People of Puglia: Raffaella Gemiti
Apulian entrepreneur and founder of Cibelle Experience, Raffaella Gemiti, lets us in on a little (big) secret: There exists a recipe of 3 Cs – competenza, cuore, and coraggio These…
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Apulian Designer Victoria Episcopo on Nature-Inspired Furniture
Surrounded by flora furniture in her grandmother’s historic studio in Salento, Victoria Episcopo transforms natural forms into exquisite designs. Travel is an indispensable investment for personal growth and exploration, and…
NÙEVÙ Studio: Puglia through the prism of design
The journey of Nadiya Yamnych and Walter Espedito Trento began with a fateful meeting that took on many forms and shapes before coming to light in the historic town of…
People of Puglia | Vincenzo Palazzo
Vincenzo Palazzo fondly speaks of his hometown, Putignano, a small town in the Itria Valley. The founder and creative director of an up and coming Italian fashion brand, VIEN, Palazzo…
People of Puglia | Leonardo Nuccio Showroom
There is a certain charm in family businesses as they tend to hold an intriguing story behind well-crafted logos and labels. The Leonardo Nuccio showroom in Tricase, a small town…
People of Puglia | Dalila Palumbo
Isabel Pabo is an Apulian haute couture brand created by Dalila Palumbo built upon the pillars of passion, craftsmanship, and dreams. Behind the brand, VIA’s contributing writer, Oliver Dahle, discovers…
Designer at work: Gian Paolo Guerra
Designers unite in Puglia and we always appreciate the intermix between inquisitive and creative minds. The latest collaboration comes from Gian Paolo Guerra and Ceramics Nicola Fasano. Guerra had a…
People of Puglia | Manuela Girone
Combining the spirit of Puglia and the treasures of the South Pacific, Manuela creates highly versatile and wearable pieces by contrasting raw materials such as hemp, silk, and linen with…
Reinterpreting Furniture Design w/ Da…a
With a catalog of almost 200 pages long, where each photo is more magnificent than the one before, in suggestive settings that can only be Puglia, Bruna Taurino is certainly…
Design Without Borders | VIA interviews KIASMO
Kiasmo is a creative studio based in Ruffano, a town in the south of Salento known for its noble residences and antique churches. The firm was founded in 2011 by…