David Nosanchuk

Born in Detroit in 1969, David grew up in the suburbs with a father who was an avid fly-fisherman. At an early age, he spent weekends with his family in the trout streams of northern Michigan. They also went on long trips down to the bonefish flats of the Florida Keys. During this period, David became interested in fishing flies and the nuances of nature. Tying flies was a study of scale and materials. Searching for fish involved careful observation of the water's surface, the direction of the sun, and intensity of the wind; all things that influence and define design and architecture.

These interests were nurtured during David's four years of preparatory school at the Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield Hills; a school renowned for its historic leadership in the discipline of design arts. For his undergraduate work, David obtained a Bachelors degree in art and architectural history at the University of Michigan. He then went on to earn a Masters of Architecture from SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture). Upon Graduation, David spent three years working for a Los Angeles design shop, producing one-of-a-kind furniture for prominent designers and architects.

In 1998, David began his first solo project in New York City and established NOSANCHUK, an architectural, interiors, and design firm. The following year, he worked with Ian Schrager to provide interior design concepts for the newly developed plasma screen technology. He also designed a house for a client in East Hampton, New York. At the 2000 ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) NOSANCHUK debuted the Sharp + Heavy Line, a contemporary collection of lighting and furniture made with traditional materials. Following a huge response, David's N1 Lamp was voted one of the five best in show by HomePortfolio.com. Recently, N1 Pendant was featured in the Discoveries by Designers section of the April 2008 issue of Architectural Digest.

In addition to the overwhelming response to the lighting designs, NOSANCHUK's projects have ranged from commercial interiors, such as the Nederlander Theater Company's corporate offices, to residences, and product designs. Based on David's background and experience at Saarinen's Cranbrook, his designs focus on materials, methods, context, and scale. Recently, the office competed in the Stockholm Library Expansion and the Decatur Modern Housing Competitions in Georgia. Currently, the firm is in collaboration with Artemide, Flos, and Louis Poulsen, regarding a number of newly designed lighting prototypes. David still continues to embrace nature, fly-fishing the small trout streams of upstate New York and striped bass runs in Montauk.