The Artisans

Based in Macherio near Brianza, Didoni is a family-run business passionately dedicated to manufacturing precious and semi-precious stones. From the purchase of rough materials to the creation of each piece, every step of production is carried out in-house by a team of experts in partnership with renowned architects and designers. Since the mid-‘70s, Didoni has transformed the essential elegance of stones such as tiger’s eye, malachite, lapis lazuli, quartz, and amethyst into exquisite and personalized home décor objects and accessories.

Founded in 1946, Fabbrica Pelletterie Milano (FPM) has revolutionized men’s and women’s travel accessories. Merging the talent of five designers -Marc Sadler, Stefano Giovannoni, Marcel Wanders, Jean-Marie Massaud, and Nendo -in one avant-garde concept, FPM’s leather goods and travel accessories are an expression of the harmony between safety and practicality. High-quality leathers merge with innovative techniques and meticulous workmanship to inspire FPM’s progressive designs rooted in the pillars of lightness, practicality, and agility.

Lamberti Design was established in the 1970s in Cava de’ Tirreni, on the Amalfi Coast, as a small metalworking workshop making steel doors, window frames, and balusters. Through creative collaborations with architects and interior designers, it soon became known for its high-quality, handcrafted metal products. Specialized in all types of metals (stainless steel, corten, iron, brass, copper, and aluminum), dedicated artisans masterfully execute all designs with each production stage, from polishing and welding to applying custom-made finishes.

Based in Bassano del Grappa in the Veneto region, Angela Di Folco graduated in Fine Arts following her childhood passion for painting and drawing. She has participated in numerous shows and competitions and had her first solo exhibition in the town of Nove, near Vicenza, renowned for its ceramic tradition. Inspired by this new medium, in 2015 she started a limited series of plates and since 2017 she has perfected the art of transferring her nature-inspired studies onto on porcelain and wood, showcasing expressionist sensibility and stunning attention to detail.

Meroni and Colzani started out as two separate businesses specialized in furniture and upholstery since the ‘60s. As two third generation, family-run companies operating in the cabinet making district of Brianza near Milan, they eventually merged to unite their tradition and sartorial expertise into one brand. Meroni & Colzani use the finest wood, leather, and fabric coupled with the latest technologies to produce sophisticated modern pieces for the home.

Iconic glassmaking company Cappellin Venini &C. was founded in 1921 by Paolo Venini and Giacomo Cappelin. Divided and renamed Vetri Soffiati Muranesi Venini in 1925, it soon became a well-recognized name in artistic glass production, reaching its golden age in the 1980s with important collaborations with distinguished artists, designers, and architects. Venini’s exquisite blown glass objects represent the perfect marriage between Murano’s tradition and original designs by artists like Alessandro Mendini, Gio Ponti, Ettore Sottsass, and Carlo Scarpa, just to name a few. Our customers favorites: Venini vases, Venini table lamps.

In 1987, Maurizio Leo Placuzzi founded Sicis in Ravenna, a town where artistic mosaics have flourished since the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. Each mosaic is made in Sicis’ workshop executed by the expert hands of a dedicated team of artisans, all graduates from the Ravenna Musive Art Academy. Inspired by ancient splendors and contemporary aesthetic, Sicis furniture is distinctive for its sophisticated finishes and precious fabrics reminiscent of mosaic patterns.

Susanna Alberti is an illustrator and ceramist from Bergamo. After studying fine arts in her hometown, she graduated in Visual Arts from the IUAV University in Venice and in 2015 earned a master degree in illustration at the MiMaster in Milan. At that same time, her passion for ceramics grew and started Susi Ceramics in 2015, a line of decorative objects exuding a distinctive expressive flair, entirely crafted and painted by hand in vibrant colors.

Francesco Morlin founded Ceramiche Artistiche Edelweiss in 1970 and, since then, the Morlin family has kept artisan ceramic tradition alive by crafting unique and modern pieces inspired by nature. The workshop is located in the town of Nove (Vicenza), known as the “City of Ceramics” for its internationally established tradition of high-quality ceramic production. The artisans at Ceramiche Artistiche Edelweiss make exquisitely handcrafted collections as well as bespoke items to suit clients’ interior vision and needs.

Driven by a lifelong creative passion, Paola Caselli lives and works in Florence where she produces exclusive, hand-painted porcelain plates made using the underglaze technique. The inspiration for her delicate watercolor creations draws from classic books by European botanical illustrators, notably Italian artist Maria Rita Stirpe. Fine porcelain serves as her ideal canvas to hand-transfer her original sketches before setting the vibrant colors with a second firing and an enamel coating.

Sculptor and woodworker Gianni Arosio, along with son Sarah, Davide, Marco, founded Arosio in Milano to merge traditional Italian craftsmanship with contemporary design. Working wood with passion and an experimental approach, Arosio artisans bring to life one-of-a-kind objects distinctive for their curved silhouettes and functional yet decorative characters.

In 1949, in the heart of Florence, Agresti’s artisans began creating unique handcrafted strongboxes, sophisticated cabinets, and other fine wooden furniture. Today, with the pillars of safety, elegance, and refinement in mind, designers and artisans are committed to preserving Florentine craftsmanship tradition in a modern manufacturing facility outside the city’s medieval walls. The various stages of creation and production are all performed within Agresti’s company and combine precious woods and metals in exclusive, luxurious designs.

Filippo Attivissimo, a master artisan of inlay decorations and traditional “graniglia” and “pastina” tiles, founded the namesake company in 1950 in Matera, a city in the southern region of Basilicata. Marked by attention to detail and dedication of exceptional craftsmen, the brand continues to produce pieces of outstanding quality and modern character. Modern design and traditional techniques merge to reveal timeless products handcrafted using natural materials like marble, onyx, quartz, and high-performance cement.

Aiardini is a Naples-based lighting firm established in the late 1990s specialized in handmade chandeliers and lighting solutions for both modern and traditional interiors. All pieces are meticulously crafted with an artistic attention to detail and high-quality materials, notably mouth-blown Venetian glass and Swarovski crystals. Aiardini brings together the technical know-how of architecture with the limitless versatility of glassmaking to reveal refined works of functional decor. Bespoke pieces and customizations are available to suit customers’ vision and decor needs.

Muggiò CR Posate d’Autore is the artistic venture of Carmen Rigolon, established in the picturesque town of Muggiò (Brianza) located in the northern region of Lombardy. Characterized by a diligent and meticulous production process, each utensil is entirely handcrafted using 18/10 stainless steel by artisans who creatively combine light, color, and high-quality materials to infuse an original touch to traditional table settings. The brand utilizes stainless steel, colored glass, murrine, and precious crystals to bring each piece to life.

Lo Decor is a luxury interior design firm established by Lorenza Briola in 2017, noted for its highly sophisticated aesthetic and meticulous production process. Central to the brand is a research and innovation ethos that is evident in all its pillows, from thread and color selection to the final motif design. All pieces are marked by simple versatility and charming hues that are easy to mix and match. Based in Carimate (Como), Lo Decor places their customers at the center of its creations, providing customizations that embody each vision and interior need.

Founded in 2010 by designer Gianluca Marcon, GAM-HOME is an interior furniture brand specialized in patterned upholstery. GAM-HOME creates a range of interior accent pieces, from tables and consoles to chairs and benches that boast a distinctly modern character and technical know-how of its master artisans. This brand provides customizations and removable covers to serve each client's decorative and maintenance needs.

Since 2015, Alice Reina becomes biancodichina, a contemporary porcelain studio working on the boundaries between design, craftsmanship and art, between useful and useless. The imagery is drawn from her readings and nature - which she takes time to observe - and it’s guided by her lateral thinking, channeled, just enough, by her studies in architecture. Porcelain almost immediately proved to be the perfect material to give shape to this imaginary: a precious, pure and challenging material of which she gladly supports the anarchist nature. Biancodichina’s work is inspired by its plastic properties and is driven by the curiosity to manipulate porcelain to its limits, reaching unexpected results. She create objects whose shapes, transparency and surface finishes make us doubt about their consistency or even the materials they are made of.

Notempo is a design furnishing firm established by Sicilian architects Marco Bracchitta, Sebastiano Leotta, and Gandolfo Marabeti, who trained between Palermo and Turin and developed individual professional paths in Italy and abroad. Guided by their passion for the wealth of the Italian manufacturing sector, the founding architects focused first and foremost on craftsmanship and assembled a team of skilled artisans to translate their modern designs in tradition-inspired pieces. Notempo pieces are distinctive for their high quality, noble materials, and handmade details.

Established in 1959, Illulian is a well-established luxury design brand renowned internationally for its commitment to craftsmanship. Currently, under the direction of Davis and Bendis Ronchetti Illulian, this family-run company creates works of art with a distinct heirloom quality. Their prestigious showroom, located in the heart of Milan’s fashionable “quadrilatero” district, has unique modern objects and examples of the in-house design studio pieces on display, rendered in full detail and customizable thanks to Ilullian’s team of skilled artisans.