At Carrara Studio, art is never isolated. It breathes in context — among light, silence, and objects that carry weight beyond their form. Our sculptural pieces are central, but they are never solitary. They coexist with a curated rhythm of vintage design icons and contemporary interior objects that together create an atmosphere of thoughtful living.
To us, collecting is not decoration. It’s a philosophy — a way to surround ourselves with objects that hold history, presence, and meaning.
A Dialogue Between Eras
The space where we work — and live — is shaped not by trends, but by intention. We are drawn to vintage design not for nostalgia, but for its ability to transcend time. The best of vintage is not past; it is perennial. It is design that once revolutionized the everyday and continues to do so decades later.
Pieces like the Wassily chair by Marcel Breuer or the Tizio lamp by Richard Sapper still hold the tension of innovation. They were radical in their time, and they remain relevant — not because they are old, but because they are true. Their form is intelligent. Their purpose is felt. They teach us that beauty is not always loud, and functionality can be poetic.
This mindset informs not only what we collect, but what we create. Our own interior objects — from minimal mirrors to tactile sculptural forms — are born from the same pursuit: to design with honesty, restraint, and resonance. These pieces are made to live with you, adapt to your space, and grow more meaningful over time.
Living With Design That Speaks
Our studio is not a showroom. It’s a working space, a family space, a place where ideas move quietly through the day. Our son Stefan runs barefoot past a Michel Ducaroy Togo armchair. Our dog Rafael naps under a Seconda chair by Mario Botta. It’s a space of rhythm and ritual.
Design is not just something we admire — it shapes our thinking, our moods, our creative pace. The steel tension of a 1970s lamp. The softness of a worn leather seat. The geometry of a mirror’s edge. These are not static forms. They are collaborators.
A Giotto Stoppino magazine rack adds a playful pause to a corner. The Unghia mirror by Rodolfo Bonetto stretches reflections into something almost dreamlike. And the Daphine lamp by Tommaso Cimini — quiet, precise — casts the kind of light that invites focus, not distraction.
The Value of the Hunt
To collect vintage is to listen for echoes — not to replicate the past, but to recognize what endures. It’s a practice of respect: for ingenuity, for craft, for the soul that resides in a perfectly bent tube of steel or the balance of a cantilevered lamp.
We don’t rush the process. Some pieces take months to find. They’re not sourced from catalogues but from quiet corners — forgotten ateliers, private collections, old garages across Europe. The search itself teaches us patience. It reminds us that good things take time, and timeless things reveal themselves slowly.
A Home That Holds a Point of View
When visitors enter our space, they often describe it as still, yet alive. We don’t believe in minimalism as emptiness. We believe in space as intention — a space where sculptural art, vintage design, and contemporary objects are not in competition, but in quiet dialogue.
In this setting, our collections — Escapism, Arche, and Catharsis — find their full voice. Their textures, tensions, and forms resonate against the histories that surround them. The old and the new don’t cancel each other out — they deepen each other.
Why We Share This With You
Because art is never just the piece itself. It’s the light that hits it. The objects nearby. The atmosphere it’s allowed to breathe in. It’s the philosophy behind the form.
When you bring something from Carrara Studio into your home — whether it’s a sculptural artwork or one of our interior objects — you are not just acquiring design. You’re inviting a story into your space. A belief in simplicity, in permanence, in thoughtful beauty.
And maybe, as time passes, your own space will carry traces of that belief — evolving slowly, becoming a reflection of who you are and what you value.
Explore our collections: Escapism – Arche – Catharsis
