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Opaline Murano glass bowl among ribbon-wrapped wedding gift boxes on a serving trolley

Unique Wedding Gifts for Modern Couples Who Have Everything

The wedding gift people remember is the one no one else brings. Skip the registry duplicates and give something Italian, handmade and genuinely usable — Murano glass, Tuscan crystal or...

Inside the Amprio Milano Dubai showroom — a styled Italian tableware table running the length of the gallery

Luxury Tableware in Dubai: Inside the Amprio Milano Showroom

Searching for luxury tableware in Dubai? Amprio Milano's showroom brings four Italian houses — Baci Milano, Stories of Italy, Mario Luca Giusti and Duccio Di Segna — together, from formal...

Gold Mario Luca Giusti Palla pitcher and amber Lente tumbler on an Arabic calligraphy surface

Types of Drinking Glasses: Stemware and Tumblers, Sorted

A practical edit of the types of drinking glasses worth owning — two stemware shapes, two tumblers, and one rule for choosing indoor crystal or unbreakable synthetic crystal once you...

Glassmaker shaping molten amber crystal on the blowing iron in the Duccio Di Segna atelier

How to Identify Quality Dinnerware in Handmade Italian Design

Price rarely reveals craft. Learn the honest tells that separate handmade Italian glass, crystal and porcelain from mass-made copies — fused colour, one-of-a-kind variation and finished edges — so your...

Full Mamma Mia tablescape with orange-rimmed plates and fresh flowers at a villa dining table

Abu Dhabi Luxury Tableware for Saadiyat & Corniche Villas

Abu Dhabi hosting moves between the formal Saadiyat dining room and the Corniche terrace. Build a layered scheme — Italian porcelain inside, unbreakable melamine and synthetic crystal outside, one Murano...

Three white Sagrada Familia character head sculptures with painted accents beside a villa pool

Pop Art Home Decor: Collecting Baci Milano's Sagrada Familia

Baci Milano's Sagrada Familia turns portraiture into collectible pop art home decor — six characters, each a distinct personality. Here's how designers collect the heads, cameos and sculptural pieces, and...

Arched alcove in the Amprio Milano showroom displaying mixed Italian tableware collections and cushions

Italian Tableware Brands: A Designer's Field Guide to 7 Houses

Seven houses, one shelf: Baci Milano's folklore porcelain, Giusti's synthetic crystal, Seletti's provocations, Stories of Italy's Murano colour, Duccio's Tuscan crystal, plus two outliers. This guide maps where each was...

Layered Mamma Mia place setting with patterned plates and crystal stemware at a villa table

How to Mix Patterns in Tableware Without a Single Clash

Mixing bold patterns is mostly editing. Anchor two or three colours, contrast the scale of your prints, build in neutral breaks, and let materials add variety. Do that and a...

Printworks Picture Perfect photo album styled on a table among flowers and design books

Printworks: Scandinavian Analog Gifts for the Slow Home

Printworks is the Stockholm studio behind chess sets, photo albums and barware designed to be left out and used — analog objects that make memorable gifts and coax a screen-heavy...

Ortigia Baroque letter mug beside its patterned Baci Milano gift box in the Amprio Milano showroom

A Personalised Tableware Gift with Sicilian Soul: Ortigia

Ortigia is Baci Milano's largest collection — sixty-six Sicilian pieces built around a monogram for every guest. Here's why a letter mug or initial tray makes a personalised tableware gift...

Craftsman's hands rinsing an amber crystal horse head sculpture in the Duccio Di Segna atelier

How to Care for Luxury Tableware: Porcelain, Acrylic, Murano

Different materials ask for different handling. This material-by-material routine — hand-washing gilded porcelain, treating melamine right, clearing cloudy acrylic and protecting mouth-blown Murano glass — keeps a fine Italian table...

Mamma Mia porcelain pitcher with folk heart motif and espresso cups on a printed runner at a Tuscan villa table

Italian Tableware Starter Set: The Five Essential Pieces

An Italian tableware starter set needs only five pieces: a clean plate, a plate with personality, an unbreakable glass, one shared serving bowl and a glass centrepiece. Get these right...