The Artisans

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.

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.

A small artisanal workshop founded by Achille Radice in Brianza 60 years ago. Today, Radice works on an international scale and specializes in Made in Italy luxury furnishings. Led by Luca, Davide and Giorgio, the third generation, the company blends manufacturing expertise with modern techniques and quality materials to create products for both private and public spaces, such as yachts and luxury hotels: sofas, armchairs, bar cabinets as well as tables, consoles, wardrobes, bookshelves, and lamps.

The oldest textile factory in Calabria, Lanificio Leo, was established in 1873. Today it is an international brand and a museum-company: the values of tradition meet a contemporary language. The home-wear collections are the result of the encounter between a centuries-old textile tradition, the concept of a design-oriented product and a deep-rooted cultural system: the artifacts, created with machinery from 1890 and 1965 combined with the latest generation machines, illustrate a wealth of knowledge and mastery which is transformed into objects of refined contemporaneity.

Movement, color and fun. Gioi is the new brand of luxury craftsmanship established within the Zanetto artistic laboratory, leader in the processing of noble metals for the table and the world of furniture. The Barock collection of designer bar accessories in titanium, the result of the collaboration with the famous designer Samer Alameen, plays with contrasts, preserving the purity of craftsmanship in a contemporary world that is constantly moving. Glasses, bottle openers, bottle holders, mixers, shakers, all with a fun design and inspired by the world of mechanics.

DESIGNforMACHA is a lighting company founded in Milan in 2016. Refined lamps produced in limited quantities, to guarantee their excellence and exclusivity. Brass, a noble and malleable alloy, is handcrafted in all phases of production; from foundry to chiseling, through to turning, assembly, polishing and surface treatment. A wide-ranging project that aims to bring the DESIGNforMACHA know-how and its products to the entire world.

Italian quality meets a passion for beauty. Since 1996, Epoca Lampadari, a company from Naples, has manufactured wrought iron and brass chandeliers and furnishing accessories, embellished with precious Murano glass and crystals, with tempera decorations and gold leaf finishes. The creations, characterized by a precision choice in materials and made by skilled craftsmen, express the value of the purest Made in Italy craftsmanship and are sure to stand the test of time.

Founded in 1955 by Brandimarte Guscelli, the Florentine company Brandimarte Firenze specializes in working with silver. Today, the brand is led by Bianca Guscelli, third generation, continuing the family tradition through the techniques of craftsmanship and Made in Italy design. Sterling silver objects for the table, such as the Wine Collection which includes decanters and tasting glasses, jewelry, and also historical works of art and medals. Silver returns to everyday life in an innovative manner, in the furniture, wine bar, hotel, style trend and fashion sectors.

A family business founded in 1962 in San Pietro di Morubio, Verona, in the heart of Veneto, where the tradition of furniture is deeply rooted. Today the Guerra Vanni brand, guided with the same passion and commitment by the third generation of the family, is a consolidated, modern, and dynamic company. The collections of furniture and furnishing accessories are fine examples of high quality, Made in Italy design and production.

A young and dynamic company, LuceVetro is the brand founded by Cecilia Cenedese, who brings to the project the Cenedese family's extensive experience in the field of lighting. Each chandelier, table lamp, wall lamp and ceiling light comes from a complex creative process that begins with researching the location and carries through to the complete, high quality creation. The products are highly customizable in shape and materials. The absolute protagonist of the LuceVetro collections is Murano glass, together with its remarkable history

A project launched in the late 70s with Eugenio Cassina, master and lover of fine arts, who still today represents the concept of the S&L Interni brand. Since 1996, architect Luca Cassina and Stefano Padoan have joined the company in Meda of Monza and Brianza, carrying on the project with the constant commitment to implement the idea of Italian elegance and craftsmanship. Furniture and furnishing accessories for the private and contract sectors as a result of collaborations with qualified craftsmen.