Objects of Common Interest

What Objects of Common Interest does

Objects of Common Interest is a private design studio founded in 2014 by Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis, operating between Brooklyn, New York and Athens, Greece. The studio works across collectible furniture, lighting, and objects, alongside large-scale spatial installations for commercial and cultural clients. Its practice is anchored in material experimentation — most notably resin, glass, and textile processes — supported by an in-house fabrication workshop opened in Piraeus in 2022 that enables bespoke prototyping and small-batch production. The studio sells work through a curated gallery network including Nilufar (Milan), Etage Projects (Copenhagen), and Breeder (Athens), and has been acquired into museum and private collections.

The studio's revenue model is project-based and diversified across three streams: gallery sales of one-off and limited-edition collectible pieces; brand collaborations with luxury houses such as Valextra, Gucci, Rimowa, Jimmy Choo, CC-Tapis, Bitossi, Tacchini, Meritalia, and Kvadrat; and commissioned spatial installations for clients including OpenAI, Brookfield Properties, and Galeries Lafayette. Recent moves toward industrially produced furniture lines (Tacchini's Refract and Tact & Trace, Meritalia) signal a shift from strictly gallery-channel distribution toward broader retail accessibility. No external funding has been disclosed; the studio appears bootstrapped with a small team of 7-10, and has accumulated 20+ international design awards including Wallpaper* Designer of the Year 2022 and ELLE DECOR EDIDA 2024.

Customer segments span luxury fashion houses, technology firms, commercial real estate developers, and the collectible design market. Pricing is anchored in the premium and ultra-premium tiers of the design market, with collectible objects and bespoke commissions sold through gallery and direct-to-client channels. The studio has no disclosed AI, software, or recurring-revenue product lines; its competitive position is built on creative authorship, brand reputation, and material craft capability rather than scalable technology.

Name

Objects of Common Interest

Legal name

Objects of Common Interest

Website

https://objectsofcommoninterest.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Objects of Common Interest is a Brooklyn- and Athens-based design studio founded in 2014 that produces collectible furniture, objects, and spatial installations for luxury brands, commercial clients, and design galleries worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Collectible Design Studio

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141), Interior Design Services (541410), Household and Institutional Furniture Manufacturing (33712)

SIC

Household Furniture (2510), Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Interior Design Services (BPAHAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Exhibition, Retail & Experiential Design (BPAHAKAL), Industrial/Product & Furniture Design (BPAHAKAM), Decorative Accessories Retail (Vases, Bowls, Sculptures, Figurines, Trays) (CRAIACAB)

Keywords

• Collectible design furniture
• Spatial installation design
• Contemporary sculptural objects
• Luxury brand collaborations
• Cast resin design

Headquarters

HQ city

brooklyn, ny

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Direct Product Sales: E-commerce storefront selling collectible design objects (chairs, tables, lighting, mirrors, accessories) directly to consumers and collectors. Products are sold as both standalone pieces and limited editions.
2. Gallery & Edition Collaborations: Licensed editions and collaborations with premium furniture brands (Tacchini, Bitossi, CC-Tapis, Meritalia, Bloc Studios) sold exclusively through partner galleries and brand channels. Revenue from royalties and co-developed products.
3. Spatial Installation Commissions: Large-scale public and private installation commissions from commercial clients (Brookfield Properties, Valextra, Galeries Lafayette) and cultural institutions, generating project-based professional services revenue.
4. Design Week & Exhibition Presence: Revenue generated through presence at major design fairs (Milan Design Week/Salone del Mobile, Design Miami, Frieze Art Fair) where works are presented, sold, and new client relationships established.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Objects of Common Interest is a research-driven design studio that designs, fabricates, and sells collectible furniture, lighting, vases, mirrors, and home decor objects, alongside creating site-specific spatial installations for luxury brands and cultural institutions. The studio operates an in-house resin fabrication workshop in Piraeus, Greece, enabling proprietary material experimentation including iridescent resin casting and holographic surface treatments. Products are sold through direct e-commerce, gallery representation, brand edition partnerships, and at major international design weeks.

Product overview

Objects of Common Interest is a research and design studio creating a diverse portfolio of collectible design objects, furniture, and lighting pieces. The portfolio spans seating (chairs, stools, benches), tables (coffee tables, side tables, consoles, desks), lighting (Tube Lights, Atmosphere series), home decor (mirrors, vases, planters, plates), and textiles (Moiré carpet collection). Key product lines include the Holographic Domesticity series with holographic surface treatments, the Poikilos-inspired iridescent resin works, VOIDS series featuring resin cast pieces, and various collaborations with luxury brands including Tacchini (Refract vases, Tact mirrors), Bitossi (Torsi planters), CC-Tapis (Moiré carpets), Meritalia (Bundle furniture), and Bloc Studios (Totem trays). The studio also creates immersive installations and spatial projects, with a dedicated resin fabrication workshop in Piraeus, Greece.

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Products and services

• Thranos A desk extending the Poikilos exhibition, featuring deep and gentle tones with cast resin creating rarefied visual effects. Sold directly via the studio's e-commerce storefront.
• Mirage Round Table A round table originating from the Purple Nebula installation, featuring monochromatic space in purple tones reinterpreted in red, crafted from translucent resin.
• Void Chair The first piece of the VOIDS series, a resin chair referencing Athenian urban landscape through corrugated steel sheet imagery, transforming mundane materials into new mediums.
• Pink Mirror A reflective object with a soft, cloud-like form evoking pink and orange sunrise/sunset hues, featuring glossy acrylic resin surface with subtle transparency.
• Stardust Plates Plates crafted from previously smashed acrylic pieces creating a unique granulated stardust effect, transforming recycled materials into functional objects.
• Kaleidoscope A translucent resin coffee table that transforms perception through reflection, color, and shifting visual depth, engaging with kaleidoscope logic where fragments are multiplied through light and movement.
• Afairesi A console extending the Poikilos exhibition, featuring pigmented solid resin volumes with soft curves and tactile smoothness that blend into surroundings.
• Diskoi A side table presented as part of Poikilos, exploring iridescence, material depth, and perceptual variation with surface shifting subtly with light and viewpoint.
• Philip Chair An elemental four-legged seating form with rigid stainless steel frame draped in flexible custom-cast semi-transparent gel layer, available as dining chair, armchair, and bar stool.
• Lithos A natural rock formation translated into an artificial moment for resting, placing, or pausing, with translucent material allowing light to pass through creating a glowing effect.
• Metamorphic Rock A solid rock formation on a tray with casters, reinterpreted through semitransparent material that appears solid while remaining soft to the touch, available in matte and glossy versions.
• Mountair Chair A sculptural lounge seat cast in solid aluminum with rugged mountain-like form, where nature and artifice converge through documentation and translation.
• Minimum Chair Emerges from material extraction and reduction, distilling seating to its essential form with metal skeleton enveloped in cast silicone, bridging industrial and handmade.
• Blurry Thoughts A mirror object where cast resin surrounds a reflective plane, forming layered topography that fragments and diffuses reflections through colored transparency.
• Holo Coffee Table A malleable semi-transparent surface resting atop a holographic-treated prismatic volume, creating playful perception of color, light, and tactility with shifting reflections.
• Atmosphere Standing transparent figures holding light within their bodies, combining minimal elements into volumetric objects where light is contained rather than applied, creating soft ambient glow.
• Holographic Domesticity Series of objects composed through pure shapes and spatial gestures in glossy powder-coated steel, acquiring illusionistic materiality through holographic surface treatment.
• Inflatable Chair A playful and ergonomic seating object made from biodegradable PVC with soft, lightweight, adaptive structure that responds to users, exploring contemporary habitation.
• Opal Bent Stool A monolithic acrylic cast seating piece with seemingly melted surface atop two posts, featuring gemstone-like semi-transparency and iridescent play of colors from chemical reaction during casting.
• Tube Lights Abstract sculptural light articulations in acrylic, lit from within, appearing pliant yet powerful as they emerge from floors and walls, available as floor, wall, and ceiling mounts.
• Tube Chair Formed through intersection of two torus volumes generating continuous folded geometry, with soft tubular form creating natural seat that invites sinking sensation, in collaboration with Falke Svatun.
• Relativity of Color Series of hand-blown glass and cast acrylic objects exploring color, light, materiality through two intersecting elements in delicate balance, forming bowl, plate, vase, and glasses.
• Point of Balance A bench constructed of intersecting solid marble blocks with sliced cylindrical monolith bridging over two circular pillars, emphasizing structural clarity through contrast between curved and flat geometries.
• Bent Stool Marble cut into seemingly curved surface to create elemental, monolithic seating piece.
• Bundle A sculptural duo of table and stool with stacked upholstered volumes bound by tensioned straps, wrapped in glossy coated fabric, exploring rhythm, repetition, and compression through soft forms. Exclusively for sale with Meritalia.
• Refract I, II, III, IV, V Series of five sculptural vases in cast resin exploring shifting transparency, color, and form through unique geometries that refract light and space in subtle ways. Exclusively for sale with Tacchini.
• Tact I, II, III & Trace I Series of mirrors in colored semi-transparent resin exploring subtle variations in form and color, offering unique interpretation of softness, reflection, and emotional presence. Exclusively for sale with Tacchini.
• Torsi Collection of outdoor and indoor handcrafted ceramic planters with fluted cylindrical or half-cylindrical elements inspired by classical architecture, available in vibrant Bitossi archive colors. Exclusively for sale with Bitossi Ceramiche.
• Moiré Collection Edition of carpets developed with CC-Tapis, rooted in research into natural material patterns, using advanced jacquard weaving techniques with wool and Tencel on traditional Indian handlooms. Exclusively for sale with CC-Tapis.
• Totem Stackable, vertically interchangeable marble elements creating centerpiece tray variations in sculptural totem form, with elements supported by weight without permanent attachment. Exclusively sold through Bloc Studios.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20+ international design awards including Wallpaper* Design Awards (multiple years), Architectural Digest 100, ELLE DECOR EDIDA Designer of the Year 2024
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• MeritaliaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026First collaboration with Meritalia presenting 'Bundle' at Salone del Mobile 2026 (Rho Fiera, Hall 22 Booth B30). Bundle is a sculptural duo of a table and stool composed of stacked upholstered volumes bound by tensioned straps, wrapped in glossy coated fabric. Exclusively for sale with Meritalia.
• TacchiniflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst collaboration with Tacchini including Refract I-V vases (five sculptural vases in cast resin exploring shifting transparency and color) and Tact I, II, III & Trace I mirrors (series of three distinct mirrors in semi-transparent colored resin). Exclusively for sale with Tacchini.
• BitossicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration with Bitossi for Torsi collection of handcrafted ceramic planters. Torsi draws from Bitossi's historic Totem ceramic pieces and vibrant color archive. Exclusively for sale with Bitossi Ceramiche.
• CC-TapiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMoiré Collection collaboration with CC-Tapis — edition of hand-woven carpets in wool and Tencel using advanced jacquard weaving techniques. Collection includes Zig-Zag, Splash, Quadratic (2023) and Oblong (2024) patterns. Exclusively for sale with CCTapis.
• Bloc StudioscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTotem series — stackable marble tray elements creating sculptural centerpieces. Collaboration with Bloc Studios for production and exclusive sales through Bloc Studios' platform.
• ValextraflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerSoft & Tender Topographies installation commissioned for Valextra Milan Flagship Store, April 20–26 2026. A composed landscape exploring textures and materialities installed within the luxury goods retail environment.
• Brookfield PropertiesflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerColour Field public installation commissioned by Brookfield Properties for Principal Place, London, as part of the London Festival of Architecture, June–September 2026. Reimagines space as a modern ruin occupied by nature.
• RimowacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWild Things freestanding light created for RIMOWA as part of the itinerant exhibition 'As Seen By'. An expandable volumetric totem with light elements and RIMOWA's signature grooved pattern, dominating spaces with its presence.
• Nilufar GalleryflagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary gallery partner for multiple exhibitions: Volumes of Stillness (Nilufar Grand Hotel 2026), Poikilos (Nilufar-Viale Lancetti), Purple Nebula (Nilufar-Viale Lancetti), and FAR curatorial program. Multiple bodies of work sold exclusively through Nilufar.
• Etage ProjectscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGallery partner for DOMESTICITY-AT-LARGE solo exhibition and Future Archaeology exhibition. Etage Projects represents the studio's work in Copenhagen and international art contexts.
• The Breeder GallerycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPresented VOID Chair (first piece of VOIDS series) at Frieze Art Fair London 2024. The Breeder Gallery serves as gallery representation for Athens/London-based collectible design sales.
• Noguchi MuseumflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerExhibition 'Hard, Soft, and All Lit Up with Nowhere to Go' developed in dialogue with the Noguchi Museum. Collaborative publication 'Noguchi and Greece, Greece and Noguchi' co-published with Atelier Éditions and D.A.P. exploring the relationship between Isamu Noguchi and Greek culture.
• DOOORminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThreshold installation developed in collaboration with DOOOR for Alcova Milan 2026. The installation explores how minimal gestures become architecture through repeated divider elements.
• Falke SvatunminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Falke Svatun on Tube Chair — formed through intersection of two torus volumes generating continuous folded geometry in foam and fabric.
• Weekend MaxMaracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOn Slowness collaborative installation presented during Milan Design Week 2024, situated within Weekend Max Mara's new boutique on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan.
• MarsellminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdaptive Ground installation at Marsell Flagship Store on Via della Spiga in Milan. Explores relationship between structure and softness, transformation and material memory across two levels using marble, leather, and inflatable forms.
• KvadratminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDoric Columns installation as part of Kvadrat's Knit! Design Projects (fourth edition). A rigid column element reinterpreted through textile/knit installation.
• Galeries LafayetteminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharlotte Chesnais corner designed and produced for Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann — a series of sculptural jewelry display objects presented in 2024.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fernando Mastrangelo: New York studio creating sculptural furniture and collectible objects from cast materials including resin and sand. Direct peer sharing material-casting expertise and gallery-driven edition sales.
• Maarten Baas: Dutch conceptual designer known for sculptural furniture and collectible editions shown at major galleries including Nilufar and Friedman Benda. Direct peer in the high-end collectible design market with same institutional exhibition pattern.
• Misha Kahn: Brooklyn-based designer producing sculptural, materially experimental furniture and lighting sold through galleries like Friedman Benda. Comparable as a Brooklyn-based studio with similar collectible-edition and installation-driven model.
• Sabine Marcelis: Amsterdam-based designer who builds collectible furniture and lighting from cast and tinted resin. Direct peer: shares OoCI's material experimentation approach, collectible-edition model, and trade-show presence (Milan Design Week, Design Miami).
• Apparatus Studio: New York-based design studio producing luxury lighting and furniture with bespoke commissions and edition sales. Comparable as a design studio serving luxury interiors with hand-finished, narrative-driven objects.
• Studio Drift: Dutch design studio creating sculptural lighting and kinetic installations for galleries and luxury brands. Directly comparable as a studio-led practice monetizing spatial installations plus limited-edition collectible objects.
• Tom Dixon: British design brand producing collectible furniture, lighting and accessories with strong luxury and hospitality distribution. Comparable as a design-studio-led collectible brand operating through own e-commerce and brand collaborations.

Others

• Nilufar Gallery: Milan-based design gallery that represents OoCI as a primary channel partner. Adjacent - functions as distribution and validation infrastructure for OoCI's collectible editions.
• Friedman Benda: New York gallery representing contemporary collectible designers. Adjacent ecosystem participant - similar gallery tier that competes for designer representation and collects a comparable set of designers.

Broad incumbents

• Cassina: Established Italian luxury furniture manufacturer with deep archive of designer collaborations and edition partnerships. Incumbent peer - competes for the same brand-collaboration slots and edition partnerships (e.g., Tacchini, Meritalia's positioning).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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