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 history of this company starts in the beautiful Naples, home to bespoke male tailoring, but it is in 1969, when it transferred to Catanzaro, that Angela Lemma and her husband Giovanni Santillo opened the renowned Santillo 1970 shirt shop. The strength of the1970 Santillo collection, besides the prized fabrics, is attention to the entirely […]

Pitti Mosaici was started by Ilio de Filippis who, after having trained at his father’s marble workshop in Venafro, near Isernia, opened his own place in Florence in the early eighties. Ilio is one of the few remaining artisans who still practices the age-old Florentine art of semi-precious stone mosaic-making. Over the years, many young […]

A Florentine institution in the silverware manufacturing field since 1902, Pampaloni specializes in the production of a wide choice of silver objects by drawing from extensive archives of shapes and models and by using state-of-the-art technology which allows to reproduce any organic shape. Many are the commemorative pieces made to celebrate cultural or sporting achievements, […]

Needles, awls, hammers, pliers and hole punches. It only takes a glance to see that this laboratory is run by experts who really know all the secrets of leathercraft. All their creations – belts, wallets, bucket bags, laptop cases – are cut by Paolo Fattori and sewn by his wife Luisa, using exclusively leathers tanned […]

Antonio Iachini started working as a restorer when he started his business in the 80s, while working as a cabinetmaker at the same time, creating furniture and inlaid panels, sculptures, carved and gilded items and furniture. In the last eight years another of his passions has become his job: as a luthier he produces electric […]

The Cappellificio Cervo is a company with 150 years of history. A craft business that, with the help of specially-selected, highly-trained craftsmen, creates exquisite pieces. It is one of the few companies where it is still possible to observe all the steps of making a hat: from blowing to finishing, each phase is scrupulously carried […]

The distillery was founded by Giovanni Rapa, a man of many interests and talents, in 1880 in Valle Cervo, where it is still located today. Its main product was and is the original black cherry ratafià of Andorno, one of the oldest and most characteristic liquors of Piedmont. In addition to black cherry ratafià, the […]

Glassworks Eugenio Ferro has been producing artistic glassware since 1929, by using the sophisticated techniques introduced by the company’s founders, Eugenio Ferro and Giovanni Lazzarini. Currently run by their heirs, the company produces modern-style and traditional artistic glassware and mosaic glass. These one-of-a-kind pieces are made by three master glass-makers, heirs to local Murano families, […]

Angelo Sciannella trained as a ceramist in Castelli, Abruzzo, an important and ancient ceramics centre. In 1962, he moved to Oristano, where he skilfully blends the tradition of his land with the local tradition. Also involved in teaching, he creates works characterized by ongoing technical experimentation, where modernity and tradition come together harmoniously, resulting in […]