Nina Levett found an antique armchair and decided to give it a new life. She developed ornaments telling the story of a drug-consuming, neurotic housewife who looks for ways to escape the boredom of her sad, dreary domestic life. The title of the work is "Sperm Sofa".

Lasercut tablecloth with ornaments by Nina Levett. This design was made for the wedding of the Austrian designer. If you look closely you will be able to identify words in the pattern. Edgy and provocative!

Commissioned by the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts and curated by Sam Jacobin 2010 the exhibition "Design Criminals" was held in Vienna. Nina Levett developed ornaments for several themes of everyday life such as nail design.

Nian Levett created ornaments and patterns. Cutlery by Achille Castiglioni DRY by Alessi, hand engraved with ornaments by Nina Levett.

Austrian designer Nina Levett creates narrative ornaments for wallpapers and textiles. In this installation Nina Levett shows a wallpaper that tells the story of a young prostitute who has married a client but finds herself losing her identity. The title is “Believe Liar”. During the day her husband wanders about the city in search of prostitutes instead of going to work whilst she lies at home in bed trying to sleep. Words like “lie, sleep, trust” add the narrative element to the artwork.

The work was commissioned in 2009 by Illustrative a website that showcases fresh, innovative and new design, and Cult Work. The purpose of the invitation was to celebrate the centenary of the Italian car manufacturer, Alfa Romeo. Female figures and phallic cars dissolve into one another and are absorbed into the structure of the object.
Power, masculinity, sexual dominance and sexual prowess – the explicitness and exaggeration of Nina’s interpretation is once again bold and unsettling.

Nina Levett is a design studio specialized on ornaments and patterns for design objects. These laser engraved glasses are part of a tableware box that is sold via the Rudolf Budja Gallery in Salzburg. The glasses are also part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. Each glass is different.

This umbrella was created by Schirmemacher Jank in Vienna for Nina Levett, under the supervision of Desy Gudjunova in occasion of Nina's wedding.
the umbrella is now in the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna.

Handglazed and confused.

Black and white flower moveable wallpaper handmade by Nina Levett.

Handprinted vintage ceramics.

I want to portray a type of housewife that has gone astray into a marriage which has locked her in - like a predator in a small cage in the zoo, not adapt to the needs of a very young woman. The variations of her life consist in small changes: fridge open/closed, dishwasher open/closed, plates on the ground/on the shelf,...

Photograph by Alexander Gruebling

The Alpine Poesy collection is comprised of traditional symbols that are printed on products, and also presented on textiles with the Austrian Alps embroidered style of 'Heimat'. Mixing these traditional symbols with sexual images is somewhat strange and they work in contrast to each other. The combination of sex and Alps is a sort of sweet and sour mixture.

A series of plates about fertility and sex. To be combined with Nina Levett's moveable wallpapers.

Handmade nightgown printed with black sperm.
The use of the doll is symbolism for being under pressure. The expectations. Just a toy. No feelings. Thoughtlessness. Boredom.
Everyday objects like pans and brooms. Interpreting the meaning of things. Trying to cognitively understand how one feels.
A permanent failure.

All these flowers were cut out of sticky tape and stuck onto paintings. later I scanned their shapes and archived them for future work. This collection was made into a new design.

This wallpaper was designed for a lamp shop and a leather shop in Vienna. The two companies were taking part at the Decorex Trade Show in London in September 2008. The wallpaper was actually printed for the show but without the fly.

This is part of my modular wallpaper paintings "moveable wallpapers". The dress is printed in the same pattern as the wallpaper. The sperm represents the beginning of the life of my children. The best thing I have accomplished in my life so far!

This is part of my modular wallpaper series. The dress is printed with the same pattern as the paintings. The sperm represents the beginning of the life of my children.

Project for a Vienna Art Gallery which produces souvenirs for Vienna. This St. Stephen's Cathedral was done using simple shapes and forms and was turned into a pattern to use for printing on postcards, packaging and wallpapers.

This wallpaper was done for a traditional bakery in Vienna. It is for their shop window. The eagle symbolizes Vienna in the times of the monarchy and the leaves are symbols for autumn.

these paintings can be combined to make a single piece. this gives the impression of a wallpaper.
you can combine my textiles and resin floor designs as well as homa accessories to go with the wallpapers.

Porcelain plates: modular system of a variation of plate sizes, to be combined. Handmade and hand printed.