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David Shaw Nicholls (born 27 February 1959 in Bellshill, Scotland)〔Mel Byars. 2004. ''The Museum of Modern Art Design Encyclopedia.'' (Museum of Modern Art, New York)〕 is a Scottish architect and designer based in New York.〔"The New American Entrepreneurs". Metropolis, May 1991: 66-67〕 Nicholls is known for his work on furniture, modern area rug and textile designs. Nicholls studied art, architecture and design at Edinburgh College of Art (Edinburgh, Scotland) and Domus Academy (Milan, Italy), before starting his own product and textile design firm in New York City. Nicholls has exhibited at the "British Design Craftsmen", the "Edinburgh International Festival" (1980), the "Charles Rennie Macintosh Furniture, Fine Arts Society, London" (1981), the "3rd Biennale di Venezia" (185), and the "International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York" (from 1990).〔 ==Furniture, Interiors and Architecture== While in school in Scotland, Nicholls gained recognition for his two seater welded tubular chair at Edinburgh College of Art.〔Domus Magazine, Italy, no.624. January 1982. pp.66 “News”〕 In 1980, "Design reg. No.995257", his first prototypal piece, was acknowledged as “uncluttered and straightforward," “a clean starting point and an attempt with John Makepeace and British craftsmen designers to reduce the object to its original state”, and was shown at the Edinburgh International Festival in 1980, in Fine Arts Society in Glasgow in 1985, at the “Light” exhibition in Milan in 1983.〔Interior Design, UK, June 1982. pp.35 “This England”〕 The prototypes were also editorialized extensively throughout the world during this period. In the early 1980s when he moved to Milan. He worked briefly for Sottsass Associati〔Venice Biennale of Architecture, Italy 1985. “Ponte Del’Accademia”〕〔Sottsass Associati (Rizzoli), 1985〕 after completing his master thesis with Sottsass at the Domus Academy from 1985 to 1985 (the year of its inception). Whilst in Milan, Nicholls also collaborated with Prospero Rasulo of "Studio Alchimia" and Nanda Vigo of "Bar Montmartre" in 1985.〔Casa Vogue, Italy, no 173. 1986, pp172-174 “Bar Montmartre”〕 In 1985 he moved to New York and launched his "BEAST" furniture line. Hand fashioned in wood and metal. The design prototypes comprised: Angus, Arianne, Arno and Aston credenza.〔Modo, Italy, no 124. 1990, p 30”BEAST” - Araianne table〕 At its source, this period also inspired a portfolio of energetic freehand sketches in charcoal and silver.〔Metropolis, USA, May 1991, pp 63-71”New American Entrepreneurs”〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Shaw Nicholls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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