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 […]

Hand-woven silk and precious velvets and brocades is the ancient art that the Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio wants to preserve and endorse. An art that has been established over the centuries and is now being continued using early twentieth-century looms to produce exclusive fabrics on commission or to reproduce historical collections. The Fondazione creates […]

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 weaving is a deeply-rooted and centuries-old tradition in Carnia. This region has been committed to textile manufacturing since the 1700s, because of the Republic of Venice’s high demand for these products. Carnica has been producing with artisan methods and selling throughout Italy and abroad top-quality houselinen for over 50 years. The heirs […]

His studio expresses the perfect synthesis of art and craftsmanship. Bruno Gambone, son of the father-master who opened this workshop in 1949, has been working intensively on his language since 1969, after several years spent in New York where he frequented artists including Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. The workshop in Via Benedetto […]

The Roberto Ugolini workshop, in the heart of Florence, makes shoes entirely by hand that will cradle everyone’s feet, while respecting the particularities of each customer. In addition to the vast range of models available in the workshop, in fact, the artisans are able to fulfil the customer’s requests in the best way possible. The […]

Established in 1997, La Fucina di Efesto is a workshop that specializes in creative and experimental metalwork and collaborates with well-known artists and designers. At the intersection of tradition, innovative techniques and creativity, La Fucina di Efesto translates ideas into custom-made works. Master artisan Alessandro Rametta creates sculptures, furnishing and design objects by working iron, […]

The Scuola del Cuoio [school of leather] was founded in Florence in after the Second World War by the Gori and Casini families, leather artisans in Florence, and the monks from the monastery of Santa Croce. Today it still offers internationally recognised courses. In addition to this there is obviously the production as well: it […]

In the Antica Casteldurante, Gilberto Galavotti and Giuliano Smacchia, two ceramic artists specialized in traditional 16th century maijolica, work side by side, combining their experience and expertise to create works that have a personal touch. Together, they look for the right shapes, the ancient decorations and glazes. They have a very extensive production which includes […]

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 […]