MATTEO FOGALE

The idea behind the pieces is to produce a familiar collection of furniture showcasing the strength and honesty of solid wood. Large sections of material are abruptly transformed into thinner sections creating a contrast of thick and thin, heavy and light. In the shelving system, different widths of vertical planes play with positive and negative space, visually heavy and light at the same time.

The Tee tables by Matteo Fogale are compact but functional side tables. The interlocking structure underneath the table top gives the tables strength and acts as a storage shelf for books or magazines.

They arrive flat-packed and snap together in seconds, with no tools required.

NINE offers contemporary furniture, lighting and accessories to suit the needs of our homes and working environments today. Our products are simple, high-quality, functional and designed with aesthetic clarity.

NINE is based in London and launched in 2023. We collaborate with a small selection of designers from across Europe, that includes established studios and exciting new names.

NINE makes products that are designed to be used and enjoyed for many years. Wherever we can, we use recycled and recyclable materials, eliminate new and single use plastics and reduce shipping volume.

Photography by George Kroustallis.

Bespoke desk hand-made in solid Walnut.

Arlette outdoor dining table for Sutherland Furniture. Teak wood and marble. Designed in collaboration with Laetitia De Allegri.

Bespoke work tables for Black & White building from The Office Group.

Table lamp designed for the Black and White building from The Office Group. Hand-made using locally sourced reclaimed Oak from Kent, England.

A practical solution to the increasingly blurred boundaries between work and home, the portable Caret reimagines the linear silhouettes of the classic, green-shaded designs – known as 'bankers lamps' – found in historic libraries. Made entirely from lacquered steel, the design features a rounded base and a long, pyramid-shaped top that emits a soft, diffused light. The lamp comes in two contemporary colours: Dark Burgundy and Silk Grey.

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Screens made for Carl Hansen & Son showroom in London using reclaimed Danish paper cord and Oak wood.

This compact and flat-packed desk was entirely hand-made in solid Ash for a private client in London. the client's request was a desk that could occasionally work as a small dining table for four. It includes a removable wooden drawer/tray and discreet cable management.

The console table was designed with locality in mind. For this piece, the Oak wood is sourced from Hever in Kent, 40 miles south from London, and seasoned by Bruce Saunders, a fellow member at Blackhorse Workshop where Matteo’s studio is based. The wood is then hand-carved and finished with natural oils by the designer. In collaboration with Catherine Martin from James Stonework in Malvern, the complementary stone legs are shaped from Jordan’s Whitbed extracted in Portland, about 180 miles from East London. All parts are assembled together by brass details including a tubular hinge allowing the stone leg to rotate and find the perfect third point of stability.

The MCV tables designed in collaboration with Rafael Antía are part of a collection of furniture based on the work of Uruguayan modernist architect Julio Vilamajó Echaniz. A result of Matteo’s residency with the British Council at the Museo Casa Vilamajó. Drawing inspiration from a detail on the facade of Vilamajó’s 1953 Faculty of Engineering at Montevideo’s University the designers created a family of two tables, made from cast concrete with a betón brut finish, wood, tempered glass, and bespoke bronze fixings.

Large flat-pack dining table for La Feliz. Produced in Argentina with local materials and craftsmanship. Customisable in different sizes, materials and finishes.

Estribo dinning table combines technology with natural materials. The neat 3D printed joints allow the table to be dismantled for easy transportation.

Compact and light flat-pack side table in sustainable Portuguese cork. Cruz del Sur table snaps together in just seconds without the need of tools, it’s made in London using sustainable cork from Portugal and comes in a flat-pack using leftovers as packaging material. Available in light or smoked cork finished in natural oil-wax with the option to add-on a bronze finish mirror top. Produced and hand-finished locally by Matteo Fogale.

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The Nebbia Collection comes from those winter visits to Murano and resemblance of the island foggy landscape with the London fog. The colours and finishes of the collection are inspired from the water and damp weather conditions in both islands with hazy and cloudy effects represented using traditional muranese techniques. These techniques, nowadays mainly used for the production of thick, large scale pieces are applied to a contemporary set of drinking glasses with the aim of recovering the origins of Anfora producing glass goblets (or ‘Tipetti’) now in risk of extinction. 

Hand blown glass with different techniques; Sfumatura, Filigrana, Macchie, Iride, Canne, Air bubbles.

Bespoke table commissioned by Pierre Yovanovitch for an apartment in Rue du Bac, Paris. Legs in solid Oak and top in Zimbabwe granite with aluminium honeycomb insert. In collaboration with Laetitia de Allegri.  

Hand-blown Murano Glass vases designed for Salviati in collaboration with Laetitia de Allegri

Seating island for Bloomberg Headquarters in London. Designed for Waste not Want it and comissioned by Arts and Co. In Collaboration with Laetitia de Allegri. 

Pepper crasher and wooden breadboards designed for AirBnb installation Makers and Bakers during Milan Design Week 2016. in collaboration with Laetitia de Allegri.

Cheese Platter designed for Wallpaper handmade exhibition in Milan 2014. In collaboration with Laetitia De Allegri.

-ISH Collection is entirely produced from recycled waste like denim, cotton and cardboard. Designed in collaboration with Laetitia de Allegri.  Wallpaper Design Awards 2015 Winner - ‘Best Denim’

Bespoke Turned Ash Dinning table designed for LOT Studio.

Flat-pack quality furniture produced from solid wood. Launched on crowd-founding platform Kickstarter and distributed worldwide. Designed in collaboration with Joscha Brose.