The Artisans

Florence-born Filippo Carandini is an interior designer, based in Milan, specialized in the overall visual concept of residential and commercial projects. In 2021 he launched a furniture collection, which represents a natural evolution of his professional experiences and passion, entirely produced in Italy in collaboration with local artisans. Essential volumes, vibrant colors and tactile materials are the key elements of the pieces which are designed to interact with the surroundings creating a charming asymmetric accent.

Based in Cava De’ Tirreni outside of Salerno, Arcea Ceramiche has been reinterpreting Vietri-style ceramics since 1976. Respecting traditional techniques but with total creative freedom, Arcea’s master potters express their ideas on both tile and a wide variety of decorative accessories. The heart of the company lies in its workshop for research and experimentation, where past and present, culture and tradition all come together to create the future.

Kubel Design, a brand of handmade rugs, was established in the heart of Abruzzo by Maria. With a passion for Bauhaus style and suprematism, Maria wanted to blend these movements into special furnishings made with sustainable technologies and materials. Kubel Design rugs are made by hand with high-quality cotton cords without the use of dyes, water, or chemical substances. A modern approach to home design: artisanal tradition, contemporary art, and sustainable production.

Producers of accessories for the kitchen and table as well as high design furnishings, all made entirely in Italy with the best materials with meticulous quality controls. Mepra was established in 1947, but the Prandelli family’s entrepreneurial history dates back to the early twentieth century with a metalworking company. In the 1950s, the family converted to steel cutlery production and eventually dabbling with golden decorations and colorful enamels before experimenting with plastic, glass, wood and ceramic.

Donghi, based in Meda, operates in the design sector, creating furniture and interior decorations that blend tradition and innovation. With roots in Lombard craftsmanship dating back to 1830, the company transforms artisanal heritage into modern aesthetics. Combining expertise with experimentation, Donghi preserves traditional techniques while exploring new shapes and materials, offering unique designs that reflect a legacy of excellence in contemporary furniture and refined finishes.

Filadelfio Todaro is an Italian ceramic artist. After obtaining his diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo, he has been exhibiting successfully since the late 1980s. He uses the technical and aesthetic canons of the Sicilian ceramic tradition as a solid foundation for his art. He focuses on the shape of the piece of art, trying to create new forms through the use of traditional and modern techniques. The color is used as a way to emphasize the main features of the shape.

Festina Lente is a Latin motto that means Make haste slowly. With this motto in mind, in 2017 Marta founded the brand of eco-luxury home fragrances Festina Lente. She creates each fragrance and makes each product by hand in small batches in her atelier in Milan, using vegan, cruelty-free ingredients with precious, phthalate-free scents and sustainable, locally made packaging. The logo is based on a series of gold coins minted for emperor Augustus in ancient Rome with the image of the prudent crab and the ambitious butterfly. This reflects in the brand's mantra: have a purpose but savor every moment. Each scent tells a story, conjuring up another place, another time, another season.

Founded in 1923 by the Nason brothers, NasonMoretti is one of the oldest glass factories in Murano. Stemware, glasses and designer objects, all made by hand, signed and numbered, their work has become indisputable symbols of the Venetian art of tableware. Now led by the third generation, the company collaborates with prestigious fashion, jewelry and luxury brands, and has displayed at international expositions including the Triennale di Milano, il Salone del Mobile, the MoMA in New York and the Corning Museum of Glass.

Artist Elisabetta Milan grew up in her grandfather Pietro’s workshop where she immersed herself in art before training in Udine and Venice as an art historian and restorer. Her paintings blend techniques linked to the artisanal patrimony of restoration and abstract art, while including stones, minerals, sands and shells. Since 2008, Milan has collaborated with important art galleries in the USA as well as with companies in the nautical sector, including Fincantieri and Carnival. In 2020 she founded the PlasticOcene project to protect the sea through art.

Inspired by stone and driven by design, Marmobon's decades of experience in the sector is based in the famous Stone District of Verona, specializes in the design and processing of marble, natural stones and conglomerate projects. The choice of materials, manufacturing experience, technological innovation and collaboration with architects and designers, allows the brand to bring quality products to the national and international market that are capable of responding to the modern needs of the sector.

Artist, designer and creative director, Antonio Aricò was born in 1983 in Reggio Calabria. In 2011 he opened his own studio in Milan and created the first Back Home collection, presented at Milan Design Week 2012. The result of an encounter between craftsmanship and industrial design, his works are exhibited all over the world. Aricò collaborates with major brands, such as Barilla, Seletti, Alessi, Bitossi and EditaMateria, creating iconic products. He also followed the artistic direction of Bialetti in 2017.

A small artisanal workshop founded by Achille Radice in Brianza 60 years ago. Today, Radice works on an international scale and specializes in Made in Italy luxury furnishings. Led by Luca, Davide and Giorgio, the third generation, the company blends manufacturing expertise with modern techniques and quality materials to create products for both private and public spaces, such as yachts and luxury hotels: sofas, armchairs, bar cabinets as well as tables, consoles, wardrobes, bookshelves, and lamps.

A love for wood, decades of experience in its processing and a desire to create original products for the international market. Combining the beauty of Italian design with the value of recovery. Denovo Wood, a company from Brugnera, Pordenone, designs and manufactures indoor and outdoor parquet, furniture and furnishing accessories, all under the Inulivo brand. A focus on the brand and the progressive numbering of many of the products guarantee its Italian origin and authenticity.

The Le Luci Artigiane company was founded in Lucca, Tuscany, by an elderly craftsman who, after 50 years in the workshop, decided to teach the art of lamp manufacturing to two young iron craftsmen, Paolo and Nicola, who still today carry on the project with passion. Le Luci Artigiane lamps are the result of ancient Tuscan lighting tradition and quality craftsmanship. Resistant and precious materials with new and ancient manufacturing techniques are used to create a unique atmosphere in style and taste.

Founded in 1990 by Marco Bellani, Carpanese Home Italia is a luxurious interior design company based in Northern Italy, near Verona. Internationally renowned, Carpanese offers exquisite furniture, lighting, and objects of decor entirely crafted in-house by master artisans. Each piece features a unique and refined design, fashioned of high-quality materials such as marble, wood, leather, metal, glass, and fabric, with the unlimited possibility of customization.

The oldest textile factory in Calabria, Lanificio Leo, was established in 1873. Today it is an international brand and a museum-company: the values of tradition meet a contemporary language. The home-wear collections are the result of the encounter between a centuries-old textile tradition, the concept of a design-oriented product and a deep-rooted cultural system: the artifacts, created with machinery from 1890 and 1965 combined with the latest generation machines, illustrate a wealth of knowledge and mastery which is transformed into objects of refined contemporaneity.

Movement, color and fun. Gioi is the new brand of luxury craftsmanship established within the Zanetto artistic laboratory, leader in the processing of noble metals for the table and the world of furniture. The Barock collection of designer bar accessories in titanium, the result of the collaboration with the famous designer Samer Alameen, plays with contrasts, preserving the purity of craftsmanship in a contemporary world that is constantly moving. Glasses, bottle openers, bottle holders, mixers, shakers, all with a fun design and inspired by the world of mechanics.

DESIGNforMACHA is a lighting company founded in Milan in 2016. Refined lamps produced in limited quantities, to guarantee their excellence and exclusivity. Brass, a noble and malleable alloy, is handcrafted in all phases of production; from foundry to chiseling, through to turning, assembly, polishing and surface treatment. A wide-ranging project that aims to bring the DESIGNforMACHA know-how and its products to the entire world.

Italfama was born of Aldo Marsili's craftsmanship and his passion for the game of chess, in 1976 in Florence. Today the company, led with the same passion by his sons Tommaso and Marco, is a worldwide landmark company in the sector. Italfama produces high quality chessboards in classic and contemporary style and historical themed chess made with precious materials such as elm and walnut root, onyx, Carrara marble, malachite and metals.

ReDéco was founded in 2005 from a desire to create something innovative in the furniture sector: a new way of interpreting classic furniture with a contemporary imprint. The ReDéco project, led by Veraldo and Carlo Somaschini, came to life within the Somaschini company in Cabiate, a furniture workshop established by Carlo Somaschini in 1942, in the heart of Brianza. The mastery and tradition of the family business has been transmitted to the new ReDéco brand that offers a collection of refined furnishings to enhance every corner of the home.