The leader in post-modern product design since 1980, the CANETTI® collection is made up of beautiful, functional, innovative, and timeless lifestyle, gift and home decor items.

Meet The Peacock Clock - Back From 1984

DECADES OF INNOVATION

About CANETTI®

Canetti Design Group was created in 1980 as a pioneer in postmodern design for functional products in everyday use and lifestyle decor.

Today, we celebrate 40 years of product innovation and 30 years of The Original Magnet Frame®, our original frameless frame design. We continue our mission to create well-designed, beautiful, functional products for the home and office. Our products are high-quality, lasting investments.

When you order from CANETTI®, you buy from the original designer and you join numerous museum stores and design shops around the world that carry and enjoy our products!

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NICOLAI CANETTI

Meet Our Founder

Known for his postmodern and Memphis-style designs, Nicolai Canetti founded his design consulting firm, Canetti Design Group, in New York City in 1980.

During the 1980s and '90s, he played a foundational role in bringing postmodern design into people's homes. Nicolai Canetti contributed innovation combined with function and aesthetics to many staled categories of consumer products such as cosmetics, desk accessories, lighting, working tools, chimes, games and many more. Many of these reimagined designs won international recognition and awards. 

In 1994, he conceived the first magnetic picture frame—a “frameless frame” that does not detract from the photos or objects being displayed, which is widely used around the world.

Canetti's eclectic career includes design professor, advertising executive, publisher, photographer, and of course product designer.

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AWARDS & PRESS

40 Years of Recognition

Nicolai Canetti’s achievements have been acknowledged with numerous awards and citations of excellence.

Among them, Industrial Design Magazine stated that “Nicolai Canetti is the leading manufacturer and distributor of contemporary clocks,” and awarded him with an Honorable Mention for his innovative ARTime clock design, while his ModernTime clocks received the American Graphic Design Award for Excellence.

Notably, the award winning CANETTI® logo designed in the 90s remains an iconic logo for the ages.

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Watch: How The Canetti Original Magnet Frame Works