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Sergio Fiorentino

Sicilia, Italy | Artist

Sergio Fiorentino was born in 1973 in Catania, where studied art and antique restoration at the Abadir Academy of Fine Arts in Catania; in 2012 founded his studio in Noto where he lives and works. In his artworks, faces and bodies of water and stone rise and disappear. A contemporary classicism that sometimes flakes off. Divers, saints, twins, and portraits remain motionless wrapped in ultramarine blue. A beauty revealed but protected by schools of tuna and garfish, leaves and plants, scratches, drips, and abrasions.

SEM Milano

Lombardia, Italy | Furniture Maker

Established in the 1950s as a spin-off of the renowned Milanese brand “Spotti”, SEM filled the gap in the industry between artisan and high-volume productions by offering customizable furniture collections. Seventy years of knowledge and cultivated professional relationships flank a tireless drive for experimentation, its trademark collections reflecting a commitment to functionality and curiosity. Hannes Peer, Zaven, Marcante-Testa, Vormen, Giacomo Moor, and Elisa Ossino are among the brilliant professionals behind SEM’s iconic designs.

Pimar Limestone

Puglia, Italy | Furniture Maker

A delicate and sophisticated, raw and natural shade of beige characterizes Pimar Limestone’s designs. The brand is a magnificent tribute to the century-old tradition of Lecce limestone, a worldwide sought-after source of inspiration for architects, designers, and artists. Based in the heart of Salento, Pimar does everything in-house, from the extraction of stone to processing, creating exclusive interior design projects and extraordinary collections of versatile and modern designs.

Alberto Alicata

Lombardia, Italy | Photographer

Alberto Alicata (b. 1983) is a Milan-based photographer and artist. Whether behind fashion shoot or in art project, his work is marked by his unique perspective on art and style, driven by a sensitivity to the personal essence of his subjects or the creative vision of the art. His works have appeared in such publications as Elle Italia, Vogue China, D-laRepubblica, Vanity Fair, Wired, theGuardian, Telegraph, L'Oeil De La Photographie, among others. Has won, in 2016, the Sony World Photography Awards and, in 2022, the Duane Michals MA-g Awards.

Federica Giulianini

Emilia-Romagna, Italy | Artist

An eclectic ensemble of painting and drawing on ancient papers, canvases, and wooden boards, contemporary artist Federica Giulianini’s art is both still and dynamic, evoking an emotional and intimate relation with the viewer in its delicate and pale landscape portraits of the natural world. Shapes and colors merge in a unique aesthetic, exuding a romantic, somewhat nostalgic essence that is a trademark of Giulianini’s art.

Maria Christina Hamel

Lombardia, Italy | Designer

Living between India, Thailand, and Austria as a child, Maria Christina Hamel moved to Milan at the end of the 1970s where she studied Industrial Design at the Scuola Politecnica di Design. Starting off her career alongside designers such as Andries van Onck, Ugo La Pietra, and Ambrogio Rossari, she was Alessandro Mendini’s assistant in Vienna for over ten years. Her unique style captures influences of her multicultural background, handcrafted in historic traditional places. She also teaches and her works are part of the permanent collection of the Triennale di Milano.

Cristina Cavallari

Lombardia, Italy | Ceramist

“Clay lets me experience the beauty of natural rhythms”. Cristina Cavallari is an Italian contemporary ceramist with a small yet vibrant workshop where she embodies different roles. Her artistic philosophy is deeply rooted in the respect for the natural world, as inspiration but also as our home. With this in mind, she creates unique oeuvres tracing the slow passage of Nature’s time, taking care of her clay in the art that transforms a ductile raw material into a solid object.

DMG Fiesole

Toscana, Italy | Furniture Maker

DMG Fiesole was established by brothers Mario and Ferdinando Modi in the 1960s in a small workshop in Fiesole, an ancient Etruscan-origin hamlet on the hills just outside Florence. In 1982, Luigi Giannelli took the company, propelling the brand to national and international recognition. Currently run by Mario Barbari and his son Damiano, generation after generation DMGF is a specialist in wrought iron processing, using a traditional forge and mallet to make every piece. DMGF's elegant furniture collections are designed by architect Pietro Porcinai to last a lifetime.

Dolomitisch

Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy | Designer

At Dolomitisch, art and topography merge in iconic furniture pieces encapsulating majestic mountain landscapes. Based in Bozen, Dolomitisch offers breathtaking orographic landscapes minutely carved from solid wood by combining satellite technology, CNC machinery, and artisan mastery together with fine metallic finishes. Thanks to its top-notch customizing process, customers can request the mountain range they desire, which will add to all other unique pieces contributing to the reforestation of Dolomites' forests.

Vangelista 1960

Veneto, Italy | Furniture Maker

A precious family heritage of drawings, samples, and more than 1300 designs handed down for three generations is the driving force behind Vangelista 1960. Specialized in furniture collections reflecting the distinctive traits that earned Italian design global plaudit, the company exclusively uses 16th- and 17th-century techniques executed by master craftsmen. Customers cannot help but be seduced by the one-off furniture pieces, captivating with their unique shapes, finishes, and colors.

Devon&Devon

Toscana, Italy | Designer

Founded in 1989 in Florence, the heart of Italian art, architecture, and craftsmanship, Devon&Devon is a high-end design and manufacturing company specializing in bespoke interior solutions working alongside architects and contractors. Imbued with a sleek contemporary and classic flair, its flawless and richly-detailed pieces draw inspiration from a sophisticated mixture of styles such as French 18th-century art, Neoclassicism, Art Nouveau, the Jazz Age, la Dolce Vita, and the 1950s eclectic modernism.

Carlo Alberto Rastelli

Emilia-Romagna, Italy | Painter

Born in Parma in 1986 - where she currently lives and works - painter Carlo Alberto Rastelli embraces an exquisitely contemporary vision of art, ranging from eclectic to macabre. In 2010, he participated in an Erasmus exchange at the LMA (Latvijas Makslas akademija) in Riga, Latvia, which was followed by a Master's Degree in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera in 2012. His experience in Latvia later inspired the desolate landscapes in his Pet Sematary Collection. He did art residencies at Glo' Art in Belgium and SIM in Iceland, where he further nurtured his craft.

Gianmaria Potenza

Veneto, Italy | Sculptor

Artist, sculptor, and designer Gianmaria Potenza first started his own workshop in the 1950s while still a student at the Art Institute. Based in the heart of Venice, his pieces skillfully meticulously preserved the century-old techniques and know-how of the Venetian tradition reinterpreted in a contemporary key. He began exhibiting his oeuvres in the 60s and achieved international recognition in the 80s following a showcase of his iconic Ninfea Armonica sculpture, which traveled the world, from the streets of Istanbul to New York, to Hong Kong and St. Petersburg.

Traglio Vismara

Lombardia, Italy | Painter

Born in Italy in 1955, Isabella Vismara studied art in Milan before moving to the United States for her artistic debut in a group exhibition at the Boston Fine Arts Museum in 1979. Her subsequent group exhibition - Gli AmiciPittori - was in 2002 at the Superstudio in Milan, achieving critical acclaim. Her signature painting technique, cold encaustic on wood, allows for a more textural effect than oil paint. Her Human Kind Visiting God (2014) in Robilant+Voena (London) and Anima Mundi (2016) at Sotheby's (Milan) are just a few of her successful solo exhibitions.

Leonardo Niola

Lazio, Italy | Painter

The duality of humans & nature and the artificial & natural are themes artist Leonardo Niola explores in his art. Born in Rome in 1991, he always loved drawing as a child, a passion that sowed the seeds for his artistic high school studies. The study of perspective, shadows, color, and visual perception nourished his self-taught path, achieving a style influenced by surrealism, expressionism, and graphic art. Decontextualization and desaturation are techniques he embraces in his paintings to convey a sense of immortality and intangibility.

Lorenzo Castore

Lombardia, Italy | Photographer

Raised between Rome and Florence in the 1970s and ‘80s, Lorenzo Castore is an Italian photographer who fell in love with the craft after taking photos in the streets of New York City when he moved there in 1992. A trained lawyer, in 1999 he decided to leave his career to become a war photographer in Albania and Kosovo. Later on, his work shifted from in-the-field to slower, long-form photographic narratives, mainly drawing on his personal experience, memory, and the relation between individual stories. His photographs have been exhibited and published internationally.