The Artisans

Omar Barbero, cabinetmaker from Saluzzo, creates timeless furniture and unique pieces where material, handcraft, and human essence meet. His work reflects patience, respect for wood, and a pursuit of authentic beauty, blending instinct and design, discipline and freedom. Guided by the "Poetics of Substance," Barbero shapes each object as a living presence, revealing the soul of the material through gesture, light, and texture. His creations speak of harmony, imperfection, and silent elegance beyond trends.

Founded in 1950, Gaffuri Eligio e Figli specializes in bespoke wood furnishings of the highest quality. With deep material expertise, artisanal precision, and ongoing technological innovation, the company crafts custom interiors for private homes, yachts, and retail spaces. Collaborating with architects and designers on unique pieces and prototypes, Gaffuri’s legacy includes works by Paolo Buffa and Gianni Albricci, exhibited at the Milan Triennale. Today, it supports new talent through the “Progetto Deco” initiative.

Artist and designer Emanuele Pantanella finds inspiration in the Eastern Mediterranean, where his travels spanning three decades (1970s to early 2000s) shaped his singular artistic language. Multigraph and sepia ink on hand, he sketched millenary forms across the region, blending historical influences with contemporary aesthetics. His creative interpretations of timeless objects have been exhibited at the MET, V&A, and Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Today, his studio serves as a beacon for preserving Italian craftsmanship, reimagining heritage with innovation and elegance.

Architect and artisan Riccardo Monte specializes in timber charring, a technique that consists in firing the bottom of wooden posts inspired by the ancient Japanese technique Shou Sugi ban used for timber preservation. Embracing the visual and tactile qualities of the technique, he creates bold, monolithic furniture distinguished by a singular texture. After working in London as an architect, he returned to his mountainside home in Ornavasso, Italy in 2016 and spent six months in a remote mountain cabin to get closer to nature and embrace a simple life.

Back in 1922, Agatino Maccarrone started handcrafting chairs in a small Sicilian village at the foothills of Mount Etna. His workshop has hosted five generations of cabinet makers, earning the company special recognition for over 20 years of experience in furnishing yachts, private jets, and luxury hotels. Passion, expertise, and technology are at the core of Maccarrone’s philosophy, characteristics that can be recognized and appreciated in every single watch winder, cigar humidor, bar cabinet, or any other fine case, all deftly handcrafted in Tuscany.

The brainchild of Sergio Sassolini, Omnibus Design is a well-established, Florentine furniture company founded after years spent working with and learning secrets from his carpenter father. Specialized in furniture emphasizing and celebrating the natural beauty of wood, over the years the company has chosen to collaborate with influential designers and architects to provide clients with singular custom-made products. Experimentation with new materials paired with excellent craftsmanship nourishes the brand and its creative vision.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pieces of Venice was born of a love for Venice and actualized through environmental sustainability, support for the community and industrial design. Luciano and Karin Marson, founders of Pieces of Venice and of the project "Save Venice one piece at a time", give new life to recycled materials such as ship chains, pontoons, boardwalks from the city of Venice, anchors and old briccola from the Lagoon, creating designer objects for young and old: swings, rocking horses, walking sticks, paperweights and shoehorns.

Originally from Rome and subsequently relocating to Bolzano, Andrea De Chirico is a young designer who boasts a curriculum rich in studies and experiences throughout Europe. His projects are born from a desire to combine tradition and modernity: everyday objects are manufactured and transformed to become something completely new, to be used in a variety of contexts. His work has been exhibited at, among others, the London Design Museum, the Triennale Design Museum and the Z33 House for Contemporary Art.

Born in Muscletto di Codroipo near Udine, Friulian designer Stefano Mursia boasts thirty years of experience as a Heritage Restoration Specialist. His passion for luxury brands such as Riva and Ferrari inspired him to design exclusive pieces reminiscent of 60s glamorous boating atmospheres that stand out for their intense evocative power. His products are handcrafted using cutting-edge materials and techniques specific to the automotive and nautical sectors, paying homage to Aquarama, Florida, and California as true objects "d’affection".

Antonino Ferrantelli founded Falegnameria d’Arte Ferrantelli in 1930 in Alcamo, Sicily. Now in its third generation, Antonino’s grandson Riccardo has continued the artistic woodworking family tradition and established Trame Siciliane together with Sicilian designer Gabriele D'Angelo. Crafted by combining masterful skills and innovative techniques, these modern artistic furniture pieces, and home décor accessories are inspired by the Sicilian tradition and the culture of art and beauty that belongs to the Ferrantelli family.

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.

Stefano Gerini is an eponymous interior design workshop based in the historic heart of Florence. Founded in 1980 by Stefano and Anna Gerini, the brand draws inspiration from the architectural grandeur of Florentine basilicas, creating furniture, decorative panels, and accent pieces. Gerini uses repurposed wood, salvaged and reimagined with novel decorative elements. Gerini uses traditional Florentine lacquers and waxes to give each piece a distinctive appearance and charm that harmoniously integrates into any decor.

After studying computer engineering and working for 15 years in several factories in Vicenza, in northern Italy, Nicola Tessari decided to dedicate his life to creating one-of-a-kind pieces. He turned his passion into a job and became a craftsman. These furniture pieces and home décor objects are designed to stand the test of time. Crafted with attention to detail and finished mainly using hand tool, each item boasts imperfections and unique signs that are the distinctive features of manual craftsmanship.

Arbaro is a young and dynamic carpentry based in Milan. Our concept of dynamic joinery ensures that we take care of the whole creative process: from the design of furniture to its manufacturing. Playfulness and mannerisms come together and blend in with our functional, down-to-earth style. We love the honesty of raw matter, but at the same time we are always on the lookout for new, versatile and durable materials. Wood is both the protagonist and the file rouge of our creations. Playing with surfaces, colours and textures is what makes them unique.

Lorenzo Franceschinis, born in Friuli in the north east of Italy, believes in genuine craftsmanship and has a passion for woodworking. After several years spent abroad, Franceschinis returned to his homeland in 2010. There he began to construct simple shapes, seeking for an opening through the soul of wood with which he creates a dialogue, breaching through traditional techniques, navigating through the material’s secrets and creating unique pieces that are a celebration of nature and art.

Following a passion he had since his teenage years, Stefano Raffa became a photographer and collaborated with international magazines. When in 2006 he moved his studio into an old furnace in Milan, he was introduced to a stimulating environment of artists that encouraged him to explore another passion of his: manufacturing. Now he uses refined materials such as ebony and horn to create by hand exquisite, one-of-a-kind objects with a rigorous attention to detail and the absence of toxic products and solvents.