When visiting the workshop in Mariano Comense, the scent of wood and the carpenters’ ancient gestures reveal not only a technically advanced, but also a stylistically open vision, one on a par with the highest contemporary design, though never forgetting the essence of the beauty in this precious material. In the "La sapienza delle mani" collection, which is a result of a personal journey, Giordano Viganò contributes to innovating the use of wood by combining it with glass, metal, silver, bone, but also galuchat, different woods, gold leaf.
The small, extremely precious objects created by Viganò embody the poeticness of a masterpiece: portable ebony and galuchat chess sets, wood and precious leather pochettes, superiorly elegant wood and leather desk sets with bone finish. His large palm wood tables are also marvellous, as are the special creations where his craftsmanship never stops pushing limits.
Viganò is a true interpreter. He is always looking for novelty, always finds motivating sensations, and it is in his collaborations with young people, designers, architects, that his enthusiasm is best expressed.
Working on a prototype with Giordano Viganò should be a fundamental didactic and professional experience for each young designer because, as Marelli reminds us, Giordano Viganò is the embodiment of the craftsman’s new role “with a specific professional quality recognized by today’s society and by the current, active culture”. Intelligent, able, wise hands, which are still seeking new challenges and new projects to develop with design companies of course, but also luxury brands, young creators and anyone who has a solid project to be translated into a meaningful piece of work.
