Description

The Cassia is a road that is like a work of art. t’s a road that has its origins in the distant 154 B.C., the year that the Via Cassia
was built, and it celebrates and represents the Italian culture. It begins in Rome at the Milvian Bridge and it goes all the way to Florence finishing on Ponte Vecchio, crossing places like the Bolsena Lake, the Crete Senesi, the Val d’Orcia, and Chianti, which make Italy well-known throughout the world. With the Cassia we wanted to pay tribute to this beautiful road where Giuliano Mazzuoli’s grandfather had his bicycle workshop in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa at km 264 (there are in fact 264 kilometers to Rome and 36 km to Florence). Cassia is an Italian pen with an unmistakable style that brings us back to the era of Italian Modernism. The primary material is always aluminum. The ergonomic grip, the elegant but rigorous styling with a decoration at the top make this pen a symbol of Italian style.

Giuliano Mazzuoli

Many call him architect, and he responds “I do not have a degree, and please do not put a title in front of my name.” This is Giuliano Mazzuoli who for more than seventy years has lived and worked in the hills around Florence. He says that he discovered design when he was older. He says that there is nothing really left to design these days and that design is actually a reproduction of something that nature already made. You can’t look for ...

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