Let’s talk about Leather and Sustainability
In the “REPUBBLICA MOTORI” insert of 10th July 2019 I read some statements by Gerry McGovern, “Designer of the Year…
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Heleen Sintobin, the winner of CTL 2017, and her approach to vegetable-tanned leather
Heleen Sintobin, a Belgian furniture designer, won Craft The Leather 2017. Today we interview her about “The Tartufo Collection” and much…
Craft The Leather 2017: the winner is…
Craft the Leather is a project organized and financed by Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata al Vegetale (Genuine Italian Vegetable-Tanned…
“The sign of 1900s. From Cézanne to Picasso, from Kandinskij to Fontana”
There are artists, but above all masterpieces, that have made their mark on an historical period and have, somehow, characterized…
Coming soon: Lineapelle 20-22 February 2018
Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana Conciata al Vegetale invites you to Lineapelle, the international exhibition of leathers, accessories, components and much more. An event…
Sandro Tiberi: when a traditional art meets technology
An art, with its secret, its manual rites and its tools, to be preserved but also developed through new technologies….
Montalcino: land of wine, art and culture
Thinking of Montalcino the thought goes immediately to a great glass of Brunello. The noble wine is just one of the wonders that this…
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
A phone call and life can change, on the positive side but above all on the negative side. This is…
Adapting is the key of change
Change scares, because of its load of unknown that suddendly enters in our lives and undermins our certainties. Changing is to…
From nature to luxury: Vegetable Tanned Leather
Vegetable tanned leather, because of the naturalness of its processing, tends to exalt its original characteristics, that is the small…
The happiness of small things
Frédéric Solis is a successful lawyer and a fascinating man who seems to have had everything from life, but actually…
Sammezzano Castle: a gem to be saved
A marvel nestled in the green Tuscan hills. Exactly in Leccio, near Florence. So we could define the Sammezzano Castle, residence…