Nanika

Laetitia Perrin

Nanika (“Something” in Japanese) is an autonomous, independent robot created by ceramist and architect Laetitia Perrin in collaboration with multiplié for the technical aspects.
The idea came from Robert Breer’s moving sculptures (what he calls his “floats”), which are objects that move very slowly around a room. As it happens, one of these pieces was to have been produced as a “multiple” by the gallery Multiples, Inc (in 1970), but the project never saw the light of day. It’s also a tribute to one of the pioneers of cybernetics, Grey Walter. In 1950, Grey Walter designed and built electronic turtles that moved and changed direction according to light, among other things. Nanika is made of stoneware and equipped with distance sensors, enabling it to learn about part of its environment. Nanika moves according to chance, his moods and what he perceives of his surroundings.

Laetitia Perrin

Laetitia Perrin Studio is a design agency and hand-building workshop for collectible furniture, lighting and ceramic objects.
At the heart of the studio’s work is the transformation of earth into material, the gift of a free-form materiality to create tangible, nomadic and functional objects, often architectural.
The creations are unique pieces of all kinds: murals, furniture, lighting fixtures, bas-reliefs, tableware, beautiful objects… Through their diversity and materiality, the pieces designed create a link between craftsmanship, art and architecture.