Tessitura Gaggioli was established in 1932 from a long family tradition. The weaving of damasks, velvets and silk is still done by hand on historic looms, according to an art handed down from father to son, rich in the experience and secrets of the magistri texitores. These are the very finest warps that on request […]

This historic shop was opened in Milan in 1925 by the Ballini family, heirs of the experience of master shoemakers who made boots for the Savoy regiment of the nearby barracks. Maurizio Marinella, a known lover of excellence in craftsmanship, took over in 2004 to carry on the tradition. Today, in the elegant shop-workshop, customers […]

An artisan workshop specializing in bespoke footwear. A tradition that has been handed down from father to son and that Alfio Bruschi has been continuing since 1975 in his own shop in Montegranaro, in the province of Fermo. In 2000, the brand was established and began collaborating with international brands in the footwear world and […]

Judith Sotriffer makes old Val Gardena dolls: a tradition that was already going strong in the 1700s and disappeared in 1930. In Val Gardena the production of wooden toys is an established tradition. It is said that each family specialised in a toy. Judith’s father is a sculptor and carver of toys, but not dolls. […]

The perfect Italian shoe: this is the ambitious goal that Stefano Bemer set himself in 1983 when he started his business in the heart of Florence. And indeed, this brand of men’s shoes, made by hand, have become synonymous with quality and excellence, and, even today, after the untimely death of Stefano, Tommaso Melani carries […]

The art of glass-making is truly in Cesare Toffolo’s DNA. Born in Murano into a family of master glassmakers, he learned the secrets of glassblowing as a child. At the age of twenty-one, he had his first public exhibition at Venice’s  Palazzo Cà Vendramin Calergi and, for several decades now, he has been considered to […]

His apprenticeship began in Naples, the birthplace of elegance, and then continued for forty years in the shop in the salon of Florence, Via Tornabuoni. Today, Mario Scialee has customers from all over the world but does not abandon those Florentines who still love excellence in tailored apparel. The mastery in the cut and attention […]

SlowTile, born in 2018, in Florence, stems from the encounter of the “special artists” of the “Made in Sipario” social cooperative with the Tuscan tradition of hand-glazed terracotta tiles, in collaboration with architect Leone Pecchioli, and expresses, in eight different “creative gestures/decorations,” their particular and unique creativity. A veritable “gymnasium” for training and experimentation, that […]

Since 1976, Il Papiro has been producing objects in paper decorated by hand with techniques inspired by Tuscan regional tradition. In particular, it uses a technique that has almost disappeared, paper marbling. Precisely to illustrate this technique, in the stores, demonstrations are organized by craftsmen, while in the Grassina workshop, customers can personally try experimenting […]

Sandro Tiberi is a skilled craftsman with a passion for paper: in his workshop he produces various things. His lamps are very evocative, and made with the technique of filigree. Each type of paper is created completely by hand, using only high quality raw materials, carefully refined to meet all needs, including those who use […]