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MGM Marmi e Graniti

Lombardia, Italy | Marble Designer

Founded in 1968 as a company specialized in selling marble and granite blocks, MGM has launched its first Design Collection in 2018. These exquisite furniture pieces are crafted using the finest raw materials and shaped by the creativity of leading Italian designers. Based in Mariano Comense, near Como, MGM carries out each step of production in-house, combining traditional methods handed down from generation to generation with innovative crafting techniques.

Dal Furlo

Marche, Italy | Blacksmith

After acquiring experience working as a craftsman for other brands, Dal Furlo started his own company with the desire to freely create and experiment. His objects of functional décor are striking works of art made to order and crafted entirely by hand. Combining traditional methods and new techniques, and inspired by the strength and elegance of nature, Dal Furlo uses various metals to shape his ideas, helped by the power of fire, an element that gives new life to raw materials.

Nunzia Ponsillo

Emilia-Romagna, Italy | Designer

Nunzia Ponsillo is a designer and artist who lives in the Republic of San Marino. After obtaining a degree in industrial design and a master in product design, in 2018 she established her studio, where each creation is conceived, planned, and crafted with the outmost attention to detail. The harmonious mix of contrasting volumes, the influence of other cultures, and a constant research of materials are the distinctive traits of her expressive and evocative pieces.

CTS Salotti

Lombardia, Italy | Furniture Maker

Comfort, meticulous details, and high-quality finishes characterize all CTS Salotti products. Founded in the 1960s by Carlo Tanzi in Brianza, the renowned cabinetmaking district near Milan, CTS has been an institution at Milan’s Salone del Mobile for over forty years. The company remains under Tanzi’s leadership, as well as his two children, Gianluca and Sabrina, who work in partnership with retailers, interior design studios, and contract companies to produce superior upholstered furniture for residential and commercial spaces.

Marzia Boaglio

Piemonte, Italy | Designer

Marzia Boaglio is an innovative interior design firm specializing in intriguing furnishings and accent pieces for the modern home. Boaglio identifies as a “StoryArtDesigner”, a title which reflects her innate ability to take a raw material and transform it into an elegant work of art with a story that recalls the past and embodies the future. Her timeless pieces strike a balance between modern aesthetic and traditional craftsmanship, resulting in objects with a high visual and aesthetic impact.

Braid Outdoor

Marche, Italy | Furniture Maker

Embodying the art of weaving, this brand started in the ‘50s in Mogliano, a small town in the Marche region, where Luigi Maurizi opened a workshop of handcrafted wicker products. In the ‘70s his son Giuseppe took over and in the ‘90s the current brand identity started taking shape, with the creation of outdoor sophisticated pieces crafted of synthetic fibers for maximum durability. Still preserving its values of exquisite craftsmanship and elegant design, Braid has become a protagonist in outdoor furniture production.

Jacobsroom

Lazio, Italy | Designer

Kathrin Charlotte Bohr established Jacobsroom Editions in 2017 after completing her artistic training in France, Germany, and Italy. Beauty, rigor, and poetry are infused into each limited-edition design, handcrafted by master blacksmiths and woodworkers through an almost-effortless blend of innovation and tradition. Jacobsroom offers timeless tailored design solutions that satisfy customers’ requests and their interior needs, elevating decorative pieces to art that tells a story.

Nahoor

Lombardia, Italy | Lighting Maker

William Pianta was already an established lighting designer, when in 2009 he founded Nahoor, which in Aramaic means “origin of light”. Combining great Italian traditions, new methods of production, and his personal aesthetic, Pianta designs contemporary pieces distinctive for their iconic shapes, essential silhouettes, and refined materials. Each lamp is unique, crafted and finished by the hands of skilled artisans, aided by the most advanced technologies under Pianta’s creative direction.

Studio Lievito

Toscana, Italy | Designer

Studio Lievito is an interior design firm founded in 2010 by artists Laura Passalacqua, Francesco Taviani and Jacopo Volpi. Based in Florence, Studio Lievito stands out for its ability to delicately reinvent and redefine modern production techniques using traditional crafting methods. Each piece is meticulously handmade: this “slow design” creates projects that subvert conventional decor norms by means of simple yet witty gestures and meticulous detailing.

Architetti Artigiani Anonimi

Campania, Italy | Designer

Founded by Annarita Aversa in 2012, Architetti Artigiani Anonimi is an architecture, interior, and product design studio from Amalfi. Uniting traditional handcrafting techniques, experimentation with unusual materials, and cultural contexts steeped in tradition, Architetti Artigiani Anonimi creates pieces that are unique yet stylistically “anonymous”. The studio’s artistic mission draws inspiration from the intrinsic beauty of cultural and physical spaces, resulting in works of art that embody the intimate exchanges between artists, clients, and environment.

Sasà Sorrentino

Campania, Italy | Sculptor

In the eponymous brand, Sasà Sorrentino combines traditional themes with innovative, sustainable production methods to create imaginative and wholly unique pieces. Sorrentino reimagines everyday objects-notably recyclables, handles, and old tools-and repurposes them, their new form embodying the duality of their functional and sculptural charms. Characterized by ironies and double entendres, each Sasà Sorrentino piece tells a story, reminding us of our collective past but also setting our sights on the limitless future ahead.

Frisoli

Puglia, Italy | Furniture Maker

Romina and Michele Frisoli created this luxury interior design company after working in their family business, which manufactured for over 30 years carbon fiber parts for the aeronautical sector with the meticolous dedication of artisanal work. The aesthetic potential of industrial pieces and the ductility of their materials, exclusively developed by Frisoli, inspired Romina and Michele to create furniture and home decor objects that mix design and art, and have come to embody the striking compromise between ingenuity and creativity.

Elena Carozzi

Liguria, Italy | Wallpaper Maker

Born in Milan in 1967, Elena Carozzi started working in home design with architect Roberto Peragallo. In 1996, she moved to Sarzana, in Liguria, where she became a regular at the studio of her grandfather, one of the founders of the Spatial movement with Lucio Fontana. Her wallpapers are a suggestive linguistic form that blends painting with decorative experience to create mesmerizing designs,evocative of the post-impressionist décor of Vuillard and Bonnard.

Luci di Seta

Veneto, Italy | Lighting Maker

Based in Venice, Luci di Seta is a workshop specialized in handcrafted lampshades exclusively made using traditional techniques and the finest natural materials. Annalisa Falasco has dedicated herself to this craft for over 20 years and her bespoke lampshades combine colors and shapes in an original and unique fashion. Luci di Seta’s lighting creations are one-of-a-kind, elegant, and timeless objects that add warmth and a contemporary flair to any interior and can be customized to suit any customer’s need.

Toscot

Toscana, Italy | Lighting Maker

Toscot is a lighting design brand founded in 2001 by Colin Patrick Dinley. Specialized in terracotta light fixtures, from pendant lights and chandeliers to floor lamps and sconces, Toscot develops innovative techniques and forms without losing sight of traditional handcrafting methods. Each Toscot piece is unrepeatable, individually handcrafted from start to finish by skilled artisans. Toscot creates works of art recognized for their functionality, creativity, and artistry that tell a story about tradition and design.