Nicko Elliott

Design Director

Macro Sea

New York City

Nicko Elliott leads creative and technical consultants and organizes fabrication, manufacturing and construction teams to create impactful objects and environments. With emphasis on materiality and detailing, Nicko employs graphics and branding, interior and landscape design, and product design to ensure consistent design quality across multiple project platforms.

Pre-Macro Sea, Nicko Elliott worked on projects at the intersection of architecture, landscape and public art in North America, Asia and Africa. He has been a guest critic at Coloumbia GSAAP, University of Toronto and the Ontario College of Art & Design.

About Macro Sea:

“Macro Sea is a creative developer based in New York City.

Our mission is to do projects that we find interesting.

We design, build, and operate projects for people and places that we care about.

Created in 2009, Macro Sea has executed projects in the built environment and conceptual realms, in New York City and around the world.

As part of our core mission, Macro Sea conceptualizes and builds creative interim use projects that transform and energize our surroundings. Our design projects have been featured in MoMA and the Venice Biennale.”

Articles featuring Nicko Elliott

Business

17 Inspirational Archipreneur Quotes that will Motivate You in 2017

In our interview series Archipreneur Insights we have spoken with more than 40 Archipreneurs. Experts and entrepreneurs in the field of architecture, building and development have answered our questions and giving us insight into their creative and unusual operations of their businesses and projects. From these interviews we want to share with you the most inspirational […]

Projects

Presenting the Redevelopment New Lab, which Brings Startups to a Former Shipbuilding Facility

Welcome to our projects series where we present benchmarks of urban living – self developed by architects and creative city makers. This week we want to present you the recently completed redevelopment project New Lab by Macro Sea. We met David Belt, the Executive Director and Founder of Macro Sea and Nicko Elliott, the Design Director of the company in the […]

Interviews

Archipreneur Interview: David Belt, Founder of Macro Sea & Nicko Elliott, Design Director

Do you want to get into the heads of the top initiators and performers from the architectural community? If so, we heartily welcome you to “Archipreneur Insights”! In this interview series, we talk to the leaders and key players who have created outstanding work and projects within the fields of architecture, building and development. Get […]