Born and raised between Florence and Venice, inspired by family generations of art historians, musicians, painters, art collectors and dealers, I spent my childhood between craftsmen's workshops, auction houses and private collections. My upbringing made me conscious of the authentic definition of beauty and its canons, while naturally teaching how to identify good quality.
After a brief chapter studying Design and Management at Parsons the New School of Design in New York City, I graduated in London from Central Saint Martins in Communication, Criticism and Curation for Art and Design. These two metropolis were both central to my evolution as a designer, being the source of thrilling experiences as well as exciting fields to find constant new external stimulus to learn and grow.
Before becoming an Interior Designer, for almost a decade, I worked in the Art Industry following my family steps and collaborating at major art fairs. From TEFAF Maatricht to the Salon du Dessin in Paris passing through Masterpiece Art Fair in London. These years granted me a position as junior researcher for Sotheby’s London. However, it is thanks to these priceless working experiences that I realised that working in a big office, behind a desk, was not suitable for my creativity, I was missing all the action, the dust and caos of working on the field.
The shift between art industry and interior design was natural and organic: in the end the eye is the main tool and I had been training and cultivating it for years. I decided move back to Italy in order to specialise in conservative restyling dreaming of curating the renovation of Italian heritage sites in decline while promoting artisans and craftsmen labour by following close every step of production and manufacturing.
Attending minor auctions and fairs, travelling from workshop to workshop, rescuing antique elements now rejected or in disuse, but whose life cycle has yet to finish, also plays a major part of the research I still keep on doing. Repurposing antique elements, whether marble sinks, terracotta floors, wood beams or art pieces, restoring them to their original beauty through the help and support of sustainable artisanship, and integrating them in my projects, is key to the success of my interiors.
I am ambassadress for recycling, repurposing, up-cycling precious objects no longer in use to grant them a new value, instead of introducing new goods into the oversaturated market. When it comes to furniture or light design, I'm against means of mass production. Here quality is often put aside, thus preferring custom made high end furniture designed to serve a specific purpose without overlooking the importance aesthetics.
When it comes to detail nothing is left behind. One of the elements that makes my projects stand out is the intense use of Color. The combination of various pigments can be very powerful and somehow extravagant if one is not used to vivid tones. The employment of 4 or 5 different colours into a single space aims to transmit happiness and joy to the viewer, without overlooking elegance and aesthetics. The shades and contrasts combinations are always strong and key to create a successful yet excentric and unforgettable space.
The eye needs to travel and if you can't do that, we will do it in your home as we love gathering things from all over the world for that every single space has an identity of its own.
Our mantra: "penny smart for a pound stupid".
