Padova, Milano, Italy
The “Allegories” capsule collection by Debonademeo Studio for Bottega Vazzoler reimagines over 50 years of wrought iron craftsmanship into a poetic series of objects and accessories. Unveiled at EDIT Napoli 2025, it transforms ancestral ironworking techniques into an evocative alphabet, featured in vases, candlesticks, coffee tables, fruit bowls, and everyday items. These pieces honor the Vazzoler family tree’s iconography, symbolizing an extended family encompassing founders, heirs, and all contributors through material or intellectual legacy. Each branch and shoot embodies a gesture, method, or technique that builds upon existing practices, fostering dialogue between past and present.
The creative concept materializes ideas into form, drawing from Plato’s cave myth—where projected shadows become reality—and Hephaestus’ forge, where the blacksmith extracts nature into pure, functional geometry. Nature, abstracted through craft, yields signs and symbols blending beauty and utility. Named “Allegories,” the collection highlights this process: bridging natural inspiration with artisanal execution, not merely reviving heritage but infusing it with vitality for contemporary life. Wrought iron evolves as expressive art, projecting tradition into the future.
About Debonademeo Studio
Founded 15 years ago by Luca De Bona and Dario De Meo in Padua and Milan, Debonademeo Studio merges innovation with tradition to transcend form-function divides, enriching habitats with emotional storytelling. Spanning architecture, design, graphics, and art, their “here and now” manifesto connects past and present signals into strategies for brand identity, art direction, and products. As art directors for Adrenalina, Bottega Vazzoler, and Oikos Kitchens, they collaborate with brands like De Castelli, Vistosi, and Zava.
