FORMACY

FORMACY is a melbourne based product design bureau. we offer furniture, homewares and lighting objects for the domestic and commercial sector. we also provide interior design & built services. FORMACY are Manuel Canestrini & Colin Whitehead Founded by Manuel in 2018, formacy was joined by Colin in 2020. German born and bred, Manuel is a trained and practising architect and interior designer with a strong Bauhaus influence, who gathered experience in diverse creative disciplines; while Colin is a qualified furniture & interior designer and trained cabinet maker running his own company Special Things Furniture specialised in custom made furniture. Working in a team, discussing ideas and merging different skillsets is key for the successful design philosophy of formacy. Combining fresh design ideas with a hands-on approach whilst pushing the boundaries of the ordinary results in products that are a combination of a high design quality, practicability, playfulness and excellent craftsmanship. formacy: \ ˈfor-mə-sē \ noun 1. the art or practice of designing and producing appealing products, and of compounding and dispensing pleasing products according to prescriptions of interior designers 2. A place where design products are dispensed, a dispensary or shop 3. The science of the efficient and effective generation and development of ideas through a process that leads to new appealing products. 4. The occupation of a formacist.