Orografie is a new brand founded in 2020 by Giorgia Bartolini with Vincenzo Castellana as Art Director, designing for new actions, behaviors and rituals. The collection is entirely produced in the Sicilian territory by local artisans. Orografie unites Sicily with its materials and craftsmanship, affirming these production skills as a cultural value, with a collection that turns its gaze to the future and the functionality of the products, with a narrative and vision that goes far beyond the territory. Orografie designs to investigate new actions, new behaviors, and new rituals within a changing, evolving domestic scenario.
Tradition of craftsmanship
Sicily has a cultural tradition of craftsmanship that has its roots in the early twentieth century with the Ducrot-Basile venture, which was the first to start, along with other European realities such as Thonet, a production of
design-oriented furniture made mainly of white chestnut from Etna.
This production wisdom has been handed down and lives again today in the 'new' artisans in a new generation contemporary production system that nevertheless maintains that manual control as a lesson from the past. Several districts are involved in the production including the district related to woodworking, stone working and the district related to ceramic production that has an important tradition. The products in the collection are made by drawing on these skills, with traditional and innovative techniques together, the details and the material of each product tell just that.
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