The Artisans

DesignAzione was established in 2012 by Silvia Zylberman Pio, working in interior styling since 1998, to make space for beauty and emotions. DesignAzione is a blog and design studio that stakes out the latest trends across the field, designs pieces and spaces, and provides art direction for companies and events in the furnishing sector. The Raccolte collection is an eclectic revisitation or glass and metal, made entirely in Italy.

Specialized in natural stones and marbles, Ballarini was established in 1979, but the Crystal Stone® cave in Montebello has been with the Ballarini family since 1800. In 1965, the family began extracting Crystal Stone® alabaster for decorative purposes. Until this day, the entire process, from the excavation to the final finish is performed under the Ballarini family alongside their artisans. Every piece of furnishing is made entirely by hand in Italy using artisanal techniques.

CuoreCarpenito is a ceramic studio based in Reggio Emilia founded in 2012 by Claudia Carpenito, a trained art restorer with twenty years of experience. Her knowledge of both ancient and modern art, combined with an exploration of shapes, traditional techniques, and materials, give life to collections inspired by the Mediterranean landscape with an irresistible pop twist. CuoreCarpenito was selected for the 2020 Ceramic Art London exhibition.

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.

Pet Therapy is a new design brand by Atelier Biagetti, home to giant, docile, lunar cats that become sculptural lamps and seats shaded by soft palm trees with crazy coconuts that double as lights. Each object is a functional sculpture conceived to activate the idea of a home without boundaries, where interior blurs into exterior and playfulness is a serious business that we just can’t do without.

Since 1881, Antonio Sala has produced high-quality made-to-measure furnishings from its home base in Camnago di Lentate sul Seveso in the Province of Monza and Brianza. Their professionalism and skills in sculpture, art, and architecture have allowed the company to grow and evolve to its current form, under the leadership of the fifth generation. The company’s furniture heritage shines through today with a contemporary vision that aims to satisfy a variety of needs: collections and 360° design projects for residential, commercial, and public spaces.

Artist and ceramic expert Angelica Tulimiero was born in Avellino in 1976 but moved to London early in life to study art, design, ceramics, and painting at Morley College. In addition to numerous collaborations, Tulimiero opened her own personal studio in Napoli Pozzuoli. Her works – vases, panels, and sculptures – are displayed all over Europe, from Italy Great Britain, Germany, Spain, France, Switzerland, to Slovakia and Hungary.

Founded by potter Filippo Vento and entrepreneur Francesco Alparone, Verus encapsulates the historic ceramic patrimony of Caltagirone with innovative ideas on lustrous accents and juxtapositions of matte and glossy. The Virus team toys with details and eclectic styles, blending elements in a never-before-seen elegance, concentrating on the use of special glazes and both mono and two-toned themes. Verus is particularly renowned for its Moor’s head sculptures, popular in Italy and around the world.

Established in 2009, True can trace its roots back to TMA Treviso, Monselice, Asiago: a family company created in 1983 and specialized in office furniture. Alessandro, Lorenzo, and Francesco Maniero, the second generation, are the faces behind True, led by the internationally renowned architect Aldo Parisotto, acting as art director since 2014. Collaborating with important designers and creative talents, True furnishings, and accessories, all made in Italy, bring together design and function.

Established in 1982, Friuli-based FerroLuce Handmade Light is specialized in handmade ceramic lamps and lighting accessories. With an all-Italian production process, every product offers harmonious shapes and fresh colorways. Ferroluce prides itself on its attention to materials and production, as well as their ability to offer personalizations, be it shape, size decoration, and color, for every product to satisfy the most specific tastes.

Florence-born Filippo Carandini is an interior designer, based in Milan, specialized in the overall visual concept of residential and commercial projects. In 2021 he launched a furniture collection, which represents a natural evolution of his professional experiences and passion, entirely produced in Italy in collaboration with local artisans. Essential volumes, vibrant colors and tactile materials are the key elements of the pieces which are designed to interact with the surroundings creating a charming asymmetric accent.

Kubel Design, a brand of handmade rugs, was established in the heart of Abruzzo by Maria. With a passion for Bauhaus style and suprematism, Maria wanted to blend these movements into special furnishings made with sustainable technologies and materials. Kubel Design rugs are made by hand with high-quality cotton cords without the use of dyes, water, or chemical substances. A modern approach to home design: artisanal tradition, contemporary art, and sustainable production.

Producers of accessories for the kitchen and table as well as high design furnishings, all made entirely in Italy with the best materials with meticulous quality controls. Mepra was established in 1947, but the Prandelli family’s entrepreneurial history dates back to the early twentieth century with a metalworking company. In the 1950s, the family converted to steel cutlery production and eventually dabbling with golden decorations and colorful enamels before experimenting with plastic, glass, wood and ceramic.

Via Rossini Milano is part of the design sector, offering creative furniture and decorations for interiors: chairs, tables and so much more. With long standing traditions rooted in twentieth century artisanry, the company looks towards the future, with original and modern designs that transforms artisanal history into the looks of tomorrow. In a rapidly and continuously changing world, Via Rossini conserves traditional know-how while innovating and experimenting with new shapes and materials.

Filadelfio Todaro is an Italian ceramic artist. After obtaining his diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo, he has been exhibiting successfully since the late 1980s. He uses the technical and aesthetic canons of the Sicilian ceramic tradition as a solid foundation for his art. He focuses on the shape of the piece of art, trying to create new forms through the use of traditional and modern techniques. The color is used as a way to emphasize the main features of the shape.

Italia Veloce was established in Parma in 2009, but its history dates back to 1909 and an artisanal bicycle and steel frame workshop. A century later, a new brand was born, boasting high artistic and artisanal value with refined designs and exclusive, handmade parts, vintage pieces, leathers and fabrics, for the ultimate personalization experience. A collection of six bicycles, including one electric model. All bicycles are numbered with hand-incised tags.

Characterized by a long tradition in clay processing, Nuova Colì is an Apulian brand founded in 1650 by Andrea Colì. A company that still today produces MOCA certified earthenware and terracotta and is always attentive to the selection of raw materials to guarantee the quality and solidity of the products. Nuova Colì has two brands on the market: Maiolica Forte, for all of the company's products made with Cotto Forte clay, and Terra & Fuoco, for fire pans made of lead-free crystalline.

Artist Elisabetta Milan grew up in her grandfather Pietro’s workshop where she immersed herself in art before training in Udine and Venice as an art historian and restorer. Her paintings blend techniques linked to the artisanal patrimony of restoration and abstract art, while including stones, minerals, sands and shells. Since 2008, Milan has collaborated with important art galleries in the USA as well as with companies in the nautical sector, including Fincantieri and Carnival. In 2020 she founded the PlasticOcene project to protect the sea through art.

Inspired by stone and driven by design, Marmobon's decades of experience in the sector is based in the famous Stone District of Verona, specializes in the design and processing of marble, natural stones and conglomerate projects. The choice of materials, manufacturing experience, technological innovation and collaboration with architects and designers, allows the brand to bring quality products to the national and international market that are capable of responding to the modern needs of the sector.

Artist, designer and creative director, Antonio Aricò was born in 1983 in Reggio Calabria. In 2011 he opened his own studio in Milan and created the first Back Home collection, presented at Milan Design Week 2012. The result of an encounter between craftsmanship and industrial design, his works are exhibited all over the world. Aricò collaborates with major brands, such as Barilla, Seletti, Alessi, Bitossi and EditaMateria, creating iconic products. He also followed the artistic direction of Bialetti in 2017.