Dezeen Showroom: multifunctional kitchen storage and rammed earth-textured tiles are among the products by Italian makers and companies on Dezeen Showroom.
Italy has a long and illustrious history in design and craftsmanship. The following selection of products demonstrates the country’s enduring contributions to the world of design.
Design brands and manufacturers headquartered in various cities and regions across the country have published their products on Dezeen Showroom, including Verona, Lake Como and Venice.
Read on to discover our picks of products made in Italy that have been recently published on Dezeen Showroom.
Rammed earth, a construction method involving organic matter being compressed into solid structural elements, was referenced in the texture of this series of tiles by Marazzi, a tile brand headquartered in Sassuolo, Italy.
Slow Cold tiles have a dimpled, dimensional surface that recalls the look of rammed earth, and are available in six muted colours for use indoors and out.
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New Logica storage panels by Gabriele Centazzo for Valcucine
A storage system for kitchens hidden behind sleek cabinet fronts was created by Gabriele Centazzo, founder and in-house designer at Valcucine, a kitchen brand based in Pordenone, northeast Italy.
New Logica storage panels neatly house a myriad of different appliances. The product has integrated lighting and storage to help cooking become smoother, from prep to cleaning up.
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Beosound Balance Natura speaker by Antolini
Audio equipment meets naturally mined stone in this unique speaker co-developed by audio brand Bang & Olufsen and stone company Antolini.
The Beosound Balance Natura speaker comes in naturally occuring white and pink colourways for the base, with each topped by a high-specification speaker.
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Tablo table by Piero Lissoni for Porro
Architect Pierro Lissoni worked with Como-based furniture brand Porro to create an all-metal table based on the look of workshop workbenches.
Tablo comes in two iterations – a smaller marble-topped coffee table and a taller verde gris topped dining or work table – both of which feature tapering legs folded at a 90 degree angle.
Hum tapware by Philippe Malouin for QuadroDesign
Stripped back, tubular elements comprise these highly functional and unadorned tapware pieces for northern Italian brand Quadro Design by designer Philippe Malouin.
Hum tapware comes in various brushed metallic finishes and a number of formats, from wall and surface-mounted taps to floor-mounted faucets and shower fittings.
Convivialis tables by Casalgrande Padana
Headquartered in Casalgrande, Italy, tile brand Casalgrande Padana has released a series of stone-topped tables in a departure from their tile-centric catalogue.
Convivialis tables come in a selection of shapes, sizes and stone options for their tops, which give each a characterful aesthetic thanks to the natural striations and variations between stone.
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Grace tiles by Ceramiche Keope
Italian surfaces manufacturer Ceramiche Keope looked to a type of natural limestone quarried in France to inform this tonal tile.
Grace tiles are decorated with a combination of cool- and warm-toned areas that give them a neutral, understated aesthetic.
Striche tables by Matteo Zorzenoni for Miniforms
Design brand Miniforms, based in Meolo, a small town near Venice, and Italian designer Matteo Zorzenoni developed a colourful table made entirely from coloured glass.
Three glassmaking techniques are used to create one Striche table, each of which features a dappled pedestal-like base and a bubbly top decorated with white stripes.
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