After taking a few years to learn how to hand build ceramics at a larger scale, Jamie Iacoli debuts a new collection of furniture, lighting and objects that allow her a more holistic approach to object making, running a studio, and showing up in community.

“The collection is inspired by listening to Laurie Anderson’s O, Superman on repeat, finding fleeting moments of peace and wonder during grief, the interiors in Pasolini’s Teorema, a long distance love affair, the door scene in Agnes Varda’s Le Bonheur, Maya Plisetskaya’s arms in Ravel's Bolero (1975). The past three years have been a marked by reconnecting with my intuition and my family, and the intersection of both of these in Italian pagan and folk magic rituals.

The craft is ancient and the forms are familiar. While each piece is structurally sound, I embrace the nature  of the finishes. Cracks in the applied slips and imperfections in the application of studio-made glazes are encouraged and allowed. As I’ve learned about this medium, I’ve had to focus on letting go and leaving room for the divine.”

- Jamie Iacoli

Viva Iacoli is a continuation of the work begun by Jamie Iacoli & Brian McAllister in Seattle in 2007. The studio designed, developed and fabricated a line of furniture, lighting & objects for the home until 2021.

For many years Iacoli & McAllister handled fabrication in-house.  In 2015 the studio started working closely with a network of west coast based vendors to produce the product line. The studio understands the importance of maintaining strong relationships with vendors, so that a quality product is delivered within budget and on schedule.  

Over the years, the work has been featured in The New York Times, T Magazine, Wallpaper*, Dwell, Surface, Elle Decor UK, Fast Company, Wired, Sight Unseen, Interior Design, Vogue Living among other publications online and in print. 

Our products have been carried in the following stores and boutiques:

Ace Hotel
ABC Home
COS
The Future Perfect
Gestalten
Matter
Mociun
Paul Smith
Starbucks Reserve Roastery
Totokaelo

My work draws from my studies in eastern and western philosophy, 19th and 20th century literature, 20th & 21st century art, getting out of the US, and a whole lot of quiet time spent in solitude.  Inspired by the Bauhaus, I tend to keep it simple by exploring the way lines, planes and volumes intersect space.  I think a lot about emotions (vibes), barometric pressure changes and liminal space. I am intrigued by the nuance of what we cannot see but we know exists (love!), the negative physical space created and therefore highlighted by the work. 

 -Jamie Iacoli