The Artisans

“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.

Laesse is the artisan ceramic workshop of Stefania Vazzoler who, for over 10 years, has been modeling and painting by hand in her farmhouse in Oderzo, in the heart of the Treviso countryside. After her experience in Luigi Cillo's workshop, Stefania Vazzoler began to experiment with metals, glass, and enamels until her interest grew in working with ceramics, bringing her to create everyday objects; plates, cups, and bowls, with simple and clean shapes.

Brothers Francesco and Mario Ballarin founded the F&M Ballarin company in 1956 in Murano, dedicating their life to the creation of pieces made with the ancient techniques of glass processing. Today, the company is led by Angelo Ballarin who carries on the tradition, passion, and techniques handed down by his family: grinding, engraving, and glass blowing. Unique and elegant objects in perfect classic Murano style revisited with a contemporary tone, characterized by bold and contrasting colors.

Since 1980, Nalesso has been synonymous with the sartorial tradition at the service of furniture design. The typical artisan crafting experience and production skills make Nalesso a manufacturer of excellence in the furniture sector. For three generations, the company from Rubano, Padua, has been producing high-end and made-to-measure Made in Italy furniture and accessories to meet every need. The assortment of materials used is vast and includes leathers, fabrics, woods, marbles, metals and plastic materials worked by specialized craftsmen.

Lalabonbon was founded from the encounter between contemporary creativity and Italian tradition in the production of chairs and furnishings from the 1950s and 1960s. Having always loved Italian vintage design, the designer Cristina Zanni is the soul of Lalabonbon. Cristina reworks and combines finishes and materials, from velvet to tartan to the Prince of Wales, creating dynamic collections that intrigue and entice, adapting to any environment. All products are handmade in Italy by expert craftsmen.

Strato was founded in 1987 as an interior design company with Gianna Farina and Marco Gorini. In 1990, their passion for cooking led the company to specialize in the design of custom kitchens, which are today present and marketed all over the world. Using quality materials such as stone, marble, wood, stainless steel and copper, the company has a refined and contemporary design style and their continuous search for new technical solutions and finishes constitutes a new way of interpreting kitchen design.

Prane Design is a brand specializing in the creation of modern style upholstered furniture, sofas, and beds, made with top quality materials. With headquarters in San Martino di Lupari in Padova, Prane Design is today a leader in the world of furniture and upholstery. A company with an artisan heart and an entrepreneurial spirit. For Prane Design, creating sofas means tailoring fabrics in order to weave bonds.

Vetrogiardini was founded via an encounter between Sandro Santoni, founder of the historic Santoni Vetri company and Sametec, and Luca Degara, an eclectic artist and designer famous for his engineering ability to create innovative products with strong emotional impact. Vetrogiardini designs and manufactures interior and exterior furnishings and accessories where glass is the absolute hero. Through the latest technologies in glass, new technical solutions come to life to give aesthetic shape and resistance to new revolutionary furnishings

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.

Stella Fatucchi Art Porcelain is an artisan workshop in Arezzo that was born of the desire to restore a more than 50-year-old family tradition. Stella Fatucchi porcelain works are strictly Made in Italy and are embellished with precious decorative hand painting. Every piece is crafted entirely in the artisan workshop, from the creation of the design to the manual turning of precious metals such as gold, platinum or colors.

A young and dynamic company that boasts a solid thirty years of experience. Tremolada was born in Cabiate, Como, in the heart of Brianza, an area famous throughout the world for the production of furniture and furnishing accessories. Tremolada offers sofas, armchairs and poufs, plus chairs, tables and coffee tables. A company that combines Italian craftsmanship tradition, design and a production capacity capable of looking to the future with focused attention, to interpret all of the styles and needs of contemporary life.

Founded in Murano in 1927 by Nicolò Barbini, AAV Barbini is the oldest Murano company still operating today. A small creative studio specializing in glass engraving and the production of Venetian mirrors, that over time has been able to grow and reinterpret the family tradition in the field of glass. Even today, all of the processes, from design and cutting, through to grinding, engraving, silvering, and assembly are supervised in Murano by Vincenzo and Giovanni Barbini and their children.

From the talent and passion of Francesca Micale comes Ceramiche Micale, finely crafted and decorated by hand to respect the typical style of Sicilian baroque works: excellence in the Italian crafts sector. Elegance and high quality distinguish not only the ceramics but also party favors, jewels, and all other pieces created in Francesca Micale's studio. Unique objects, entirely handmade, simple and refined.

Fashion and design come together to form AltaModa. A new concept for environments as a total look, where every piece of furniture, from sofa to table, through to the carpet or a lamp, becomes a symbol of style. Stefania and Riccardo Volpi, founders of the brand, offer quality furnishings, made with refined materials, which combine the artisan furniture tradition and the tailoring approach of high fashion. Made in Italy collections that are modern and trendy and all customizable for both residential and contract use.

Founded in the early 1960s with the creative flair of Giovanni De Simone, the "Ceramiche De Simone" brand immediately made itself known in the realm of Sicilian and international artistic ceramics due to a unique and original style, which has become iconic and unmistakable. The authenticity and quality of the brand's products is guaranteed by the experience of the company team and, still today, the employees and students of Maestro De Simone, preserve and impart the precious legacy of the exclusive tradition of the ceramic school.

The creations of the young artisan, Arianna, are called Ceramiche Leoni Arte. The collections consist of unique objects such as artistic ceramics that have been crafted and painted by hand, as well as lamps, vases, and bowls in the shape of colorful and pointy sea urchins, jellyfish and corals. Each production technique is chosen based on the material and the desired emotion to be communicated. Arianna is inspired by Sardinian nature, the agropastoral world, and marine life.

With a passion for billiards since 1938, the Cavicchi company was founded by Ugo Cavicchi in Guastalla, Reggio Emilia. Today, it is architect Giancarlo Cavicchi who guides the market brand leader in the production of professional and designer billiard tables. Centro Studi e Progetti Cavicchi has combined artistic experience and a unique and unmistakable style, with the use of high-quality materials. True masterpieces that furnish an environment in an exclusive manner, such as Billiards Symphony, carved and polished in Massive Exotic Bubinga wood.

In the search for a common connection between all things, artist Patrizia Polese specializes in two and three-dimensional weaving, combining drawing and photography alongside her woven craft. Her tapestries, installations, and portraits are exhibited in museums and prestigious locations in Italy and abroad, from the Milan Triennale and the Central Fabric Museum (Lodz, Poland) to art galleries in the United Arab Emirates. Patrizia is also a professor of fabric design at the IUAV University of Venice.

A promoter of professional digital creations, Cyrcus is an innovative design studio created in response to the need for aesthetic and methodological renewal in the design industry. Involving a wide network of emerging and established designers, working in collaboration with renowned suppliers, this “digital atelier” creates unique products of all kinds, and employs new techniques such as 3D-printing and professional laser-cutting in order to customize each product’s size, materials, and shape according to the customer’s preference.

Italian craftsmanship meets design. Covi e Puccioni by Factory Italiana is the result of the passion and ideas of Barbara and Riccardo, who combine their experiences and professionalism in this innovative project of working with glass and researching new materials and combinations. Designer mirrors that become the protagonists of true artistic works destined for the furnishing world. Factory Italiana is a project that unites several partner companies, brands and exclusive products that represent the excellence of Italian craftsmanship and quality.