Nick Maltese Studio is a Milan-based architecture and interior design practice founded by Nick Maltese and Federico Pagetti. Its design identity emerges from the meeting of complementary visions: memory and innovation, technical rigor and scenographic imagination, minimalism and maximalism. An eclectic and unconventional approach that transforms each project into a bespoke narrative. The studio works across hospitality, restaurants, retail and residential projects, interpreting space as a sensory and storytelling experience. Light, materials and imperfection become design tools capable of shaping distinctive and atmospheric environments, giving rise to a “beautiful inconsistency” that has become a defining feature of the studio’s language. Its research draws from cultural and artistic contaminations, ranging from historical avant-gardes to twentieth-century Italian design, taking shape in tailor-made projects developed together with craftsmen and leading companies. For Nick Maltese and Federico Pagetti, design is an act of curiosity and freedom: a process that merges vision and technique, narrative and emotion, giving each place a unique and contemporary identity.
