The Artisans

Morici was established in 1979 in Recanati, in the Province of Macerata. For forty years, the company has passed down centuries of Italian woodworking tradition. Using natural woods and leathers chosen with care, Morici is where the manual abilities of Italian master artisans meet modern production technology. Modern products of the highest quality, to the tiniest detail.

Tecno Spa, founded in 1953 by Osvaldo and Fulgenzio Borsani, is a historic furnishing company based in the heart of Milan, with every collection based on quality design, materials, and artisanal tradition. The brand boasts an innovative approach, 47 patents, 5 Compassi d’Oro, and numerous recognitions, allowing them to launch their products around the world, creating prestigious works and true design icons. Today, Tecno Spa defines themselves as a design factory.

Mamate is a Brescia-based ceramic studio, following the process step by step to create both decorative ceramics and pieces for everyday use. All their designs are made by hand to preserve the material’s unique characteristics, employing traditional tools such as the lathe. Every piece is one of a kind, telling its own story through the tiny imperfections that make it unique.

Founded in 1915 by Roberto Gambella, today, Ebanisteria Roberto Gambella is led by its third generation. The company is proud of its century of woodworking mastery and continues to use traditional techniques while incorporating the latest technology in terms of accessories and tools. The company works exclusively with prestigious solid woods to create modern and exclusive products with Scandinavian inspiration, designed by Erika Gambella. The company has now been officially included in the official register of historic Italian businesses.

Marsica Fossati is an interior and product designer known for her eclectic creativity and meticulous attention to detail. She’s specialized in luxury hospitality and residential interiors, with a particular interest in bespoke furniture. In her interiors and through her products, she always tries to include elements from the past, often mixing contemporary design with natural and rough materials, such as wood, glass, brass, and marble.

Luce di Carrara was established in Querceta, outside of Lucca, to pair the beauty of natural stone, particularly white Carrara marble, with Italy’s great design and manufacturing history to create furnishings and home accessories that are both aesthetically pleasing and functional. In 2013, Luce di Carrara became part of Henraux, allowing them to collaborate with noted designers who work to interpret the stone while respecting its historic value and bring out its expressive abilities.

JCP Universe is an unconventional brand going beyond the usual commercial framework to open culture to everyone. Based in Cantù, near Como, the brand presents objects of wonder and discovery from an imagined alternate reality. JCP Universe crafts one-of-a-kind pieces in a style all their own, blending classic and contemporary elements in a surprising new language that challenges the status quo.

Founded in Meda, Brianza in 2012, the artisanal workshop Impagliando Design is heir to a centennial family chair-making tradition. A hotbed of ideas, projects, and products made using historic weaving techniques, the company produces chairs, armchairs, sofas, stools, room dividers, chaise lounges, all masterfully woven pieces that become the absolute centerpiece in an all-new way of experiencing home living.

Since 1985, UNO Contract has been an international reference point for interior design for luxury hotels, residences, and cruise ships. All their designs are made in Italy, near Venice, where mastery, artisanry, and design reach the highest levels of excellence. The company, now led by the second generation alongside management experts, combines tradition and innovation to respond to the needs of an international clientele.

A young and dynamic company based in Puglia, Dimarmo is where designers and skilled artisans come together to harness stone working traditions. Using an innovative lightened marble technique under the artistic direction of Studio Sissy Daniele, Dimarmo offers a collection of seats, tables, and accessories with a strong and original personality. All pieces in the collection are one of a kind and made by hand, characterized by geometric and monolithic shapes that showcase the precious stone’s veins.

A sculptor and designer, Andrea Serra was born in Lecce in 1981 and was immediately surrounded by art thanks to his grandfather, a sculptor and painter, and his mother, an art teacher. At the age of 14, he came in contact with Lecce’s famed limestone, forming an unbreakable bond with the material and using it for all of his works. His Creazioni Serra pieces are characterized by soft, natural silhouettes and innovative design, kissed by the Salento sun in an open-roof workshop.

Since the 1950s, Danese Milano has been a reference point for the Italian furnishing and design sectors. The company has been led by Carlotta de Bevilacqua since 1999, with art direction first by Ron Gilad and later by Giulio Iacchetti Danese. The company’s heritage, with work from Bruno Munari, Enzo Mari, Angelo Mangiarotti and Achille Castiglioni, continues today as the company continues to work with internationally renowned designers, artists and architects.

An economist with a life-long passion for art and design, Giulia Ligresti presented her LOVE collection at the 2018 Salone del Mobile in collaboration with the Silvia Porro Architects Studio: elegant chairs made by hand in gold-plated iron and precious velvets. Ligresti followed up with a larger collection of chairs, consoles, love seats, tables and sculptures in iron, copper, bronze, aluminum, all inspired by love. In 2020, Ligresti held her first personal exhibit at the Glauco Cavaciuti Gallery in Milan.

Founded in 1997, Getty Images Gallery is the only gallery with complete access to the Getty Images archive, the largest commercial photography collection in the world with over 80 million images. Getty Images Gallery offers exclusive access to the entire collection of Slim Aarons, whose negatives and transparencies are conserved at the Hulton Archive in London. The team of curators works incessantly to digitalize and retouch the legendary images to the highest quality using the best printing techniques.

Specialized in natural stones and marbles, Ballarini was established in 1979, but the Crystal Stone® cave in Montebello has been with the Ballarini family since 1800. In 1965, the family began extracting Crystal Stone® alabaster for decorative purposes. Until this day, the entire process, from the excavation to the final finish is performed under the Ballarini family alongside their artisans. Every piece of furnishing is made entirely by hand in Italy using artisanal techniques.

CuoreCarpenito is a ceramic studio based in Reggio Emilia founded in 2012 by Claudia Carpenito, a trained art restorer with twenty years of experience. Her knowledge of both ancient and modern art, combined with an exploration of shapes, traditional techniques, and materials, give life to collections inspired by the Mediterranean landscape with an irresistible pop twist. CuoreCarpenito was selected for the 2020 Ceramic Art London exhibition.

In 1904, a family of carpenters started a small workshop. Later in the 1950s, the know-how allowed them to become a full-fledged member of the furniture sector. Today, Fratelli Dutto is led by the fourth generation, creating both furnishings and accessories. While innovating and creating new fields within the sector, Fratelli Dutto still respects their identity and the artistic tension of creation while transforming and restoring their most precious material: wood.

From a small bottega producing artistic furnishings, Annibale Colombo, founded in 1812 by Filippo Colombo, is now an international reference point for quality woodworking. Going by its current name since 1990, the company has skillfully combined industrial structures and avant-garde techniques with artisanal tradition. Based in Novedrate outside of Como, the brand’s main focus remains woodworking, with both classic and contemporary styles in over sixty types of wood, inlaying and carving techniques.

Established in 2009, True can trace its roots back to TMA Treviso, Monselice, Asiago: a family company created in 1983 and specialized in office furniture. Alessandro, Lorenzo, and Francesco Maniero, the second generation, are the faces behind True, led by the internationally renowned architect Aldo Parisotto, acting as art director since 2014. Collaborating with important designers and creative talents, True furnishings, and accessories, all made in Italy, bring together design and function.

Established in 1982, Friuli-based FerroLuce Handmade Light is specialized in handmade ceramic lamps and lighting accessories. With an all-Italian production process, every product offers harmonious shapes and fresh colorways. Ferroluce prides itself on its attention to materials and production, as well as their ability to offer personalizations, be it shape, size decoration, and color, for every product to satisfy the most specific tastes.