Growing up on the Italian island of Murano, Luca Nichetto was constantly around people who made things. The grandson of a master glassblower who exposed him to the handmade craft at a young age, and the son of a mother who embellished glassworks as they came out of the kilns, he became fascinated with the act of turning conceptual drawings into three-dimensional forms. After studying industrial design at the Università Iuav di Venezia and interning for the Venetian lighting company Foscarini—which hired him as a freelancer to research new materials and products in the early aughts—Nichetto founded Nichetto Studio, in 2006, to focus on industrial design and consulting. Today, it has offices in Venice and Stockholm. His firm has worked with numerous international brands including Hermès, Cassina, Hem, and the furniture start-up ZaoZuo.