My family’s collection originated with my father Oreste and had a particular genesis: my father, in the 60s and 70s, had a company that made plates for art catalogs and was constantly in contact with artists. There was a time when printing a catalog was a slow and complex work, which required the presence of the author for its creation and composition.
My father thus became friends with many artists and was also in the privileged position of knowing the artistic avant-garde of those years.

Many times he would come home with abstract and conceptual works, many times even provocative, in contrast to the classical painting in vogue in those years, made up mainly of landscapes and still lifes.
It was a gymnasium of life that marked me deeply because, through the artists I met and especially the works I observed in the workshop and at home, I was able to develop my own taste and passion for art.

I realized the importance of working in a place where art and beauty are an integral part and I then brought this awareness in my company, in emmegi Group.

The world of publishing has completely changed as the world of art evolves rapidly, but my father’s lesson has remained. A few years ago I renovated an old building in the Isola district and brought part of my collection here, because I wanted my collaborators to be able to work in a place full of suggestions, able to sharpen people’s intelligence.