Nikkuu Design (Melissa Moore)

Accessories – Baltimore

Melissa Moore founded Nikkuu in late 2010 while still a full-time teacher (10 year career in teaching Science/Math) and after exhibiting at the NYIGF in August 2010, decided to jump into the company more full-time. She is a self-taught designer and artist, so did not have formal training in art or design but holds a B.A. degree in Biology from St. Mary’s College of Md. She has been making design, art, and music since the age of 9 years old and has developed a formal practice for all of the above for the past 8 years. She has traveled in the US, Canada, and Europe for her music and art but has more recently decided to build a business centered in design. In her first year of business, Moore was accepted and exhibited at the August 2011 New York International Gift Fair Accent on Design. She has also been a vendor at smaller markets in the Mid-Atlantic Region such as; SuperMarket, Artists and Fleas, and was recently accepted into the Brooklyn Renegade Craft Fair and ID Pop Up Shop at Chelsea Markets, all highly competitive markets in New York City.