An artisan, family-run business, started by Giovanni Forleo in 1989 and taken over by his children Mino and Paolo  in 2002. The Paolo Vitale brand was created in 1996 and has been synonymous with high artisan quality ever since its launching. The production process begins with the design and careful choice of materials. All processing […]

Brandimarte’s silverware has been associated with elegance and refinement since always. Established in 1955 by Brandimarte Guscelli, a fine craftsman and skilled chiseler , the business is now run by his children Stefano and Giada who have updated and extended the production line. Among the must-haves, the Wine Collection pieces: wine tasting glasses and decanters, […]

La Casa della Scarpa was established in 1961 by Achille and Salvatore Orgallo, as a shoe and leather repair shop. The core business is still artisan repairs but when Lorenzo, Salvatore’s son, joined his father a few years ago, the shop came to specialize in the production of made-to-measure wooden shoes, strictly made by hand […]

Edoardo Pestelli began business as a jeweller in Florence in 1908, and boasted customers such as the House of Savoy, the Viceroy of Egypt and Romanian royalty. Today, the work is carried on by Tommaso Pestelli and his wife Eva. Everything that one finds in the shop is crafted by hand after an original design […]

The latest recognition in order of time is the inclusion in the REI, the Register of Intangible Heritage, to be exact in the Book of Living Human Treasures, but really Master Platimiro Fiorenza has received countless awards. Moreover, he has devoted his entire life to gold-smithing, given that at only seven years of age, he  […]

A scale model reproduction of the Matera Sassi quarter has been the main activity of this workshop located in the historic centre of Matera since the start of the 1990s. They are unique pieces that charm both the tourists and the residents: for the latter, they have become a traditional gift. The workshop also makes […]

Located in the lovely Montemagno, near Lucca, M.G. Arredamenti  is a small workshop owned by Giovanni Morelli, where wood is transformed into custom pieces of the  highest craftsmanship, which is a rare find in today’s world. With the collaboration of architects and designers, this workshop creates furnishing and home decor pieces unique of their kind […]

The Ceramiche Artistiche workshop was born in 1984 from Margherita Giovanna Pilloni’s passion for working with ceramics. Teacher and skilful artisan, she makes objects that are connected with the Oristano tradition, but reinterpreted in a modern key. Beautiful ornaments mainly created under commission from a customer: plates, vases, bowls and many other items made of […]

This creative workshop was established in the early 1990s for the purpose of creating plates that would bring back to everyday mealtimes the atmosphere and warmth lost to industrial chinaware. In addition to plates, the workshop creates coffee and tea sets, flowerpot holders, vases, tiles, candlesticks, centerpieces and customized gifts in thin, white ceramic biscuit, […]

Lispi & Co. forges designer objects in wrought iron. Emanuele Lispi learned this art from his father and his family that has worked iron for generations, while taking the work in a new artistic direction. At the Lispi & Co. workshop it is not simple objects that are created but real works of art, conceived, […]