The latest edition of Operae offers a fresh view of craft, collaboration and collectible design

This jewellery landscape designed by Carlo Massoud in collaboration with jeweller Anna Ratone and with the support of Carwan Gallery was launched as part of the Piemonte Handmade project. All elements of the construction (which replicates a building in Beirut) can be taken apart and worn as jewellery

Brussels’ The Gallery presented a new body of work by Italian designer Giorgia Zanellato. The Murano glass objects combine traditional blowing techniques with contemporary shapes and compositions based on lightness and balance

Carwan gallery’s booth featured this pair of rugs by Taher Asad-Bakhtiari, made of naturally dyed and hand-spun wool

For the Piemonte Handmade, Italian designer Andrea Branzi worked with knife-makers Coltelleria Silvano Collini’s century-old techniques to create a series of cutlery. Nearby, his gallerist Luisa Delle Piane also offered a pen drawing of the project by Branzi

Another independent design project in the show was Crafting Plastics, an initiative founded by product designer Vlasta Kubušová and production designer Miroslav Král. The pair works on developing design objects made of bioplastic, their first project being a collection of eyewear made entirely of bioplastics from 100% renewable resources

’Totomoxtle’ by Fernando Laposse uses the natural colours found in Mexican corn to create a veneer for wood marquetry, which he then applies to domestic objects

Juliaan Lampens’ daybed featured in the Maniera gallery booth

Another collaboration from the Piemonte Handmade project was architecture studio Piovenefabi and Versino’s stone pieces. Created in collaboration with Brussels gallery Maniera, the collection features ’Light Conversation Pieces’ – small objects imagined as stools for intimate gatherings

Hailing from Benevento, Italy, Swing Design Gallery presented the work of Ilaria Bianchi. Her ’Stonish’ collection was based on a new flexible composite material mimicking stone, combined with textiles and metal to make contemporary furniture objects

Nadja Zerunian’s work challenged the common idea that beauty equals goodness. Her project, titled ’dinner, DARLING!’ featured place settings based around a deadly poison, combining refined beauty with dangerous ingredients

Paris’ Great Design Gallery offered a selection from their roster of up and coming designers, from Dossofiorito’s colourful glass lamps to a series of hanging and moving dividers by Juliette le Goff et Nicolas Verschaeve

Agustina Bottoni’s ’Melodicware’ project created a soundscape through elegant domestic objects that invited visitors to play them producing a multisensorial experience

Two pieces from Agustina Bottoni’s ’Melodicware’ collection

The Piemonte Handmade displays included this series of storage cupboards by Marcello Pirovano, who worked with Nero Design Gallery to develop a series of technically challenging pieces in collaboration with furniture manufacturers Pavan Arredamenti. Piovano worked with MDF (a cheaper material for furniture making), giving the humble wood composite a more sophisticated and playful edge

Two pieces from Sara Ricciardi’s ’Perimetri Botanici’ project, which created a scenography for plants

Another multisensorial design project on display was this poetic exercise by Astrid Luglio, who worked with Italian perfume makers Tonatto Profumi for her ’Philtrum Collection’, a series of objects that combine light and paper to diffuse perfume in a space

The work of Destroyers Builders displayed a a collection of furniture that combines industrial manufacturing methods with more organic decoration, giving an artisanal edge to industrial processes