"I HAVE A FASCINATION FOR METAL.
I LIKE HOW IT BENDS LIKE A SHEET OF PAPER.
I LIKE HOW IT CHANGES COLOR WHEN HIT BY LIGHT.
I LIKE HOW IT CAN TAKE DELICATE SHAPES
WHILE BEING STRUCTURALLY INTEGRAL.
I LIKE HOW IT CAN PROTECT AND DECORATE."
- Naomi Elser, 2026.
I LIKE HOW IT BENDS LIKE A SHEET OF PAPER.
I LIKE HOW IT CHANGES COLOR WHEN HIT BY LIGHT.
I LIKE HOW IT CAN TAKE DELICATE SHAPES
WHILE BEING STRUCTURALLY INTEGRAL.
I LIKE HOW IT CAN PROTECT AND DECORATE."
- Naomi Elser, 2026.
Naomi Elser (b. 2003) is a designer from southern Germany, currently based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Her work combines industrial materials with delicate craftsmanship. The combination of opposites is a common thread in her objects: industrial and intimate, round forms and sharp spikes, soft textures and rigid structures. The objects ask to be touched, not only looked at.
Naomi graduated with a Bachelor's in Product Design from the Willem de Kooning Academy in June 2026.
In 2025, she spent six months in Brussels working for French designer Nicolas Zanoni.
EXHIBITIONS
Living room of the future.
Design District.
Rotterdam, May 2026.
No(tes) for Later.
Off program Collectible Fair.
Brussels, March 2026.
Layers of Lino.
Dutch Design Week.
Eindhoven, October 2024.
Her work combines industrial materials with delicate craftsmanship. The combination of opposites is a common thread in her objects: industrial and intimate, round forms and sharp spikes, soft textures and rigid structures. The objects ask to be touched, not only looked at.
Naomi graduated with a Bachelor's in Product Design from the Willem de Kooning Academy in June 2026.
In 2025, she spent six months in Brussels working for French designer Nicolas Zanoni.
EXHIBITIONS
Living room of the future.
Design District.
Rotterdam, May 2026.
No(tes) for Later.
Off program Collectible Fair.
Brussels, March 2026.
Layers of Lino.
Dutch Design Week.
Eindhoven, October 2024.