Nanda Vigo (1936-2020) studied architecture at the Institute Polytechnique in Lausanne. Following a short stay in the USA, she returned to Milan and became deeply involved in the multi-disciplinary cultural scene there, setting up her own studio in 1959. She was close to Lucio Fontana as well as Piero Manzoni and Enrico Castellani and the artists of the Zero movement, taking part in many of the Zero exhibitions in the mid 1960s. She also worked closely with architect Giò Ponti, in particular on residential interiors such as ‘La casa sotto la foglia’ (1965-68). In her studio, she engaged in the development of what she called ‘Chronotropic Environments’, enveloping sensory experiences marked by simultaneity of light, reflection and image. Even her furniture designs reach towards this dematerialized space, melting into their surrounding environments through use of reflective planes and geometrical precision. Solo exhibitions of her work include ‘Nanda Vigo. Light is Life’ at the Milan Triennale 2006 and more recently ‘Nanda Vigo. Light Project 2020’ at MACTE in Tremoli in 2020.