Design accessories & vintage style

Fleysen entered the market with a determination to produce quality metal furniture

Unique Czechoslovak buildings and their furnishings in the 1970s and 1980s

Introducing Fleysen - fantastic minimalist metal furniture

Incredible wooden artworks by Antonín Hepnar

Prototype of the TON chair designed by architect Karel Prager

Fleysen entered the market with a determination to produce quality metal furniture

Unique Czechoslovak buildings and their furnishings in the 1970s and 1980s

Introducing Fleysen - fantastic minimalist metal furniture

Incredible wooden artworks by Antonín Hepnar

Prototype of the TON chair designed by architect Karel Prager

Lamp Napako TYPE 1715/0519

€ 698

Lamp model 1715/0519, designed by Josef Hůrka in the 1960s for the Napako company. The lamp has a conical shape made of frosted, milky, triplexopal glass. The shade stands on a metal tripod which is painted black. One leg goes from the base to the top of the lamp, where it is curved and topped with a wooden ball. Josef Hůrka was a Czech designer who worked for Napako for much of his life. Napako was founded in 1919 and its name is derived from the initial letters "Nástrojáři" (toolmakers) - "Pasíři" (passers) - "Kovotlačitelé" (metal printers). They became famous in their time thanks to the works of Josef Hůrka. The lamp is in very good original condition. The bulb with E27 thread is used.

Armchair H-221

€ 6 340

Armchair model H-221, designed by Jindřich Halabala in the 1930s for the company Uměleckoprůmyslové Závody. The birth of modern tubular steel furniture design dates back to 1925, when Marcel Breuer constructed his first prototype armchair using the material. After 1930, interest in tubular steel furniture grew steadily, and it began to be used not only in functionalist interiors but also in mass-produced pieces aimed at the broader public. The ingenuity of Halabala’s designs lay in his utilization of the spring-like properties of steel tubing to create constructions based on a single, curved line. His decision to design a chair without front legs was due to the issue of suspension. He said, “In the earlier models, the flexibility was one-sided. With these chairs, the design is chosen so that the chairs have the same range of backward and forward flexibility. This avoids the falling sensation that one felt with backward springing chairs.” Halabala saw steel furniture as a light and transparent alternative to earlier wooden designs. Halabala's most important models date from 1931, so his work was at the forefront of the development of the industry and became some of the most well-known and exclusive furniture of its kind. These two particular armchairs underwent a complete refurbishment in our workshop. The wooden parts have been refinished with a matte coating of natural oils and waxes. Our restoration of the cushions involved replacing all of the horsehair and natural plant fibre stuffing while preserving the original spring system.

Armchair from Hotel Thermal, designed by Machonin

€ 6 340

Iconic club chair designed by architects Věra Machoninová and Vladimír Machonin as a part of the interior of Hotel Thermal in Karlovy Vary. In addition to Hotel Thermal, the husband-and-wife team designed, for example, the Kotva department store in Prague, the embassy building in Berlin, and their own villa in Prague’s Smíchov neighbourhood. This armchair was originally a part of the furnishings of a building the architects designed in the 1970s for the esplanade in Karlovy Vary. The complex was built in the brutalist style and was conceived as a congress hotel and the main centre for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Due to extensive renovations, the hotel’s furnishings were gradually removed, but some of them have been preserved.This tall club chair with a circular seat was originally installed in the hotel lobby. It is upholstered in red faux leather and sits on a swivelling chrome base with four castors. The original cover is slightly damaged in some places. The backrest and seat have some scuff marks otherwise the chair is in very good original condition. The chair base has been repaired and the upholstery thoroughly cleaned.

The word Nanovo in Czech means something "anew", "afresh" or "again". We stumbled upon the name of our shop as we were chilling at Berlin's university in 2009. Two years later in 2011 our Nanovo shop opened. We are a shop with Czechoslovak and international post-war design, we sell and renovate furniture and we also design interiors. In 2016 we have received the Czech Grand Design Award "Shop of the Year". In 2019, we were awarded the EDIDA Award - Elle magazine award for Jiří Jiroutek's furniture reissue.