The Artisans

Part of GIMO, a group of 14 Tuscan traditional businesses established in 1975 to offer the best of Italian furniture to the world, Antonelli Atelier gets its inspiration from the unique art, history, and traditions of Tuscany. Using crafting methods passed down from generation to generation, this company produces refined and timeless objects of functional décor for an elegant home.

Marzia Boaglio is an innovative interior design firm specializing in intriguing furnishings and accent pieces for the modern home. Boaglio identifies as a “StoryArtDesigner”, a title which reflects her innate ability to take a raw material and transform it into an elegant work of art with a story that recalls the past and embodies the future. Her timeless pieces strike a balance between modern aesthetic and traditional craftsmanship, resulting in objects with a high visual and aesthetic impact.

Mason Editions is a luxury interior design brand geared towards a sophisticated clientele and designed for a sustainable lifestyle. Founded by Fabio Mason, furnishing accessories, accent pieces, and light fixtures, Mason Editions' first collection embodies linearity and timeless geometry. Suitable for all environments, each piece focuses on novel design concepts that embrace material contrasts and essential forms.

F.A.L.A is an artistic journey that began fifty years ago in Cernobbio, north of Lake Como. F.A.L.A was founded in 1978 by four friends - Ermes Pasquin, Gianni Taroni, Gianni Ciapessoni, and Paolo Carugati - who strived to bring the grandeur of Italian artisan production to the public sphere. A leader in Italian silver manufacturing, under the direction of Ermes’s son, Paolo Pasquin, F.A.L.A is taking center stage in the international market, gaining fame and notoriety for the impeccable technique - rooted in traditional crafting methods - and the quality of all its pieces.

Fascinated from a very young age by handmade creations, Daniela Oldani started experimenting with different materials but developed a particular interest for ceramics. Based in her work studio in Milan, she is specialized in the production of table top and furniture complements, all made in ceramics.

Embodying the art of weaving, this brand started in the ‘50s in Mogliano, a small town in the Marche region, where Luigi Maurizi opened a workshop of handcrafted wicker products. In the ‘70s his son Giuseppe took over and in the ‘90s the current brand identity started taking shape, with the creation of outdoor sophisticated pieces crafted of synthetic fibers for maximum durability. Still preserving its values of exquisite craftsmanship and elegant design, Braid has become a protagonist in outdoor furniture production.

Ornythos is a Sicily-based design firm specialized in luxury furniture and interior lighting. Founded by Sicilian musician and artisan Salvatore Longo, the firm is known for its eccentric and unconventional style that elegantly reveals the complexities and harmonies of wood. Ornythos’ design philosophy is rooted in the synergy between music and architecture, each piece emerging from a spontaneous creative process similar to jazz improvisations, resulting in new and unexpected works of art.

Kathrin Charlotte Bohr established Jacobsroom Editions in 2017 after completing her artistic training in France, Germany, and Italy. Beauty, rigor, and poetry are infused into each limited-edition design, handcrafted by master blacksmiths and woodworkers through an almost-effortless blend of innovation and tradition. Jacobsroom offers timeless tailored design solutions that satisfy customers’ requests and their interior needs, elevating decorative pieces to art that tells a story.

William Pianta was already an established lighting designer, when in 2009 he founded Nahoor, which in Aramaic means “origin of light”. Combining great Italian traditions, new methods of production, and his personal aesthetic, Pianta designs contemporary pieces distinctive for their iconic shapes, essential silhouettes, and refined materials. Each lamp is unique, crafted and finished by the hands of skilled artisans, aided by the most advanced technologies under Pianta’s creative direction.

Gaetano Di Gregorio was born in Sicily and graduated in Architecture in Venice where he now lives and works. He teaches Interior Design at the IED and has founded Spiazzi, a cultural association dedicated to independent design and visual arts productions. Having chosen ceramics as his form of expression, he crafts original pieces in limited series that interact with memory and its surroundings. His work has been exhibited in Italy and around the world.

KAAT is a global, innovative design firm established in 2017 by architects Michele Cucchiara and Philippos Zannettos, dedicated to creating diverse pieces of luxury interior decor with a special attention to materials. This firm has an operations HQ in Palermo and a second office in Dubai, where the two founders work on interior design projects. In Sicily, KAAT works primarily with marble and other prized stones under the guidance of experienced Sicilian artisans belonging to the historic generations of master marble workers.

Roberto Beltrami grew up and studied between Italy and the United States, but wherever he lived, he always felt like a craftsman and he understood that creating with his hands was his true passion. He founded Wave Murano Glass in 2017, following his desire to bring innovation into antique practices established over centuries. Today he is the youngest glass master in Murano, working closely with a design and production team, dedicated to customized projects all over the world and turning any request from architects and designers into a unique and finished product.

Daniela Proietti fell in love with ceramics over 25 years ago and turned her passion into an artistic career. In her workshop in Rome she creates unique objects, allowing her hands to shape the clay in imaginative ways that defy classic design conventions and evoke a strong emotional response. Rooted in a deep passion for the material and respect for the ancient handcrafting traditions, her pieces, inspired by the sea and flowers, take the form of everyday objects reimagined with a whimsical touch.

Born in Livorno, Tuscany, Elisabetta Ciuti studied architecture in Florence, and worked with Gregotti Associati in Milan. Her interests have brought her to branch out into interior design, fashion, and even the design of a therapeutic garden. Her work reflects her passion for unusual juxtapositions of materials, rigor, and asymmetry, combined in striking harmony.

Managed by Loretta and Ivana, two sisters who follow the path started by their father and founder, Angelo Borgonovo, EmmeBi creates furniture that becomes part of any home, thanks to a stimulating collaboration with various designers. Research, quality, and functionality are the values of EmmeBi that has chosen wood as primary material for its customizable pieces.

Studio Lievito is an interior design firm founded in 2010 by artists Laura Passalacqua, Francesco Taviani and Jacopo Volpi. Based in Florence, Studio Lievito stands out for its ability to delicately reinvent and redefine modern production techniques using traditional crafting methods. Each piece is meticulously handmade: this “slow design” creates projects that subvert conventional decor norms by means of simple yet witty gestures and meticulous detailing.

Aliprandi Valentino Design is a three-generation company founded in 1950 by Francesco Aliprandi: continued by his son Valentino, it is now under the direction of their grandson Valerio, who is moved by the same passion for woodworking. Starting from the selected woods such as ebony, rosewood and walnut, each piece is enriched with noble materials – such as bronze and silver, silk and cashmere, corals and precious stones - to create exclusive and sophisticated pieces of furniture for both residential and commercial interiors.

Founded by Annarita Aversa in 2012, Architetti Artigiani Anonimi is an architecture, interior, and product design studio from Amalfi. Uniting traditional handcrafting techniques, experimentation with unusual materials, and cultural contexts steeped in tradition, Architetti Artigiani Anonimi creates pieces that are unique yet stylistically “anonymous”. The studio’s artistic mission draws inspiration from the intrinsic beauty of cultural and physical spaces, resulting in works of art that embody the intimate exchanges between artists, clients, and environment.

In the eponymous brand, Sasà Sorrentino combines traditional themes with innovative, sustainable production methods to create imaginative and wholly unique pieces. Sorrentino reimagines everyday objects-notably recyclables, handles, and old tools-and repurposes them, their new form embodying the duality of their functional and sculptural charms. Characterized by ironies and double entendres, each Sasà Sorrentino piece tells a story, reminding us of our collective past but also setting our sights on the limitless future ahead.

Romina and Michele Frisoli created this luxury interior design company after working in their family business, which manufactured for over 30 years carbon fiber parts for the aeronautical sector with the meticolous dedication of artisanal work. The aesthetic potential of industrial pieces and the ductility of their materials, exclusively developed by Frisoli, inspired Romina and Michele to create furniture and home decor objects that mix design and art, and have come to embody the striking compromise between ingenuity and creativity.