Artesanos

Artesanos is the design collection of the Asociación de Artesanos Don Bosco, founded in 1985 in the Peruvian Andes by Padre Ugo De Censi alongside Operazione Mato Grosso. Its aim was not only material support for the most disadvantaged, but a complete training that included learning a craft, turning young people into professional artesanos.

Today the talleres, where the craft is handed down, are the heart of a movement of about 400 master artisans — carpenters, carvers, wood and stone sculptors, glassmakers, mosaicists, painters, restorers, and artisans working in knitting and embroidery. The collection is developed with Italian designers and follows a slow design approach: patient choice of wood, unhurried handwork, and furniture and textiles conceived to last. The association’s address is Via F.lli Capponi 92 in Sarezzo, Brescia.