The target audience included architects, designers, builders and hoteliers among others.
Speakers at the event included Ambrogio Brenna, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Internationalisation, from Italy; Marco Pacini, President of Consorzio Casa Toscana; Joseph Lotti, architect and professor at the University of Florence; designer Roberto Lazzeroni; and Archana Vikram, Business Consultant, LIF group. The Region of Tuscany, from Tuscany Promotion and the Institute for Foreign Trade, supported the initiative. LIF is a group of twelve Tuscan companies offering their products and services to a discerning Indian clientele.
The LIF Consortium
LIF — Living Italian Furniture, presents 12 Italian furniture producers with qualified experience in design, classic and contemporary production of all typologies of furniture products. LIF was born as a systematic and organised approach to the residential and contract/hospitality channels in the Indian top-level market.
Crystal delights
BAGA - ‘Lovely Light’ brings to India a unique collection of crystal lighting options. It features lamps and chandeliers that are unique in design and range. These high-end quality lighting products are handmade and bring the tradition of Florence lighting to contemporary style, with innovative ideas, materials and colours.
Artelinea is a leader across Europe in trendy bathroom compositions with particular attention to the technological progress. Aurora Cucine is one of the most important kitchen manufacturers focussed to develop new materials for the kitchen with new lines and avant-garde design developed by Lazzeroni.
A+ Aurora is the most important and special trademark of this company. A new high-level kitchen collection, developed by Lazzeroni, includes special materials and sophisticated finishes, very contemporary models. Baldi Bronzi di Firenze introduces a stunning range of hand-blown single and dual tone crystal decoratives. Baldi is also involved in great value bronzes, sculptures, vases, urns, columns, candelabras, chandeliers, decorative accessories and furniture, designs evolved from semiprecious stones like Malachite and amethyst. Bardi, specialising in recliners and leather sofas, started producing handcrafted sofas and armchairs during the 1950s in Quarrata, a little town in Tuscany.
Handcrafted perfection
Benedetti Mobili is a company that has relied on the skill of craftsmen whose traditional woodworking and decoration techniques, have been passed on by generations of joiners and decorators.
Corte Zari has master craftsmen and leading designers who combine efforts to create true masterpieces. Beds, chests of drawers, nightstands, wardrobes, tables, chairs and lamps are the distinctive elements of warm, refined, elegant and proactive environments, beautifully brought to realisation with genuine silver and gold leaf finishing.
Fasem founded in 1976 at Vicopisano in Tuscany, an artisan workshop skilled in manufacturing seats in hide leather and metal.
Ferlea products reflect an innovative taste characterised by the use of special materials and attention to detail. They offer a wide range of seatings in leather and fabric for both home and corporate settings. Florence Collections revives the Art Deco style of furniture, characterised by a combination of leather and wood — the expression of unmistakable Italian design. This range spreads across the Day and Night elements with some very singular bar units.
Matrix International is an Italian furniture design firm engaged since over 20 years with the reissue of historical pieces of design. The Pitti group offers a turnkey solution for residential and hospitality projects as well as unique products catering to luxury yachts.
The group together brings to India a unique offering of complete interior elements for high-end residences, villas, corporate and hospitality segments. For further details/projects, contact Archana Vikram-LIF group on 9342569163.
