Little Architecture is a collection of jewelry that references the inspiring work of architects Santiago Calatrava, Luis Barragan, Tadao Ando and others. Constructed primarily from silver, Indonesian teak and ebony, the pieces illustrate an intimate investigation into scale and form. Select pieces feature unique and irregular semi-precious stones, and gold vermeil is used sparingly to highlight form. The collection is being produced in Indonesia by a team of skilled artisans the designer met while working with a furniture manufacturer in Bali. All wood used in the collection is scrap wood from nearby factories.
Industrial designers are like architects of small things. Like a great building, products create their own landscapes as well as an active dialogue with the environments in which we place and use them. Every design or collection should focus on the user, the space, and the other objects around it. Pico, short for piccola, is a company that celebrates the little things and the big impact they have in our homes, on our bodies, and in our lives.
While a tabletop designer for west elm, and the Director of Product Design for world-renowned designer Clodagh, pico founder Andrea Panico learned that no matter how small, all the choices we make are design decisions. In her career, Andrea has designed a wide range of products including furniture, lighting, tableware, carpets, bedding, tile, plumbing fixtures and graphics. Her love of jewelry started during her graduate studies in Industrial Design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. She now has a jewelry studio in the basement of her home in Montclair, NJ where she lives with her husband Gene McGarry, a landscape architect, and their dog Mick. Panico enjoys working with craftspeople she has met during her work and travel in various parts of the world and has designed collections that celebrate the artisanal influence of these talented people.
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