01/09/2026
As Porro moves beyond its centenary, Maria Porro speaks with Zarko Davinic about the family company’s defining relationship with research, craftsmanship, technology and the people who turn design into reality.
Porro’s first 100 years tell a story of Italian design in constant motion. Founded in Brianza in 1925, the company has grown from a small cabinetmaking workshop into an international design brand without severing its connection to the territory, knowledge and relationships that shaped it. Across four generations, its language has evolved through technological change, new ways of living and collaborations with leading designers. What has remained consistent is an insistence on research—and a belief that innovation is meaningful only when it is supported by people, materials and the ability to make things well.
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