Downtown Design
redazione 30/06/2025

Small objects, significant power

Accessories that transform the environment with style, thanks to refined shapes, finishes & materials

Furnishing accessories, despite their contained dimensions, possess a remarkable decorative power. Their vibrancy and versatility are expressed through careful aesthetic research and experimentation with forms, finishes, and materials. These small objects manage to transform the environment, adding personality and style with discretion and character, revealing how even a detail can make all the difference in defining the identity of a space.

Rosa Rosae | Geminiano Cozzi 1765
Rosa Rosae, the new bone porcelain collection that combines tradition, craftsmanship and refinement. There is a taste of history and the freshness of decoration in the new bone porcelain collection signed by Geminiano Cozzi 1765. It is called Rosa Rosae and is inspired by a tableware service dating back to 1780, kept in the Ceramics Museum of Giuseppe Roi, in Bassano del Grappa. Rosa Rosae offers a dialogue between past and present, reinterpreting the aesthetics of the Venetian Baroque. The decoration, an anastatic copy of the original, depicts a harmonious chase of floral motifs and newly blossomed roses, among which some butterflies dance. The collection is declined in all possible interpretations of art de la table and hospitality, for all hours of the day.

Original Ptolomeo by Opinion Ciatti, design Bruno Rainaldi - Phto © Pietro Savorelli

Original Ptolomeo by Opinion Ciatti, design Bruno Rainaldi – Phto © Pietro Savorelli

Il Viaggio di Nettuno by Ginori 1735, design Luke Edward Hall

Il Viaggio di Nettuno by Ginori 1735, design Luke Edward Hall

Original Ptolomeo | Bruno Rainaldi | Opinion Ciatti
Innovative and timeless, Opinion Ciatti‘s original Ptolomeo is the icon of self-standing bookcases. Designed by Bruno Rainaldi, winner of the 2004 Compasso d’Oro award, Original Ptolomeo is and remains a furnishing icon. As a self-standing bookcase, it presents itself as a steel column to which thin shelves are joined – also in steel – that disappear as the column fills with books. Original Ptolomeo thus translates a simple yet ingenious idea into a piece of furniture: transforming a stack of books into a design object.

Il Viaggio di Nettuno | Luke Edward Hall | Ginori 1735
A new chapter expands the Il Viaggio di Nettuno collection created in collaboration with artist Luke Edward Hall. A new collection of tableware, tea and coffee cups, and gift items such as mugs, glasses, and storage boxes shapes the new chapter of Ginori 1735‘s Il Viaggio di Nettuno collection, created in collaboration with artist Luke Edward Hall, which began in 2019. Original graphics, colors, and decorations refer to Greco-Roman mythology and Mediterranean aesthetics, inspired by the ancient Greek terracotta objects exhibited at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

Danza by Bosa, design Jaime Hayon

Danza by Bosa, design Jaime Hayon

Danza | Jaime Hayon | Bosa
Danza is the Bosa collection celebrating twenty-five years of collaboration with designer Jaime Hayon. A collection that breathes new life into more classic pieces, decorated with bright colors, playful graphics, and theatrical patterns. It includes a wide variety of objects, including coffee tables, sculptures, and table accessories.

Phebe by Draga & Aurel

Phebe by Draga & Aurel

Beosound Balance Natura by Bang & Olufsen

Beosound Balance Natura by Bang & Olufsen

Phebe | Draga & Aurel
Two discs suspended in mid-air, with adjustable inclination to diffuse light with variable intensity. The upper one, made of lucite, is thin and luminous, while the lower one is crafted from epoxy resin with different hues and shades. Handmade, their aesthetic is inspired by the Space Age: a futuristic look with a vintage touch.

Beosound Balance Natura | Bang & Olufsen
Technology and nature merge in the new Beosound Balance Natura Speaker, a collaboration with Antolini. A dialogue between aesthetics and performance, between nature and technology: this is Beosound Balance Natura, the speaker created by Bang & Olufsen in collaboration with Antolini®. Part of the Atelier Bespoke offering, the new speaker integrates an innovative natural quartz pedestal – from Antolini’s Exclusive Collection – with a distinctive anodized aluminum ring. The sculptural base elevates the speaker to its optimal height, making it both a piece of furniture and a functional audio system.

Plumaria by Illulian, design Daniel Germani + Maison Février

Plumaria by Illulian, design Daniel Germani + Maison Février

Plumaria | Daniel Germani and Maison Février | Illulian
Illulian presents Plumaria, a creation that merges craftsmanship and creativity, the result of collaboration with Daniel Germani and the Parisian atelier Maison Février. The enveloping softness of Himalayan wool merges with the lightness of feathers, with the monochromatic palette highlighting the colorful feathers, which become the carpet’s focal point.

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