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The idea
A place, a light, a memory. The subject is chosen for the place it will take around a neck, in the hair or on a bag.
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Our story
A house of silk born from a mosaic
MINERINO was born from a simple belief: a silk square can be looked at like a work of art before it is worn like a signature.
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The tessera
It all begins with a fragment
A mosaic exists only through its fragments. Thousands of small stones, pieces of glass and ceramic, each set in its place, each slightly different from the next. From afar, an image. Up close, a material.
The floors of Pompeii, the golds of Ravenna, Gaudí's trencadís in Barcelona: for two thousand years, mosaic has told of places, animals and gardens with a patience nothing has replaced.
That patience is what we wanted to bring to silk.
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The journey
Every square is a place
Our squares are born from places: a terrace on the Riviera, a frozen lake in the Alps, a garden in Barcelona, a navigator's chart. Each collection is a journey in chapters, from the mountains to the sea.
We compose them like a travel journal: a subject, an antique mosaic frame, and details you only discover by coming closer.
From drawing to silk
Six steps, one square
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The composition
The design is composed tessera by tessera, with its joints, reflections and frame, at the exact scale of a 90-centimetre square.
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The colour
Every shade is checked on a proof before printing, down to the gold of the joints, which must glow without shining.
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The printing
The design is printed in Italy, on a silk chosen for its drape and its hand.
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The finishing
The edges are rolled, then each square is inspected, folded in sixteen and wrapped in tissue paper.
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The number
Each square receives its edition number, recorded in the house register, and joins its box with its card.
We would rather make ten squares kept for a lifetime than a hundred that are forgotten.The house of MINERINO
In a few figures
The precision of an object
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per side, the grand format of silk squares
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designs in the Mosaic collection
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chapters, from the Alps to the gardens of Barcelona
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folds to rest in its box
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of board for a box that feels heavy in the hand
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of clearance, so the lid sinks on its own
What guides us
Three promises
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Few pieces, much time
We design small numbered editions rather than large runs.
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The truth about origin
Designed in Switzerland, printed in Italy: we write it on every product page, plainly.
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An object to keep
A register, a card, a box: every square has a story that can be passed on.