11/09/2026
✨ VENICE CALLS ITS DESIGNERS ✨
Meet the designers shaping Venice Design Week 2026.
Today we introduce Fernando Pinto Santos, Portuguese designer and founder of BOAH NOVA, a lighting studio based in Leça da Palmeira built around a community of designers and artisans.
His practice is rooted in a modernist approach to light: simple forms, wood worked on a small scale, digital precision combined with traditional craft. His lamp BAI2f, a broad circular shade in birch wood, black on the outside, gold within, works entirely through reflection, shaping the atmosphere of a space without ever becoming its protagonist