Engineering designer Benjamin Babadi brings Tuscan artisanal style to our accessories BY CRISTINA DEPTULA
Babadi takes inspiration from the Renaissance and Italy’s continuing culture of design.
B enjamin learned to live an artisanal life. “Tuscany is a special place where you home and where he
Babadi says that Tuscany is his second
can always find an artisan to work with no matter what you are into. I enjoyed exploring and working with leather there and found an amazing bag designer, Lorella, who taught me how to make bags with passion and love,” he explains. From Lorella, he learned the discipline of making a perfect bag through techniques she’d learned over generations. Babadi has always been inspired by Renaissance art due to the attention to detail paid by craftspeople during that time. “People were dedicated to perfecting their artisanal work, not finding shortcuts for mass production.”
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