The Artisans

Just like every person is unique, each pot by Pot à Porter is carefully handcrafted by master artisans and distills a signature contemporary spirit. The brand's expertise is consolidated in five generations in the terracotta industry in a close-knit team of designers and passionate craftsmen. High-quality clays and colors mixed by hand in the in-house laboratory seal that uniqueness defining each pot as an authentic objet d’art.

A testament to traditional Italian craftsmanship, Martin Interiors is a Milan-based firm specialized in crafting interior design decor pieces. Working with precious raw materials such as marble, wood, glass, and refined textiles, the brand’s luxury designs are tailor-made to each client and decor, merging past and present in collections that will withstand the test of time.

Founded in 2020 by Portuguese designer Nicolau dos Santos and French-Italian art director Stephanie Blanchard, IAMMI is a design studio that explores unprecedented and unconventional aesthetics, merging classic and contemporary inspiration in timeless works that challenge traditional notions with an ironic and thought-provoking style. Working on a wide range of self-developed and client-commissioned projects, IAMMI experiments with different techniques and materials to create first-rate, impactful products.

A contemporary take on the timeless tradition, Atelier Taftique is the Florence-based studio of Dutch artist Jules Vissers where she designs and creates hand-tufted and embroidered tapestries using personally selected high-quality Italian yarns. Taking part in art and design events such as the Milan Design Week, Dubai Design Week, and Florence Biennale, her oeuvres are like paintings: “To me, my yarns are like my painting colors. With this manual technique, I can make specific scenes and patterns come to life”.

Past fashion and Venetian tradition are in Manù Brunello’s DNA. Born in Venice, where she is still based in an atelier near Palazzo Grassi, she started making jewels with Murano glass beads and sea stones before turning to painting in 2008. Her attendance at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice sparked the idea of painting what she previously used to craft. Her detailed portraits - echoing realist and hyperrealist influences - reveal an eternal bond with fashion ever-present in her art.

Dante Negro has been developing sophisticated and bespoke indoor and outdoor designs since 1964, forging metal into chairs, tables, loungers, and sofas. Based in northern Italy and now run by Dante’s son Elia, and guided by the creative direction of Margherita Rui, it explores the soul of metal in its potential forms, creating new scenarios of elegant style, developed around skillful, intergenerational craftsmanship enhanced with unique finishes. The brand is now in its second generation, run by Dante’s son, Elia.

Evoking a unique, immersive ambiance with her distinctive paintings merging real-life figures and fantastic characters, fluid shades, and clean geometries, contemporary artist Anna Caruso grew up in a culturally rich yet fragmented Milan during the 1980s. A graduate of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bergamo in 2004, she now collaborates with Italian and International art galleries, including the Gilda Contemporary Art in Milan, the Anna Marra Contemporanea in Rome, and Thomas Masters Gallery in Chicago.

A great cultural phenomenon founded in Milan in 1981, Memphis was established by the creative genius of Ettore Sottsass, along with a group of Milanese architects and designers. This movement was inspired by Art Deco, Futurism and Pop Art and created unique designs distinctive for colorful and abstract decorations and asymmetrical shapes, revolutionizing the concepts of living. Part of the Postmodernist style, Memphis influences to this day the designing world with unique statement pieces.

Born in 1986 in Perugia, Lucia Simone is a Rome-based painter and engraver. Following her studies in painting and performing arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, she became the assistant to Professor Gianfranco Notargiacomo. Lucia Simone participates in renowned artist-in-residence projects such as one for the FIG Bilbao International Prize and the MACRO ASILO Museum of Contemporary Art. She has exhibited her work in prestigious institutions and galleries such as Palazzo Montecitorio, Palazzo Vecchio, Iaga Contemporary Art (Romania), and the Sixth Repertoire of Italian Engravers.

Cagliari-based photographer and teacher, Francesca Randi has been honing her craft since 1999. Throughout the years, she has developed an oneiric, surreal style where photos capture and replicate the most intimate side of the self, just like dreams. Identity, childhood, adolescence, unconsciousness, stress, wunderkammer, and nocturnal landscapes between nightmare and loneliness are the predominant themes explored in her works. Randi's photographs have been exhibited in a variety of solo and collective galleries in Italy and abroad.

Secondome is a Design Gallery focused on contemporary designers and innovative projects worldwide. Founded by Claudia Pignatale in 2006, Secondome produces its own collection of furniture and objects working to launch experimental designers, artisans and master craftsmen. Its mission lies in highlighting both the high quality manufacture of the Made in Italy brand and the originality of products, emphasizing the tradition of Italian craftsmanship whilst breaking the mold of lifeless objets d’art.

Run by its founder Paola Zaghi with her sons Anna and Marco, Dellarte is a pottery company with Venetian roots but whose heart resides in a small workshop in Faenza. Humble beginnings working for bookshops of art exhibits and museums resulted in commissioned projects by Ferrari and Banca Intesa, earning the brand recognition to become one of the official suppliers of the Vatican Museums, the Uffizi Gallery, the Colosseum as well as the International Golf Club of Augusta, US. Each piece by Dellarte is minutely handcrafted, unique, and eco-conscious.

A leading Italian design brand, Semastone Design has been working with marble for over thirty years. Transforming precious raw marble stones into refined, sculptural pieces for both private and contract interiors, its designs are singular and bespoke, a testament to the high-quality craftsmanship shared by Semastone Design’s expert artisans.

BURGIO. is a small-scale homeware & furniture brand born in Florence, Italy, with a focus on sustainable, functional & unique design. It’s a passion project launched by co-founders Isabella Burgio and Alireza Sadeh in 2022 as a way to celebrate their shared love for design. BURGIO. is a philosophy of color, texture and form and sits at the intersection between design & functionality. BURGIO. is all about integrating playfulness into the creative process as well as the final product. Handmade in Italy, each piece tells a story: craftsmanship meets contemporary.

Diana Priscila Solis is an artist and designer residing and working in Florence, Italy. In 2018 she graduated from the Florence Academy of Art after having studied Art History at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Her training in both traditional drawing and painting, coupled with extensive knowledge of digital design, has allowed her to produce a versatile portfolio of multidisciplinary work. Her work has been showcased in various exhibitions and galleries, such as the 2018 and 2019 ARC Salons in MEAM Barcelona, the Drawing on The Masters Auction at Columbus Circle Time Warner Center, and a solo exhibition titled "Grottesche" with AFF Group.

Photographer Giuseppe Palmisano embarked on the “iosonopipo” project in 2012, seeking to explore the true essence of women, moving past the erotic symbols to arrive at the highest expression of nature. In 2019, Palmisano put “iosonopipo” on sale on eBay; Francesco R. acquired it before Mario Mondaini Studio took control of the archives three years later. Giuseppe Palmisano eventually decided to go back to his project as the new Art Director, seeking to investigate the cathartic nature of shots where encounters between people are frozen in time.

Distinguishing himself within the chaotic post-war world of the 1950s, Elio Martinelli founded Martinelli Luce, a light fixture brand that merges rigorous and essential geometries with nature. The brand’s philosophy is rooted in the concept of essentialism, nothing superfluous, creating ergonomic designs marked by a minimalist aesthetic.

Born in Savona in 1948, set designer and sculptor, Sandro Lorenzini chose the art of ceramics as his own means of expression, seeking from the beginning the large dimension and the direct relationship between the works and the spaces that host them. The large site-specific installations have constituted his most peculiar expressive dimension. The quality of the creations and the very high level of technical research have made him famous all over the world. He has exhibited in Italy, France, Spain, Germany, United States, amongst others.

Alberto La Tassa (Padova, 1986) is a painter who lives and works between Miami and Venice in Italy. His atelier is located in the heart of Venice behind Campo Santo Stefano, near the Accademia Bridge. He graduated from the Venice Academy of Fine Arts with honors. His recent solo and group exhibitions include amongst others: 2023, LA Art Show, Los Angeles, US; 2023, Art Wynwood, Miami, US; 2020, Beyond the Plastic, Muse, Trento, IT; 2020, A Collection Award, Arte Fiera, Bologna, IT; 2019, A Collection, Palazzo Barolo, Torino, IT; 2019, Arte Padova, Padova, IT; 2019, Pink Art Fair, Seoul, KR.

The company was founded in 2019 by Australian-born Jan Louise Pizzinato, who after several years abroad lives and works in Italy. Always in love with art and nature, she chose to live in the Veneto countryside, a few kilometers from Venice, in the land of the fascinating villas designed by Andrea Palladio. Also strengthened by a long professional experience in design and luxury, she decided to create Absoluta Collection, a wallpaper concept that is innovative in aesthetics and completely sustainable. Through her personal research, she discovers talents that make her heart beat faster and transfers their images into wallpapers as beautiful as paintings.