The Morassi dynasty began with Gio Batta, who gave and gives a voice to some of the most prestigious contemporary instruments in the world. He is not only a great master luthier, but he is also the founder of the Italian Luthier Association, aimed at promoting the luthier culture. The same love, method and skill […]

Gold has a thousand properties and uses. It requires, however, great expertise in order to work it to perfection and obtain ultra-thin gold leaf, the best way to fully exploit its potential in many fields. This is what Mario Berta Battiloro does, by carrying on an old family tradition dating back to 1926. At his […]

Since 1993, the Teatro Agricolo cultural association has dedicated itself to the creation of leather masks used for the theater, but also for television and cinema. Everything starts with a wooden form. Every detail, from the excellent leather, to the brass clasps, up to the choice of copper for framing the inside, ensures that the […]

Silvia Giorgetti can be described as a “fabric alchemist”. In her textile design workshop, Silvia designs and creates hand-painted fabrics, transforming rolls of silk, cotton, velvet, linen and hemp into textile objects and clothing by using various techniques, often more than one technique at the same time, in particular, the Indonesian batik and Japanese shibori […]

Experience, skilled workers, continuously collaborating with the most prestigious names in Haute Couture and prêt-à-porter, constant research, elegant materials and quality: these are the elements that make the Jommi Demetrio one of the most important businesses in the hat industry. The production is mainly dedicated to winter garments: hats for men, women and children, made […]

When he started his own glassworks at the end of World War Two, Archimede Seguso was already a successful master glassmaker, well-known, since the 1920s, for his sophisticated animal-themed creations. In the 1930s, he created wonderful bullicante and pulegoso glass vases and he specialized in the massello-style sculpture, and then, in the 1950s, he experimented […]

Tailor-made glasses with a retro flair, crafted in leather, wood, antler and gold, each with a particular characteristic: the mastery of a handmade product and the highest quality lenses. When Lucio Enrico Di Nardo, an expert collector and art object enthusiast, opened his optician’s store in 1956, he never imagined that his descendants would have […]

Started in 1720, when the wig fashion spread from the French court to Italy, Filistrucchi is Florence’s oldest shop. Set up as an artisan workshop supplying wigs, fake beards and moustaches for both theatrical and private use, over the years Filistrucchi has also become a school and a specialist in masks, special effects and professional […]

Custom-made shoes: one of the very few things designed to combine luxury, elegance and comfort. The shoes made by Daniela Ghezzo cocoon the feet in a caressing touch. She learned the technique, but also began creating her own style, by dividing her time between a Roman workshop specialising in men’s shoes and the Venetian workshop […]

The workshop specializes in the restoration of wooden furniture and objects by combining the use of age-old techniques, artisan craftsmanship, the most advanced methods and latest market developments, such as the microwave woodworm treatment, one of its strengths. The expertise and skills of Federica Foppiani, Elisa Italiano and Federica Magli allow the workshop to cover […]