Nicholas Tilma is a designer and artist based in Detroit, Michigan. Through experimental and traditional fabrication techniques and by mixing material languages he creates otherworldly furniture, lighting, and objects that combine references to artificial nature and science fiction to address the following questions: How will humans of the future memorialize the natural world when our references are themselves the fake versions of the real thing? How can we acknowledge our collective fear of a dystopian future, while romanticizing its aesthetic?

He recieved an MFA in 3D Design from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2023 and holds a BFA in Art & Design from the Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan. He worked as a product designer at furniture company, Floyd, for six years while operating his personal studio practice simultaneously. He has exhibited work in New York City, Brooklyn, Detroit, and Ann Arbor. 

For inquiries please email: nttilma@gmail.com

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Press:
In Good Company featured on Sight Unseen

"Detroit Furniture Design Legacy" in Surface Magazine

Popeye Magazine (Japan) Makers' Way of Living Feature, February 2018 Issue & Interior Issue, This is How City Boys Live, 2019 (feature reprint)

Hypotenuse Light featured on Sight Unseen

Artist Profile: Nick Tilma, Michigan Daily


Links:
Instagram
Tumblr (inspo archive)
Photography 
Soundcloud (some music i’ve made)