Some people like to call it “green design”, others “eco-friendly”, but Antonio Larosa likes to call his Millefiori collection “ …simply quality products designed and manufactured using good-old fashioned common sense!”. The furniture and accessories are manufactured in Italy using recycled and reclaimed wood, reclaimed high quality Italian leather, and recycled hide.   Many pieces of the Millefiori collection were donated by the designer to several non-profit organizations to be auctioned and to benefit charities around the Country.

(Millefiori collection)

Not too long ago design guru Philippe Starck told to a German weekly newspaper that design is dead and he was tired of his job.
Well... think again: After proclaiming that "everything he had ever designed was useless" he's now on to designing something truly useful and trendy: a mini-turbine designed for people to use at home to generate their own wind power. ...and the best news is that the eco-turbine it will be available at the end of 2008 with a price tag around $600.  Bravo Filippo!

 (Mr. Larosa and Mr. Starck)

Not many furniture exhibits carry an official stamp of approval from a nation’s president, but the Italian design exhibit Luxury in Living, did just that. Displayed at Biltmore Fashion Park in Phoenix, the exhibit featured the finest in modern and contemporary Italian style. Antonio Larosa was hired by the Italian government to organize and coordinate -along with the Istituto Commercio Estero (and assisted by the Italian Consulate)- the four-week long design exhibition.

(Below are images of the design exhibit, and the Gorvernor Janet Napolitano admiring the amazing pieces).

Antonio Larosa was selected to be included in PHOENIX: 21st Century City, a limited international book series on new emerging cities for art, architecture and design, by Booth-Clibbon Editions of London, England. The book honors the finest artists, designers and architets of metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona.  Maricopa Partnership for Arts and Culture (MPAC) views this publication as an economic development, commerce and tourism tool, and as a unique opportunity to change perceptions about this region, both locally and internationally. The publication is sold in bookstores around the world.

Antonio Larosa has been selected to design the “Oltrepo’ Pavese Business Expo” in Scottsdale, Arizona.  The project includes concept and design of the Exhibit, Interiors, and Furnishings for the unique event.

The Expo will feature a variety of Italian businesses looking to expand their exports to the US.

Participants are all located in the Oltrepo’ Pavese area of northern Italy, near the fashion capital and cultural city of Milan. Mr Larosa has been hired by the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce to design a large space to accommodate 24 different Italian companies.

(Below are some images of the exterior and interior of the Expo designed by Larosa Design & Consulting).