OO+II Aluminum Candleholder
by Kiki Goti · Nyc, United States

Kiki Goti is a Greek architect, designer and educator based in Brooklyn, NY.She is the founder of the design studio Some People, which focuses on playful, interactive architectural installations and public art projects. Because of her background in digital fabrication and material research, she started experimenting with innovative materials and fabrication techniques in furniture scale and in 2022 she launched her first product and furniture design collections using upcycled foam.As an educator, she has taught at Pratt Institute, Carnegie Mellon, the University of Pennsylvania and the Parson School of Design. She received her MSc in Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research from the Institute for Computational Design at the University of Stuttgart and a Diploma in Architecture from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.She has received several international awards such as an Honorable Mention at the Architecture MasterPrize 2021, a nomination for the Archdaily Building of the Year 2022 and the1st Prize in AZURE Awards 2018 for Design Excellence, Student Category. She was selected to be part of the Next Progressive Series of ARCHITECT Magazine in 2020. Her work has been published in Sight Unseen, Azure Magazine, design-milk, FRAME, ARCHITECT Magazine, designboom and archdaily.