Amini is a brand of ABC (Amini Brothers Company), a company established in 1962 by Sultan Amini. Its advanced and dynamic structure makes it a unique reality in the interior design business, where it is famed for its ability to design, execute and market all kinds of carpet: whether handcrafted or machined; whether contemporary or special limited editions by sophisticated artists; whether “bespoke” or “industrial.” An extraordinary product range, made possible by the efficiency of a tried and tested organisation with manufacturing hubs located in several countries, from Nepal to India, from Afghanistan to Turkey and Morocco, where carpet weaving still represents an expression of local culture.
Astep strives to explore new possibilities to advance the relationship between people and their homes, respecting the meaning of evolution in design. By creating and curating meaningful design objects, Astep honors the vivid tradition of Italian design by focusing on creating the New while continuing the life of timeless works that were born from the same forward-thinking attitude and maintain a capacity to affect and enlighten our lives today. To be innovative, one must understand and respect tradition. They combine the experience, knowledge and future-oriented outlook, that has been nurtured in the Sarfatti family for three generations, with the newest technology and likeminded, visionary designers of the present.
Baobab Collection first saw the light of day in 2002, in the enchanting landscape of Tanzania, a country rich in intense colors and bewitching perfumes. The collections are inspired by faraway spaces and wild nature but it is in Belgium that the new creations are dreamed up, a small country recognized for its creativity, know-how and minimal chic. Baobab Collection stays true to its values of craftsmanship and excellence. The raw materials are selected with the greatest care and of European origin, candles are hand-poured into glass that is hand-blown by master craftsmen, making each one completely unique. BaoBab Collection's candle creations are tales waiting to be discovered, sensory experiences that are the result of exquisite perfumes and aesthetic design.
Ceccotti Collezioni, based at Cascina in Tuscan Italy, introduced its name to the furniture production industry in the late 1950s. Known for its high-quality Italian furniture, the collection is inspired by smooth shapes and an artfully modern presence. Ceccotti takes a traditional approach to the manufacture of furniture, favoring the methods of the craftsman more than those of the machine. Ceccotti pieces are modern in respect of their simplicity of line yet are distinguished by what can only be described as a curvaceous elegance that takes them out of the ordinary and places them at a level of extreme desirability.
It all started in a small laboratory in the historical centre of the Italian town of Piacenza during the late 1980s. Davide Groppi was inventing and producing his first lamps and decided simply to use his own name for the name of the company. Creative independence and passionate, unconventional management have allowed him, over time, to develop his own brand of original and unique products, currently distributed the world over.
Simplicity, weightlessness, emotion, creative invention and amazement are the fundamental components of each lamp or lighting project designed by Davide Groppi.
Davide Groppi creations come about through the need to give life to something that is necessary or significant.
The things that inspire these ideas are works of art, ready made objects, magic, the desire to make things with his hands or simply the urge to play and have fun with light.
Light, for Davide Groppi, is a wonderful way to seduce and excite.
Gloster’s roots can be traced all the way back to West Africa in 1960, where a band of passionate entrepreneurs and furniture makers took the first steps on a long journey. By the early 1970’s, increased demand and access to plantation grown teak led to move the factory to Indonesia. Today, the same passion, conviction and pride that launched the Gloster brand, continues to fuel the business. With a beautiful buffed sheen or a soft natural finish, every piece of Gloster teak originates from carefully managed plantations and is thoroughly inspected to ensure that quality endures.
Lumina, a lighting products manufacturer whose main strengths are construction capability and quality control at the service of simple and technological lamps, grew out of the vision of Tommaso Cimini. With his ingenuity, innate capacity to innovate and deep knowledge of materials, Tommaso Cimini was able, in the mid ‘70s, to retool the machines in his workshops to create the Daphine, a lamp that became a timeless icon of Italian design.
It’s in 1996 that Meridiani was established by Renato Crosti, with his already thirty-plus years of experience in the furniture sector, thanks to a passionate idea of Laura Ferraro Crosti and the designer Andrea Parisio, still nowadays artistic director of the brand.
It is in Misinto, in the Brianza area, that the company is based: a fertile ground full of ideas and a place where entrepreneurship, hard work and manual skills have played a fundamental role in its growth. Distinguishing itself at international level thanks to its refined style and a rich textile collection, Meridiani has become in a few years a synonym for quality and timeless elegance, proposing interior design projects far from short-lasting trends but always up to date.
Santa & Cole is a small, independent and global editor of design products, with its roots in Belloch (Barcelona, Spain). They have been editing since 1985, when the company was first founded. More than eighty creators have contributed to a rich catalogue of furniture and lighting products originating in very different contexts, by renowned designers such as Antoni Arola, Miguel Milá, André Ricard and llmari Tapiovaara.
Their mission is to build, safeguard and disseminate knowledge through design objects. Objects whose quality is recognisable at the touch of a hand, and that enrich people’s lives, whether at home or in shared environments. Their philosophy is more modern than futurist and they are more intrigued by silence than by stridency.
Established in 1954, Zanotta is one of the recognized leaders in Italian industrial design since ever. Guided by the insight and wonderful entrepreneurship abilities of the founder, Aurelio Zanotta, starting from the 1960s it won and has held the international spotlight, thanks to its products: these are emblematic from the viewpoint of formal innovation as well as of technological research, aiming at a continuous evolution in the materials quality and in the production processes.