Designer

Originally from Abruzzo and currently living in Milan, D’Aquila uses the Braille language as the protagonist of his artistic research. The choice to use a language not thought to be seen, but the powerful graphic properties, comes from the desire to bring to light themes often no longer object of attention and the need to bring it back through imagination and intuition, going beyond words and finding answers inside what may seem like a limit.

Block Design was founded in 2000 by Tara Ashe with the vision of blending her love for design with her engineering background. Her goal was to create stylish, functional products that enhance everyday life. Block Design brings joy through thoughtful, long-lasting designs that add a touch of color to daily routines.

Ceramicah is a project by Sarah Richiuso, a designer living in Milan. She has always been fascinated by matter and colours, and over the years she has approached the world of ceramics in particular.

Cinzia Franceschini is an illustrator and visual artist based in Rome. Her work focuses on expressing concepts and emotions in the simplest way possible. Her drawings, illustrations and hand-embroidered pieces are ways to give voice to a creativity which has a deep connection with the unconscious.

Marta Cazzaniga, born in 1994, is an Italian photographer and artist based in Milan. Art has always been a pillar all her life: she grew up surrounded by it and developed a strong feeling of admiration for those able to make it a reality. In 2022, her passion for everything related to art lead her to the discovery of the world of ceramics.

Claudia Marzocchi is Clodiadecora, a brand where simplicitỳ and brio meet; the ceramics born from this encounter present fresh, young, sparkling characteristics, while maintaining the classicism of the forms.

The Mari Collection was born from the collaboration with artisans from different sectors. A capsule collection of unique objects and accessories, entirely handmade in Italy.

In the town of Grottaglie, in Puglia, the Patronelli family’s workshop was built at the end of the 16th century. Today Emanuele carries on the family work, transforming the strictly rustic family production into an original artistic product.

Corraini Edizioni is at the same time a publishing house, an art gallery and a space for experimentation and research: an editorial workshop open to Italian and foreign artists, illustrators and designers, where they can create books and art and design projects.

Verónica de Arriba is an illustrator and designer based in Granada, Spain. In 2008, she founded Depeapa, a project inspired by the Spanish expression “de pe a pa,” meaning “from A to Z” or “from start to finish,” reflecting the handcrafted nature of her work.

Elena Maricone is a Ligurian illustrator. She can’t talk much about herself, so she prefers to tell stories about people and the world. After graduating she worked as an illustrator for the creation of books, magazine articles and animation videos for important broadcasters.

Essential, pure, calm, very clean, they evoke only positive sensations in us. Each creation is always in perfect compositional balance. Small and colourful, his paintings lead us, with the simplicity of large works, through the intellectual journey of the artist himself.

Federica Scalise is an architect based in Athens. She works as a freelance interior designer and illustrator, designing both real and imaginary spaces. She has always explored her passion for spaces and their representation through digital collages, creating imaginary landscapes and flat perspectives with a surreal and metaphysical atmosphere.

During her university years, Francesca Verardo cultivated her interest in ceramics and attended various courses with Italian and international ceramists while pursuing her academic studies. She devotes much of her research to the study of surfaces and their changing ability to relate to light.

Gianfranco Conte, Designer, collaborates with leading professionals and later starts his own business as a designer dealing with product design, interior architecture and fittings. His designs are the result of his relationship with his surroundings.

Giovanni Russo is a painter, draftsman, sculptor and ceramist from Apulia. His works are influenced by the great expressionists artist but also by the culture and colors of the African and South American peoples.

Icio Levante is a brand founded by Sergio Basso in 2016 within the family business in Bassano del Grappa, specializing in hand-crafted porcelain. The Icio Line is a collection of refined tableware and decorative items in pastel colors created with natural-based pigments. Design and craftsmanship merge in a selection of unique and elegant porcelain objects, a material also known for its great durability over time.

Lagomoro was born from the vision of a group of friends. Their story tells about a slow time and shared intimacy. The blanket, an object of affection and comfort, is for them the symbol of a safe harbour, a home to return to and a cosy space. Their personal interpretation of luxury is centred on the concept of authenticitỳ.

Michele Hickey Gemin, born and raised in New York and Venetian by adoption, is a ceramist who combines lathe techniques with hand modelling to shape functional objects with minimal, sculptural designs.

Among the various riches guarded by Le Costantine, the art of embroidery and weaving is the most important one. Initially a tool to promote women’s autonomy and emancipation, today it is a great excellence, recognised in Italy and throughout the world.

Lume is inspired by the evocative power of scent. Their fragrances are the result of memories of journeys, experiences, and emotions lived. Each blend is carefully and lovingly crafted to evoke moments of comfort and well-being for oneself and others. Lume promotes conscious choices by offering sustainable and high-quality products, handcrafted in Italy, adhering to principles of respect and transparency

Marmolove production is the result of four generations of experience and dedication in the marble sector. All Marmolove products are designed and made in Italy in the Finale Ligure laboratories, where the two Mavela brothers follow all the production phases step by step.

Nicoletta Meloni, graduated from the Politecnico di Milano at the Building and Architectural Engineering. After a visit to a stone factory in Italy she easily recognised the potential coming from mountains of wasted precious material left aside.

Maurizio Minoggio, illustrator and graphic designer based in Milan. He has collaborated with several important publications and some of his works are exhibited in galleries in Milan. He has created a series of his small illustrations exclusively for Spazio Mari.

Clara Arpini is the mind and hands of Nodo. She defines herself as a weaver, has a background in the humanities and learnt this craft as a self-taught artist. Nodo is founded on the valorisation of the artisan tradition and the recovery of ancient techniques of straw weaving and weaving to give shape to countless patterns and suggestive material contrasts.

Paolo Santangelo began modelling ceramics at an early age and turned this passion into his main activity during the early lock-down period using social media. His shapes are clean, he is constantly searching for a balance between micro and macro to create ever new yet timeless volumes and aesthetic stories.

Paper Collective is a Copenhagen-based Danish brand that partners with international illustrators to create high-quality prints, sustainably produced in Denmark on FSC-certified paper.

Petit Gramme is a small French company connected to the world of illustration and stationery. Their identity is the fusion of complex and detailed drawings with the softness of watercolor tones. Each illustration is composed of micro-stories where reality and fiction intertwine. Their illustrations are narrative, featuring animals and flora. All Petit Gramme’s items are designed and illustrated in their creative studio in Paris.

Positional is a collection of stationery and furnishing items which is 100% Made in Italy, combining production expertise with a contemporary design. Designed and produced entirely in Italy, Positional is the result of a collaboration between the publishing house and printing company Rubbettino, a long established corporation in the heart of Calabria, and Studio Eremo, a communication design studio based in Milan.

Agustín is an illustrator living in a small village in Mallorca. Raccontin tells stories through illustrations, bringing value to everyday moments, small details, and dreams. Its colors and shapes are inspired by Mediterranean architecture and lifestyle. In short, Raccontin is a creative journey about the “home,” childhood, memories, and nature.

Danish brand based in Copenhagen, founded in 2017 by Bo Raahauge and Nicholai Wiig-Hansen. The company views itself as a dynamic exploration in the world of design, guided by three key principles: balance in proportions, a commitment to sustainability and society, and fostering an ideal environment for designers.

Rito collection atelier is a small artisan company specialising in glass fusion, active between Lecce and Venice, born from the collaboration between Massimo Maci, an artisan designer with 20 years’ experience in glass fusion, and Enrica Anastasia Marangio, a product and fashion designer.

Japanese brand specializing in the design of paper objects, inspired by the concept of “Shiki-gu,” meaning “paper tools.” Viewing paper as an essential element of daily life, the brand redefines its value through three core principles—transporting, containing, and installing—transforming it into a new everyday necessity.

The founder of the brand is George Sowden, an eclectic English designer. After moving to Italy in 1970 collaborated with several well-known brands, including Olivetti. In the 1980s he and Ettore Sottsass were founding members of Memphis, a group defined as the post-modern movement. His iconic objects and patterns have been a great inspiration to many designers over the years.

Vanvere Edizioni is an independent publishing house founded in Rome in 2012. He collaborates with several Italian and international illustrators, including the Milanese Guido Scarabottolo, active since 1975 as an illustrator and graphic designer, has collaborated with major Italian publishers, major advertising agencies and RAI.

Teresa Lobelia D’Arienzo creates unique pieces using traditional construction techniques. She is attracted by large, light forms placed on small bases in a continuous balance between stability and fragility. Her creative process is intuitive and responds to a collective feeling, a shape or a surface and each object becomes container and content.

Carola Drassio is the founder of Terrazzo Italia, a small independent project focused on the production of furnishing objects made of Jesmonite, a non-toxic and eco-friendly resin which when solidified creates a “terrazzo” effect, typical of old Italian flooring, but revisited in a modern key through the choice of brightly colored patterns and re-proposed in various everyday objects.