Armani/Casa showcases up to date craft within the Swiss Alps

Nomad, the travelling showcase devoted to collectible design and up to date artwork, introduced a particular venture titled Giorgio Armani / Unveiled as a part of its winter version in St. Moritz (12-15 February 2026).

On the coronary heart of the venture was the exhibition By way of the Wanting Glass: Jane Crisp and Yuta Segawa. Conceived as a targeted curatorial second inside this 12 months’s programme, the presentation staged a dialogue between up to date craft and the home language of Armani/Casa – Giorgio Armani’s inside and way of life design universe.

Curated by Abby Bangser, founding father of Object & Factor, By way of the Wanting Glass introduced collectively London-based artists Jane Crisp and Yuta Segawa. The exhibition centred on craft, materiality and type, explored in relation to Armani/Casa. Highlighting practices that reinterpret conventional strategies by a up to date lens, it created an encounter between collectible design, artisanal course of and the aesthetics of recent residing.

Nomad’s St. Moritz programme positioned specific emphasis on the connection between house and expertise. The version unfolded at Villa Beaulieu, the renovated villa of Klinik Intestine, reworked into a brief dwelling for artwork, design and alternate. Reimagined as an intimate but expansive exhibition house, the historic residence hosted main galleries in artwork and design inside a lived-in, home framework. The structure acted not merely as a backdrop, however as a participant – shaping how works had been encountered and relationships fashioned.

Customized walnut furnishings, tactile textiles and layered supplies lent heat and depth to Villa Beaulieu’s interiors, grounding them of their Alpine context whereas sustaining a distinctly international outlook. This 12 months, FNA Idea conceived the restaurant, VIP room and welcome space as an immersive panorama formed by color, texture and curated design. A palette of deep chocolate tones and smooth mint hues established a refined, nostalgic environment, enriched by works developed in collaboration with Nina Yashar of Nilufar, one of many exhibitors. The version additionally welcomed first-time participant Nikos Koulis, increasing Nomad’s worldwide neighborhood.

By way of its integration of design, craftsmanship and setting, this version of Nomad reaffirmed the honest’s distinctive imaginative and prescient to dissolve boundaries between makers and collectors, custom and innovation, and areas and the objects that populate them.