studio CALE is an emerging Italian firm established in 2022 by architects Carla Gambioli and Alessia Romani. Its design is inspired by the cultural heritage of Montefeltro, the area of the Marche region that was the cradle of the Renaissance (with Florence). The Cale collection – Cale is the ancient name of the town of Cagli – includes items that celebrate the area’s architecture (tiles), gestures (truffle shaving), techniques (art of inlay), and creation of a new vision of the world (perspective).

studio CALE designs furnishings and accessories blending science and creativity, aesthetics and ethics, and blurring the lines between disciplines with contaminations, ancient knowledge, and innovation. A vision where the variation of the proportion rule – always recognisable – is represented by the dance of shadow and light unveiling the passing of time.

The CALE collection comprises high-quality, high-value products made to last over time. Every design experiments with intimacy, sometimes concealing and protecting and other times revealing, depending on the function and moment. 

studio CALE participated in the 24th and 25th editions of SaloneSatellite, one of the highlights of Milan’s Design Week, and the Seminario section of the fifth edition of EDIT Napoli. The Torricini glazed tile collection, which pays homage to the Ducal Palace of Urbino, has already gone into production and has been included in the catalogue of Mavi Ceramica, a benchmark of Italian artisanal ceramics. 

calere calére verb [from the Latin calēre “to be hot”, therefore “being excited or in apprehension”], obs. – To be important, to matter (to sb).