From Gravel Quarry to Community Hideaway
It was love at first sight when Massimiliano Locatelli first laid eyes on the two industrial buildings for sale in Salento. Once a former gravel quarry, today the property has…
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People of Puglia: Cosimo Vinci
Some children don’t quite know what they’ll do when they grow up until they discover a spark in their soul. When 13-year-old boy Cosimo Vinci attended “The Golds of Taranto…
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…
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…
The award-winning Leccese artist: Francesca Mazzotta
Francesca Mazzotta describes herself as a dreamer, with the soul of an artist. This is reflected in the expressive jewelry and contemporary objects that she makes in her studio in…
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…
Pearl of the South: Manuela Girone
A jewelry collection of simplistic luxury; sourced fresh out of the water, woven from the earth, and handmade in Bari Her designs have captured the attention of discerning eyes, from…