As timeless explorers, we are constantly looking for design pieces belonging to the highest Italian artisan tradition.
That’s why, by presenting the objects we discovered by going around or made especially for you, we were thrilled by the idea of being able to tell you the STORIES behind them: unexpected, original, unique because Italians and we Italians, you know, things we always do them our way.
In this section we will reveal the secrets of some designers, we will let the protagonists speak directly, we will take you to the most hidden and precious corners of our country.
Silent, rigorous, ironic man, Albini was one of the major protagonists in the development of rationalist thought in the field of architectural production, furniture, industrial design and museum exhibition.His is a refined and rarefied style, which was able to combine fantasy and craft, poetry and
The Green Village of Bali is an evocative complex of houses made entirely of bamboo by the architect Ibuku. Another surprising work in bamboo is the Vietnamese pavilion designed for Expo 2015 by Vo Trong Nghia Architects, organized on two floors and consisting of a
For almost a hundred years, La Bottega has been creating works that are used by architects and designers from all over the world to decorate and embellish interior projects for private homes or public spaces. Since the year of its foundation in Faenza, in 1928,
Three brothers, Piero, Giorgio and Gianfranco Di Pierri, originally from Puglia, founded in Rome in the 1950s a studio specialized in landscape gardening, recomposition of the territory, restoration of large historical parks. At the end of the 60s Vivai del Sud consolidated its position with
The term Bamboo originates from the Malai language “Mambu” and was then translated into English with the more famous name of Bamboo; its introduction in Italy is attributed to the Tuscan botanist Orazio Fenzi, and dates back to 1884. Bamboos are shrubby, evergreen, very vigorous
Non tutti sanno che in centro a Milano c’è un transatlantico: il Conte Biancamano. La grande nave o meglio, parte di essa, è giunta in sezioni presso il museo della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo Da Vinci nel 1961 da La Spezia dove il vecchio piroscafo
In Lurago d’Erba, in the province of Como, in 1889 Giovanni BONACINA treasured the art of the ancient craft of basketmaking and founded his company, soon expanding its production with armchairs, lounges and furnishing elements. Success was not long in coming, with international awards in
During the Second World War, a small miracle occurred in the world of design: the American decorator and designer Ernestin Virden Kannon met the young architect Matteo D’Agostino in Ravello. Between the two is immediately personal understanding and creative magic. In 1948, they founded the
Painter, sculptor, engraver, ceramist and draftsman, Gaetano Pompa was an unmistakable and extraordinary artist. As meticulous as a craftsman, as courageous as a genius. He experimented with many materials used, from poor ones, such as clay, to precious ones, such as gold, used in profusion
