Naomi Accardi is a Designhead
Likes: Royal Blue — Dislikes: American bathtubs
Designheads is a profile series featuring members of our community and their relationship to the world of design.
A special feature for us here at Designheads/Pink Essay! We’re excited to feature our good friend Naomi Accardi, a talented writer (she has her own substack, which you should absolutely follow) and creative consultant who splits her time between Italy and the US.
Naomi’s feature is particularly special for us because Naomi has interviewed our Pink Essay creative team (David Eardley and Matt Pecina) on two separate occasions for Salone del Mobile.Milano and Cult Classic Magazine, and both features do such a wonderfully personal job of telling our story.
A true expert in her field, Naomi is an interdisciplinary genius with a specialization in intersecting the world of sports with other aspects of culture, and serves as the Editor-at-Large of Season Zine, and revolutionary football/fashion-centric publication that works to counter the mainstream narratives around the sport, which often exclude marginalized communities.
We’re forever fans of Naomi, and lucky to have her be a part of our world. A true designhead, here’s Naomi’s take on our list of queries:
Name: Naomi Accardi
Age: 31 going on 32
Location: Milan or Palermo, Italy + NYC, US
Instagram: @naomiaccardi
Website: naomiaccardi.info
Are you a designer? I am not a designer!
One word to describe your take on design: Functional
The last thing you made: I successfully built an Ikea x Marimekko coffee table with no hiccups!
The next thing you want to make: I'd love to build a chaise lounge
What does being a designhead mean to you? It means to live life with a special kink for beauty
A design object you love: A leather and metal chair that my grandmother gave to me
A design object you can’t stand the sight of: I dislike American bathtubs
A moment of pure creative joy: When I can write with no interruption
When we say “designing the future,” what comes to mind? Pink Essay comes to mind!
Your aesthetic embodied as a ...
song: What You Won't Do for Love - Bobby Caldwell, RIP
color: Royal Blue
texture: Pleated stuff
If you could own one iconic design work, I would buy: Ouhhh, there's too many!!!! Anything Dieter Rams x Braun
If you could show your work to anyone in the world, it would be: Anybody who wants to read it :)
What’s next for you? Great question! Hopefully enrolling in a pottery class!