Hello my name is Alexander Kanygin!
I am a product designer and craftsman from St. Petersburg. I make furniture, decor items and design objects, and with my friends we do projects interior design with my special objects.
Exhibitions:
2018 – Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, Greenhouse, персональная выставка, Стокгольм, Швеция
2017 – «Материализация», Владивосток, Россия
2016 – Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, «Натуралист», Стокгольм, Швеция
2015 – «Натуралист», Санкт-Петербург, Россия
2015 – 100% Tobeus, Москва, Россия
2014 – Born in the USSR, Wallpaper* & Elena Shchukina Gallery, Лондон, Великобритания
2014 – «ПРЕДМЕТ. Современный российский дизайн», Москва, Россия
2014 – IZBA, Галерея дизайна BULTHAUP, Санкт-Петербург, Россия
2014 – IZBA, Salone del Mobile, Ventura Lambrate, Милан, Италия
2013 – Salone Satellite Worldwide Moscow, Москва, Россия
Publications
2020
The Village — 7 great Russian furniture brands
Featured: https://www.the-village.ru/service-shopping/the-village-guide/gde-pokupat-mebel-rossiyskie-marki
2018
ELLE Decoration — New Names: Designer Alexander Kanygin
Interview: https://www.elledecoration.ru/heroes/design/aleksandr-kanygin-id6761021/
2018
Sight Unseen — ‘40 Ultra-Scandinavian Things We Loved at Stockholm Design Week 2018’
Featured: https://www.sightunseen.com/2018/02/40-ultra-scandinavian-things-loved-stockholm-design-week-2018/
2017
Moskauer Deutsche Zeitung — Aus Alt mach Neu: Design-Ausstellung zwischen Tradition und Innovation
Featured: https://mdz-moskau.eu/aus-alt-mach-neu-design-ausstellung-zwischen-tradition-und-innovation/
2017
Bellissima Kids — ‘Alexander Kanygin Quirky Wooden Toys & Furniture’
Featured: https://bellissimakids.com/alexander-kanygin-toys/
2016
Sobaka.ru — Product Design. Alexander Kanygin
Interview: https://www.sobaka.ru/lifestyle/design/42799
2016
Sobaka.ru — 50 best product designers of St. Petersburg
Featured: https://www.sobaka.ru/lifestyle/design/43357
2015
Mind Mag — ‘The Russian Toymaker’
Interview: https://www.mind-mag.com/search/alexander+mcqueen/page/2/
2015
Bigu Migu — Günlük Hayatı Kolaylaştıran Küçük Ahşap Robotlar
Featured: https://bigumigu.com/haber/gunluk-hayati-kolastiran-kucuk-ahsap-robotlar/
2015
Sobaka.ru — TOP50: How the Izba team revived product design in Russia
Featured: https://www.sobaka.ru/lifestyle/design/38073
2015
Sobaka.ru — Business smells like wood: 6 best furniture designers
Featured: https://www.sobaka.ru/lifestyle/design/36063
2014
Wallpaper — Born in the USSR: a new show at Gallery Elena Shchukina explores contemporary Russian design
Featured: https://www.wallpaper.com/design/born-in-the-ussr-a-new-show-at-gallery-elena-shchukina-explores-contemporary-russian-design
2014
The Village — Made of wood: 7 Russian furniture workshops
https://www.the-village.ru/service-shopping/the-village-guide/160807-peterburgskie-masterskie-po-derevu
2014
The Village — Made of wood: 7 furniture workshops in St. Petersburg
https://www.the-village.ru/service-shopping/the-village-guide/160807-peterburgskie-masterskie-po-derevu
2014
Evrt Studio — ‘Inspirations & Aspirations’
Featured: https://inspirations.evrtstudio.com/post/99320696980/plywood-beard-by-alexander-kanygin-alexander-is
2013
Project Baltia — ‘New generation of designers from St.Petersburg at Habitare’
Featured: http://projectbaltia.com/en/news-en/5327/
2013
OSSO — ‘I robot in legno di Alexander Kanygin’
Featured: http://ossomagazine.com/filter/gin/DESIGN-I-robot-in-legno-di-Alexander-Kanygin#.YzmP5uxByqA
2012
Wallpeler — Koto Bolofo photographs St Petersburg’s brightest and best
Featured: https://www.wallpaper.com/gallery/art/koto-bolofo-photographs-st-petersburgs-brightest-and-best#0_pic_9
2012
AD Magazine — Portrait: Designer Alexander Kanygin
Interview: https://www.admagazine.ru/design/portret-dizajner-aleksandr-kanygin
2012
The Village — Apartment of the Week (Petersburg) Apartment-workshop of architects with wooden finishes and hand-made furniture.
Interview: https://www.the-village.ru/service-shopping/apartments/117347-kvartira-nedeli-peterburg
2012
Sobaka.ru — Handmade. Alexander Kanygin
Interview: https://www.sobaka.ru/city/city/11871
2012
Sobaka.ru — Heroes. Alexander Kanygin
Interview: https://www.sobaka.ru/fashion/heroes/11083
2012
Sobaka.ru — Interior. Alexander Kanygin and Anna Druzhinina
Interview: https://www.sobaka.ru/oldmagazine/glavnoe/12978