It is 1956, when Danilo's mother opens a floor resale, they ar

e

mostly handcrafted cement tiles and marbles, and that's

enough to make the admiration for those precise, measured

and repetitive gestures grow in her child's eyes. at the basis o

f

craftsmanship.

Over the years Danilo follows different paths that always brin

g

him back to his true passion: design

.

He has made deep friendships and collaborations with Achille

Castiglioni, Richard Sapper and Gae Aulenti, which will lea

d

him to reflect and find his own personal concept of design

.

His design idea is strongly linked to the material an

d

craftsmanship that are an inexhaustible source of stud

y

for him

.

One day, called as a consultant for the floor restoration of a

small church, he realizes that he is dealing with a very particula

r

terracotta, a terracotta forgotten by history of which traces have

been lost

.

But Danilo loves challenges and thus begins his research

,

from clays to ancient production methods, to the creation

of infinite samples, and when, finally, he learns all th

e

secrets of this material, here he questions them again,

until he finds the blends. and the techniques capable of

creating a perfect cotto, a new one.

His goals are clear: to transform terracotta into a highl

y

performing material suitable for the rhythms and needs

of contemporary life

.

This new terracotta must be resistant, compact, natural,

breathable but at the same time more resistant to stain

s

and easy to maintain, a terracotta made only of beaut

y

and "zero" problems

.

A cotto capable of starting a new tradition.

This is Danilo Ramazzotti's CottoZero

.

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