we work exclusively with Italian brands that stand for the highest quality, exciting design and are unique within their segment. We represent: Agape, Agapecasa, Bosa, cc-tapis, GTV, Italamp, Meridiani, Paola Lenti and Tacchini.
Below, a short presentation of the brands and links to their websites.
Agape
Agape was established in 1973 by the Benedini family in Verona and subsequently relocated to Mantua. Founded with the vocation of creating new ways of interpreting the bathroom, the company today sets a benchmark for contemporary furniture. Under Agape’s expert guidance the bathroom shifts from functional space to emotional centre of the home, becoming a dynamic and rejuvenating environment devoted to personal wellbeing.
For 40 years Agape has helped lead the way in bathroom evolution. Its iconic products such as Spoon and Ottocento by Benedini Associati have become milestones in contemporary décor. Today, leading designers are putting their names to pieces that are already design classics, such as the Vieques bathtub by Patricia Urquiola and the Bjhon washbasins, conceived in 1970 by Angelo Mangiarotti and currently made in marble, stone and the innovative and eco-sustainable material, Cristalplant® biobased.
Today, the company offers consulting services to designers, investors and general contractors in the hotel and shipbuilding industries and the large residential project sector. Agape is in a position to meet the new demands of the market, expressing its distinctive and original style with 100% reliability.
Agapecasa
For the most sophisticated customer that look for precision and details that are unseen otherwise. See the whole collection and find your favorites.
Agapecasa extends the vision of Agape to the whole of domestic life, with original products that are refined, functional and modern. The ”Mangiarotti Collection” is a collection of furniture made from prototypes, designed by Angelo Mangiarotti from the early 50s onwards: design classics, carefully tested and updated in full agreement with Studio Mangiarotti.
Bosa
Bosa is a family owned company in the small village Borso del Grappa in the region of Veneto in northeast Italy. The company started in 1976 by Italo Bosa and has since then engaged the whole family making the finest ceramic products according to traditional venetian handicraft methods. Today, the company is run by the daughters in the family, Daniela and Francesca.
All steps in the manufacturing process – from drawings, forms, pottery, burning, coloring and lacquering – are done in the same lab where everything started back in the 70’s. Over the years numerous collaborations have started with known designers like e.g. Satyendra Pakhalé, Patricia Urquiola, Luca Nichetto, Elena Salmistraro and Jaime Hayon. Bosa has today an assortment of products with both traditional and modern design, often playful and colorful objects.
It was then an honor when Disney for its 90-year celebration asked Bosa to make a special edition of Mickey Mouse. Together with Elena Salmistraro ”Mickey Forever Young” was realized as a limited edition.
cc-tapis
cc-tapis has the roots in France and Italy and is maybe the most visible and communicative rug-company in the world today. Designers like Patricia Urquiola, Mae Engelgeer and Bethan Laura Wood, just to mention few, have all contributed to the creation of unique rugs that help to lift the total experience of the room.
All rugs are made by hand by skilled artisans in own facilities in Nepal and can be customized into the smallest detail, in whatever size, form and colors to meet the individual customer needs and requirements. Broad possibilities of meeting customer needs and different manufacturing techniques makes cc-tapis rugs very interesting and competitive also for the contract and project market.
cc-tapis is a brand that makes the difference, with its products as well as on the humanitarian level. cc-for education, a non-profit organization, was founded in May 2015 by Nelcya Chamszadeh and Fabrizio Cantoni (the owners and founders of the company) with the mission to provide a complete education to the children of weavers in Nepal, offering education in private schools from kindergarten all the way through to high-school graduation.
GTV – Gebrüder Thonet Vienna
The Thonet chair is maybe one of the most known and used chairs in the world. The original company, started back in mid 1800, had a huge success and developed over the years numerous production plants all over the world. After the second world war the original company suffered for many years and slowly rebuilt its production and business in Austria.
Some years ago, the right to produce and use of the brand was bought by an Italian company that started to reproduce the iconic original chairs. But more important, it started to develop a new collection where traditional bended wood is mixed with contemporary design and materials. As it is said: ”The heritage design the future”.
Today, Gebrüder Thonet Vienna stand for innovation and offer a vast collection of furniture pieces for residential and contract. The collaboration with know designers like e.g. Nendo, Front Design and Gamfratesi have resulted in a number of pieces that already have become icons themselves, used and demanded for many projects around the world.
Italamp
Founded in 1975, Italamp has built over time its own recognizability in the lighting sector, distinguishing itself for an eclectic proposal of elements of classic and contemporary design and sometimes results of collaborations with international designers.
Italamp develops and manufactures its products entirely in Italy. The products stand out for their strong personality and for the use of craft techniques that guarantee for each creation the highest quality and uniqueness.
Italamp conceives made-to-order products and customized solutions. The company offers two different levels of customization that will be developed according to the needs of each project.
Meridiani
Meridiani stands out in the furniture scene thanks to its contemporary and at the same time versatile collections. Timeless collections, elegant and without frills, essential but still vivacious, modern but with no compromises with temporary trends. A recognizable style, an inspiring new classic that leaves space for personal interpretation.
In the heart of Brianza, the center of furniture and interior manufacturing north of Milan, the company started in the 90’s and still manufacture all its products in the area.
Neat and pure shapes along with a constant research for new materials and textures suggest a sophisticated way of living everyday life. A distinguished and recognizable style and identity always offer new sources of inspiration and at the same time leave space for personal interpretation. Craftsmanship and manual skills, know-how and deep knowledge of materials and techniques for a 100% made in Italy collection.
Paola Lenti
Paola Lenti started from a thread: the one used for the rugs, the first products introduced on the market branded Paola Lenti. It was 1994 and started as passionate artisans with a scrupulous attention to the quality of materials: always looking for a point of contact, a special harmony between colors, signs and shapes. Year after year, Paola Lenti have experimented on yarns and fabrics; this led to the first outdoor collections that have made the brand known in Italy and in the world.
Today, Paola Lenti can count on cutting-edge technical yarns and at the same time recover “ancient” fibers such as flax and hemp, enhancing cultures from other parts of the world and cultivation methods that risk disappearing.
Since inception, the respect for the planet is among the brand priorities, producing sustainable furnitures using process with low environmental impact.
From residential projects to the world of yachting and hospitality, the company has developed over the years a specific expertise to ensure tailor-made solutions to any kind of context. To the outdoor collections, those for interiors have been added, transforming the house Paola Lenti in a complete domestic universe.
Tacchini
Tacchini is a family owned company in the Brianza area north of Milan. The company started back in the 1960’s when the Italian furniture industry was developed. Tacchini has during the years specialized in designing and producing furniture for homes and public spaces, mixing new models with old icons that has reborn under the hands of the company artisans.
Over the years, Tacchini has collaborated with famous designers like e.g. Luca Nichetto, Gianfranco Frattini and Pearson Lloyd to mention some, but also with some successful Swedish designers like Monica Förster, Claesson-Koivisto-Rune and Jonas Wagell.
The collection today represent the best from Italian design and quality with a touch of Scandinavian style and forms. Many classic pieces have seen the light and gained interest and attraction among international design interested clients.