Marta Sala: Demystifying the Italian design aesthetics

Born into one of the most powerful design families in Italy, Marta Sala’s early design influences were shaped by the strong aesthetics that run in her family. Her uncle Luigi Caccia Dominioni, Ignazio Gardella and Corrado Corradi Dell'Acqua, her mother Maria Teresa Tosi, founded in 1947 the well known Azucena. After studying architecture and philosophy, at the age of 23, she began working for the family business in the project-oriented field. In 2015, Marta Sala, created her own brand, Marta Sala Éditions, to tell her story in thé design world.

Being part of Azucena for 25 years, she decided that she wanted to reinterpret her knowledge in design into something more contemporary, for a new generation. Therefore, in 2015, she founded her eponymous company; which underlines her personal commitment to the brand, Marta added ‘Éditions’ to emphasise that she works with collections and not with single pieces. Marta chose to work with two talented architects from Rome: Claudio Lazzarini and Carl Pickering. She selected pieces from their archives that she thought deserved to pass from unique or sporadic projects to pieces available on the market. “With Claudio and Carl, it's like I found a pencil to represent what I dream of, they shape our collective brainstorming, and MSÉ brings the furniture to reality,” says Marta.

Owing to this collaboration, the collections began to constantly evolve and invent. In just five years, Marta Sala Éditions includes more than 60 pieces from all different typologies, armchairs to tables and sofas, lamps. ”We have to create nomadic high-quality objects with freedom of use that suits every client,” she shares. In fact, her furniture is equally at home in a California beach house as it is in a Beijing hotel, a Parisian boutique or even on a yacht. Being a woman with a progressive school of thought, Marta has a contemporary vision with a Milanese entrepreneurial spirit and a refined Parisian style.

With twenty different metal finishing treatments in her catalogue, exclusive fabrics, different types of marble, discussed dimensions and solutions for the exterior, Marta is very interested in the world of sustainability. She works with different aspects, such as the use of certified materials, the avoidance of waste and the revival of objects through creativity.

Her works on the creation of a collection by choosing a specific theme of inspiration, which, as the collections show: The Secret Soul of Useful Things, The Rule of Detail, Déclinaisons, Frames, Rooms... represent her spirit and creativity, influenced by the Bauhaus philosophy. The creations of Marta Sala Éditions are part of prestigious projects, houses, yachts, high-end hotels and fashion boutiques around the world.