Summary • Kiki Goti Studio's “Bells and Whistles” collection explores the essential character of non-essential features • The furniture is anchored by a bell motif cast in aluminum with each piece also featuring discreet drawers with knobs shaped like miniature whistles
Earlier this month, Kiki Goti Studio unveiled its “Bells and Whistles” collection in TORO Manifesto’s Main Section at COLLECTIBLE Fair. Created for the Mexico City–based gallery, the series probes the essential character of non-essential features in furniture design. Drawing its name from the idiom “bells and whistles,” the collection both interrogates and celebrates ornamentation — elevating what’s traditionally decorative into the very heart of each piece, and reframing embellishment as integral rather than superfluo