The Artisans

Born from the passion of master artisan and their creative styles, dueminimo is an innovative brand from Naples. From the determination of fulfilling home décor needs, the brand focuses on creative and synergetic collaborations between professionals to create beautiful and unique contemporary pieces.

A renowned furniture design brand that exports to more than 80 countries, Horm Italy Srl produces high-quality pieces suitable for both home, hotel, and restaurant interiors. The company is a union of three brands (Horm, Casamania and Orizzonti), whose pieces exquisitely combine simplicity, art, and innovation, in unique modern collections that boast a strong character, versatile functionality, and striking aesthetics.

Architect Carlo Guazzo established Tuttoattaccato in Bassano del Grappa in the province of Vicenza out of his passion for traditional artistic craftsmanship. Deeply rooted in his territory, Guazzo’s collections highlight the expertise of local artisans specialized in ceramics, mouth-blown glass, wood, and leather. These masters use ancient techniques and finishes to produce modern pieces that inspire a world of conviviality.

Kabinet is an ambitious project aiming on breathing a new life into the Veneto craft region. The brand was established by Danu Chirinciuc and Daniel Nikolovski, designers who met at Milan’s Istituto Europeo di Design and reunited in 2019 to present a capsule furniture collection at the Salone del Mobile. Rooted in contemporary design culture, the brand’s core identity is an aesthetic of future nostalgia: treasured collectible pieces that evoke lost-but-never-forgotten eras in a daring mix of forms, colors, and natural materials.

In 1650, Andrea Colì registered his trademark as a professional craftsman of clay vases. Since then, the Colì family has focused on handcrafting prized majolica and terracotta products, handing down its signature crafting techniques from father to son for eight generations. Currently, brothers Donato and Rocco run the Colì Group (based in the Apulian district of Cutrofiano), renowned for producing rich collections of handmade tableware, kitchenware, and furniture, each widely customizable yet still steeped in rich traditions and antique stories.

Introduced in 2011 at 10 Corso Como in Milan, KnIndustrie is an innovative and eco-sustainable brand born from the cooperation between Francesco Zani and Pinti Inox, a historical manufacturer of stainless steel kitchen components. Top-quality, high-performing cooking tools that become elegant serving pieces, and traditional decorative objects that can be used on gas or in the oven. The great passion for design, quality, and attention to detail combined with high technology are what knIndustrie stands for and creating sophisticated and rich collections that simplify the user experience. In 2015, KnIndustrie launched new tableware collections designed by Piero Lissoni, Davide Oldani, and Matteo Thun.

In 1774, Francesco Pineider opened his first eponymous stationery shop in Piazza Della Signoria in the heart of Florence. Throughout the 19th century, the shop’s prestige spread among European intellectuals, attracting renowned personalities such as Stendhal and Napoleon. In 1864, Pineider produced the first pocket guide for Florence and six years later opened a second shop in Rome. Today, Pineider holds a guarantee of excellence in the field of handcrafted writing instruments and leather goods, boasting an unparalleled ability to interpret trends and traditions.

Established in 1974, Bolcas is a prestigious brand specialized in luxury canes, shoehorns, frames and other refined home decor objects ranging from tabletops to desk accessories. Renowned on the international stage for their meticulous handcraftsmanship, Bolcas’s respect for traditional, artisan techniques results in exquisite production that perfectly synthesizes classical aesthetics. Noble materials like silver, crystal, and horn take center stage and are combined with modern elements that cater to the needs and elevated tastes of their global clientele.

A leading company of luxury lighting and accessories, Estro was founded in 2010 and is located in Cantagrillo, near Pistoia. Estro’s timeless luxury creations are entirely handcrafted in Tuscany with scrupulous attention to every detail, from the materials selected and the handmade finishes to the delicate decorations. Specialized in tailor-made lighting solutions for hotels, restaurants, shops, cruise ships, and yachts, Estro’s artisans utilize technology to transform simple lights into sculptural yet functional masterpieces.

Atelier Macramè is a project founded in 2013 by architect and designer Laura Calligari, editor of her own online magazine dedicated to product and interior design. These small, multi-functional objects are inspired by the simplicity of everyday life, made entirely by Italian artisans using ceramics, wood, marble, and scagliola. Atelier Macramè pieces are unique in their exploration of new materials, as well as new and old techniques to enhance the different and singular characteristics of each material.

Founded in 2009 by Simone Ciarmoli and Miguel Queda, Ciarmoli Queda Studio combines architectural expertise with dimensions of charm, attention to detail and material innovation, with an unmistakable signature and style. The firm has designed and developed many innovative projects, ranging over different areas and moving between interior, product, textile and exhibition design. A vision shaped by a passion for art and creativity, with a depth of background that produces a balance between refined elegance and emotional impact, which becomes the distinctive feature of all the projects of the Studio.

Established by creative designer Letizia Donati, Desart is a female-run and all-female company that merges the founders’ artistic backgrounds in textiles and interior design to create unique, limited series pieces distinguished by meticulous attention to sustainability and materials’ research. Eclectic and colorful cushions, baskets, and tabletops are masterfully handcrafted in the heart of Tuscany with precious, reclaimed fabrics to preserve each object’s uniqueness and artistic complexity.

Born in Brescia in1988 and currently living in Milan, designer Michael Milesi is the creator of Millesimi, a brand he founded in 2018 that interweaves fashion, Sicilian-inspired designs, and handcraftsmanship in an innovative yet functional aesthetic. Suitable as decorative objects, stools or small tables, the numbered and certified reproductions of his glamorous ReMade in Sicily collection are crafted in lightweight resin using cutting-edge techniques in a vibrant palette that recalls Hollywood and Beverly Hills of the 70s and 80s.

Born in Stigliano in the province of Matera, Giuseppe Tucci completed his studies at the Politecnico di Milano, receiving a Bachelor’s in Product Design followed by a Master's in Service Design. He collaborated with various studios in Milan where he currently lives, and since 2016, has been a professor at the NABA (Nuova Academy of Fine Arts). He debuted at the 2019 Milan Design Week with “Pluvianimaliis”, his first collection of totemic ceramic objects marked by archetypal shapes that evoke the form of stylized animals with a powerful and distinctive aesthetic.

Nicolò Taliani founded Nita in Milan, combining his experimental approach to sculpture with sources of inspiration from industrial design, architecture and fine art, notably architects Renzo Piano and Le Corbusier, and artists Constantin Brancusi, Lucio Fontana, and Isamu Noguchi. Nita creates elegant lighting fixtures and furniture pieces balancing primary shapes and pure materials with an acute awareness of local and responsible production processes.

Bologna-born Mauro Sarti studied pictorial decoration at the Institute of Art. After twenty years of experience as a designer, he followed his passion for craftsmanship and wood and started crafting unique pieces under the name Mauby &Wood in 2007. Combining rare, exotic woods with resins, soft metals, and other materials, Sarti first debuted with a collection of spinning tops that transform traditional toys into luxury collector’s items. He also designs and crafts jewels, furnishings and personal accessories: precious, one-of-a-kind objects made using traditional methods.

Founded by Andrea Martini and Rienzo Cedri in Vicenza in 2004, Cedrimartini designs and produces sculptural furniture, lighting, and home décor, in small series or one-of-a-kind pieces. Drawing from their different backgrounds, Andrea in art research and Rienzo in jewelry industrial design, this duo harnesses their passion for industrial design to innovate classic designs into futurist pieces inspired by organic shapes.

Franco Zavarise founded ZAVAluce in 1982, combining his creative talent with experience in metal processing and a great passion for lighting. Zava’s collections are distinctive for their unconventional design, creativity, and great attention to detail, each piece outlined using the latest-generation machinery and technology and modeled by skilled manual processing with traditional techniques. Focused on the respect and preservation of the environment, the factory located in Cornuda (Treviso) was built according to the innovative environmentally-sustainable standards.

The stunning evolution of Ciclò monocycle, part of the Italian Design Museum since 2007, Ciclotte is the expression of a contemporary living where exercise and entertainment intersect to create an exquisite fitness tool and design. Conceived by Italian industrial designer Luca Schieppati, Ciclotte Bike is made of high-tech materials such as glass fibers and carbon, and it is the first exercise bike featuring an electromagnetic resistance system with gearbox, providing a unique experience compared to the excitement of a real road race.

Born and raised in Colombia, Criado studied Industrial Design in Milan. She started her own multidisciplinary brand in her native country, producing delicate and unique pieces of jewelry and accessories characterized by a multicultural, eclectic, yet sophisticated style. Drawing inspiration from art, fashion, and her own life experiences, Criado creates her pieces in her Bogotá-based studio using assorted metalworking techniques. She has been commissioned several projects by Latin American and international companies such as Diptyque and Swarovski.