, architectural creations are designed for those who embrace both strength and vulnerability in equal measure.
