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Artemest
About
Artemest is an Italian e-commerce marketplace for high-end Italian craftsmanship, founded in Milan in 2015 by jewelry designer Ippolita Rostagno and Marco Credendino. The platform connects Italian artisans, ateliers, and design manufacturers with an international clientele, selling handmade furniture, lighting, home decor, tableware, art, and jewelry.
Artemest works with well over a thousand Italian makers, from family workshops practicing traditions such as Murano glassblowing, marble carving, and ceramic craft to established design brands. Each maker is vetted for quality and provenance, and many pieces are made to order or customizable, with the platform managing white-glove international logistics. The catalog spans one-of-a-kind collectible design and gallery pieces through to production furniture and decorative accessories.
A significant share of Artemest's business comes from the interior design trade: its Artemest Trade program serves designers, architects, and hospitality projects sourcing Italian furnishings for residential and commercial interiors, and the company has opened showroom spaces including a New York gallery. Headquartered in Milan with a US presence, Artemest positions itself as a curated gateway to Italian decorative arts, and publishes editorial features on its artisans as part of its mission to sustain Italian craft traditions.
Artemest works with well over a thousand Italian makers, from family workshops practicing traditions such as Murano glassblowing, marble carving, and ceramic craft to established design brands. Each maker is vetted for quality and provenance, and many pieces are made to order or customizable, with the platform managing white-glove international logistics. The catalog spans one-of-a-kind collectible design and gallery pieces through to production furniture and decorative accessories.
A significant share of Artemest's business comes from the interior design trade: its Artemest Trade program serves designers, architects, and hospitality projects sourcing Italian furnishings for residential and commercial interiors, and the company has opened showroom spaces including a New York gallery. Headquartered in Milan with a US presence, Artemest positions itself as a curated gateway to Italian decorative arts, and publishes editorial features on its artisans as part of its mission to sustain Italian craft traditions.
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Artemest retails high-end Italian furniture and lighting from over a thousand vetted artisans and design brands, from Murano glass chandeliers to made-to-order marble tables, with white-glove international delivery and a trade program serving interior designers and hospitality projects.
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Artemest operates as a curated marketplace connecting Italian artisans and ateliers directly with international buyers, vetting each maker for quality and provenance and handling logistics — a platform model built around preserving and commercializing Italian craftsmanship.
Brand Details
Brand Tier
High Luxury
Price Range
$200 - $100,000+
Founded
2015
Headquarters
Milan, Italy
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Artemest occupies a genuinely useful niche: a digital gateway into a corner of the design world, Italian artisan craft, that has historically been fragmented and hard to access outside personal trade relationships. By vetting over a thousand makers spanning Murano glass, marble carving, and ceramic traditions, the platform gives international collectors and designers a level of provenance assurance that generic marketplaces cannot match. Founded only in 2015, Artemest has moved quickly from e-commerce experiment to a credible trade resource, and its dedicated Trade program and physical New York gallery show real commitment to serving design professionals rather than just casual browsers. That combination of craft authenticity and white-glove logistics handling for international, often made-to-order pieces is where the platform earns its luxury positioning. The trade-off is inherent to the model: pricing is opaque and often high given the bespoke, artisan nature of the goods, and buying custom or one-of-a-kind pieces sight-unseen carries more risk than shopping established retail brands. Still, as a mission-driven marketplace preserving and monetizing Italian craft traditions, Artemest fills a distinctive and valuable role in luxury home design.
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