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The Collections

Italian Family Businesses & Entrepreneurship

Knowledge passed on, enterprises built over time and ideas for the future.

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Selected encounters

Within this collection.

Choose a starting point. Each experience is arranged on request; the final timing, hosts and inclusions are confirmed in your proposal.

Editorial image for Inside a Florentine Family WorkshopFlorence · On request

Inside a Florentine Family Workshop

Discover how a family workshop keeps a Florentine craft alive, through materials, skills and the decisions behind its work.

Around 1 hour · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Editorial image for Five Generations of Paper & BooksFlorence · On request

Five Generations of Paper & Books

Explore the knowledge behind paper and bookbinding, and how an artisan business carries a tradition into the present.

Around 3 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Editorial image for The Business Behind Tuscan PastaSan Romano · From Florence · On request

The Business Behind Tuscan Pasta

Understand a Tuscan food business through its product, production story and the knowledge passed between generations.

Around 6 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Editorial image for Circular Design, in PracticeFlorence · On request

Circular Design, in Practice

Explore circular design with a clothing designer, then turn an existing textile into an object with a new purpose.

Around 4 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗
Editorial image for Clay, Colour & a Family AtelierFaenza · Local meeting · On request

Clay, Colour & a Family Atelier

Meet a family ceramics atelier and explore clay through colour, form and your own gesture.

Around 3 hours · Planned formatDiscover the experience ↗

Durations describe planned formats. Local meeting points and return journeys are distinguished in each proposal; exact timings depend on the date and party.

A journey of your own

Haven’t found your Italy yet?

Perhaps you would like a different pace, another destination, or an idea that is entirely your own. Tell us what you imagine; we will begin there.

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