Collezione Venezia - I Residenti (The In-Habitants) - Brooches
Collezione Venezia - I Residenti (The In-Habitants) - Brooches
Hand-chiseled brass brooches - unique pieces available in various sizes
Choose your Venetian inhabitant to make your outfit shiny and unique!
The Residenti Collection: A Tale of mass tourism and resistance
Venice faces a stark contrast between its dwindling residents and the millions of tourists who flood the city annually. As mass tourism threatens the local community, Venetians are slowly being pushed out.
This inspired our Residenti Collection, an ironic yet provocative tribute to the idea that Venetian animals could soon be the city’s last true inhabitants.
Did you know that in Campo San Bortolomeo, near Rialto Bridge, a pharmacy displays the current number of Venetians?
Today, the population counts less than 50,000 people (just to compare, in the ‘70s there were over 111,000 residents!)
We often hear "wow!" when we mention we’re from Venice, and that’s exactly the question our collection raises: Who will be left in Venice in 10 years, besides the lagoon’s animals? 🦀🦐🐦