Born in Nice, France, in 1975. Philippe Nigro is Milan based and works between France and Italy. As a freelance designer since 1999, Nigro collaborates with the Studio De Lucchi in Milan. Since 2005, he is supported by the VIA to take part in forward-thinking and experimental furniture projects, thanks to which he conceived the shelf “Spiral”, the modular boxes “Storage-Unit”, the sofas “Intersections”. The prototypes of the double chair “Twin-Chairs” and table basement “Universal base” also realized thanks to the VIA grants, enter in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou.
In 2009 the sofas “Intersection” announce the beginning of a collaboration with Ligne Roset who edit them and develop the range under the name of “Confluences”, who won the German Red Dot prize Best of the Best 2009 and Young & Design competition. In 2011 begin collaboration with Serralunga with the outdoor sofa “Canisse”.