Sense of craft: In conversation with A-nrd

This article first appeared in Mix Interiors #235

Words: Chloé Petersen Snell
Images: courtesy of A-nrd

As many of our readers will attest, putting together a design scheme is no small feat – juggling a sea of parts to be managed, sourced and amended. Add to this designing and commissioning bespoke furniture and lighting from scratch, and you require a very special type of person.

A-nrd’s Alessio Nardi and Lukas Persakovas are two such types. Studying product and industrial design in Italy and London, Nardi spent his formative years working in product design and installation, eventually joining Lee Broom where his appreciation of interior design and craft began to evolve – offering him the opportunity to begin designing interiors projects across hospitality and retail. Persakovas had a similar start, born to creative parents in Lithuania, with education in industrial design, also shifting from product to spatial design. Stars aligned and the pair came together as colleagues at Uxus, working on large scale retail and hospitality projects, including Bloomingdales and Tate Modern’s retail store. Nardi left Uxus shortly after, hungry to start his own studio in London – launching A-nrd in 2015 and inviting Persakovas to join as creative partner three years later.