Nemo
pianoforte – piano
design: lorenzo palmeri
company: zanta pianoforti
Nemo is at once vertical piano and a state of mind.
The presence of the curved front allows for unprecedented and powerful enveloping sound distribution and diffusion. The curve is there to welcome the musician into an embrace that literally draws him or her into the intimacy of the piano.
The porthole, a reference to the experience of travel, offers a glimpse inside the instrument, into the fascinating and mysterious world of the mechanics that generate the sound.
Each Nemo key is coated in FENIX NTM®, a material that is pleasant to the touch, fingerprint-resistant, extremely opaque, and has thermal repairability of surface micro-scratches.
pianoforte – piano
design: lorenzo palmeri
company: zanta pianoforti
Nemo is at once vertical piano and a state of mind.
The presence of the curved front allows for unprecedented and powerful enveloping sound distribution and diffusion. The curve is there to welcome the musician into an embrace that literally draws him or her into the intimacy of the piano.
The porthole, a reference to the experience of travel, offers a glimpse inside the instrument, into the fascinating and mysterious world of the mechanics that generate the sound.
Each Nemo key is coated in FENIX NTM®, a material that is pleasant to the touch, fingerprint-resistant, extremely opaque, and has thermal repairability of surface micro-scratches.
The black keys are hand-finished, each one unique, underscoring the nature and craftsmanship of each and every aspect of this piano in which the soundboard is handcrafted from Fiemme Valley red spruce and the frame from a single cast iron casting, details that directly influence the quality of the sound and experience of the musician.
Of all the musical instruments, the pianoforte is perhaps the one that generates one of the strongest physical and environmental relationships with the musician. Playing the piano is often a journey, like standing on the bow of a ship or guiding a spaceship.
Nemo is the child of these evocations, born out of a desire to generate a new intensity of musical experience.
Lorenzo Palmeri
Lorenzo Palmeri, architect, works in the fields of design, architecture, art direction, teaching, composition and music production. Among his teachers were Bruno Munari and Isao Hosoe with whom he collaborated for several years.
As art director, he has executed various projects and followed various corporate paths, among them Invicta, 2007; DesignRe; Lefel (design project of the publisher Feltrinelli) 2009-2010; Arthemagroup, 2010; Stone Italiana since 2012, Vicentina Marmi, 2019.
He has been involved in education since 1997, teaching at the most renowned national and international design schools.
In the field of music, he has written soundtracks for theatre and installations. In 2009 the album “Preparations for Rain” was released, with the collaboration of prestigious guest musicians such as Saturnino on bass and Franco Battiato. In late 2014 came “erbamatta”, his second album, in 2019 “la natura del parafulmine” (the nature of the lightning rod), and in 2021 “4 (Cosmic dance floor credits)”.
He has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions. His projects have won and been selected for major national and international awards. In 2017, he was named among the “Ambassadors of Italian Design” as part of Italian Design Day.