Zanellato/Bortotto

Zanellato/Bortotto is a design studio founded in Venice in 2013 and now based in Treviso. Its first collection, Acqua Alta, grew out of the lagoon’s high water — the stains and imperfections it leaves on stone — and set a method the studio has kept since: reading a place’s craft traditions closely, then translating them into contemporary products and interiors.

That research has produced long collaborations with workshops and ateliers across Italy: metal mosaics for De Castelli inspired by the Basilica di San Marco, the Mangiafuoco table for Moroso now in the Quirinale Contemporaneo collection, and guest rooms at Villa Medici in Rome with Incalmi. The studio was nominated Designer of the Year at the EDIDA 2024 awards and appears in Phaidon’s Designed for Life.