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BACI BACI

Design studio for buildings, interiors, exhibitions, objects

Guided by research, we see design as an opportunity to experiment on the real world.

Baci Baci strips additional layers back to dig deeper. Daily ritual, unexpected interactions. Places for people: to sit; shelter; experience; convene.

Founded by Nicola Cortese, Baci Baci is a New York-based studio with projects in buildings, interiors, exhibitions: permanent, temporary and undetermined.

Steeped in collaboration, conversation and cultural engagement—our projects begin in the present, return to the past, and extend to the future.

CONTACT

SERVICES

Interior Design (Concept-Construction)

Exhibition & Installation Design

Custom Furniture & Millwork Design

Furniture Specification & Procurement

Concept, Test Fit, and Feasibility Development 

Community Engagement

Scenography

Art Direction & Interior Styling

Visualization

Project Management 

Research & Design Journalism

BIO

Nicola Cortese is the Founder and Principal of Baci Baci.

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License (Aus - ARBV): 800199

Prior to founding Baci Baci, Nicola was the Lead Interior Designer at Margaret Sullivan Studio, working predominantly with public libraries across the US; Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Hartford Public Library, and Anne Arundel County Libraries to name a few, as well as other mission-driven clients; Theatre for a New Audience, Student Leadership Network and the Center for Fiction.

Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Nicola practiced architecture at numerous firms in Melbourne and Tokyo, focusing on mixed-use and public buildings, before moving to NYC. In building her research-based approach, she undertook a Design Research, Writing, and Criticism Residency at the SVA and taught within the architecture programs at RMIT University and The University of Melbourne.

COLLABORATORS

Baci Baci is built on the foundation of a longstanding collaboration with Lauren Crockett and Stephanie Pahnis. For all architectural and Australian project enquiries, please reach out to SENS, our collaborative practice.

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WITH GRATITUDE

We acknowledge the Lenape people, the traditional custodians of Lenapehoking, where Baci Baci practices, and the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, custodians of Naarm, whose Country shaped our learning.