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Gondolas, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Roman Colosseum, the poet Dante, the artist Leonardo da Vinci, the composer Antonio Vivaldi, pizzas and pastas! Italy is an international hub for culture and the arts. Apart from producing the most notable Renaissance men and the most sought-after fashion brands, Italy is also known as the leading furniture exporter and the second largest furniture manufacturer in the world.
Objects in the home tell so much about the people living there, becoming extensions of the homeowners’ temperaments. They are as personal as their opinions about politics or religion. At FurnItalia, the country’s leading lifestyle store, furniture such as armchairs, beds and lamps are more than things to fill up the home–they are in themselves art pieces created by leading design proponents in Italy.
Man builds walls around himself in search of peace. This innate search for tranquility has been the theme of leading Italian furniture maker Giorgetti in designing pieces for the home. In a world where people are often overwhelmed by pressures, it is this precious serenity that allows individuals to cultivate love for life and fusion of balance, harmony, joy and relief.
Leather, wood and glass are the materials of choice when it comes to furniture. With today’s changing modes leaning towards modernity and functionality, the country’s exclusive distributor of high-end Italian furniture brings a breakthrough brand designed for adventurous individuals. Serralunga’s strength comes in the form of plastic furniture reinvented with the use of the most advanced technologies.
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[Summary] => To live a good life is what every human being dreams of. What then is our definition of a good life? Being successful in a chosen career path, marrying the one we love, having great health, acquiring a beautiful house…we all have our own personal delineations. The bottom line is, things are precious to us when they allow us to live better. And that’s exactly what FurnITALIA’s newest line, Coro, aims to achieve. Coro is born to give form to the pleasure of living.
Clean lines, sleek finishes and amazing functionality are qualities that many home owners look for in their furniture. FurnItalia, the country’s exclusive distributor of Italy’s high-end furniture brands brings together all these qualities as it ushers in Molteni & C to the Philippines.
Discriminating people who live and breathe style have found their new haven right along a busy Greenhills street. That place, called FurnItalia, has the perfect furniture to match one’s taste and personality. For designers in the know, the search ends in this three-storey lifestyle store that may well be called the Philippines’ definitive house of style.
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