Furniture, fashion, ceramics, paper, precious metals: almost 3,000 Sardinian companies in step with new design trends and increasingly innovative paths.

According to the analysis of the Study Office of Confartigianato Imprese Sardegna, 2,779 companies follow this strategy, of which 2,065 artisans (74.3% of the total) .

Most of the companies operate in woodworking (750 of which 624 in crafts), 609 in ceramics and glass (420 craftsmen) and 553 in jewellery, eyewear and fashion accessories (490 craftsmen).

However, Sardinia remains in 17th national place out of the total number of companies that make design one of their major strengths.

«The greatest presence of craftsmanship and micro and small enterprises - comments Maria Amelia Lai , president of Confartigianato Imprese Sardegna - is found in the sectors that have characterized our history and cultural heritage: wood products, furniture, fashion - textiles, clothing and leather - glass and ceramics, jewelers»". Not only that: also involved the production of audio and video consumer electronics, clocks, lamps and lighting equipment, machines for the food and beverage industry, ships and pleasure boats , bicycles, jewelery and goldsmith's art, costume jewellery, musical instruments, games and toys.

«Sardinia - explains the company designer from Ozieri Gianluca Lai - especially in recent years, has transformed itself into a laboratory of style and innovation that does not fear comparisons, indeed today, on the contrary, it traces, throughout the rest of Europe and the world, the paths to follow. And the requests for setting up commercial premises such as restaurants, shops and beauty salons, preparing and managing public spaces or organizing private apartments, also with the creation of custom-made objects or creating company brands or preparing advertising campaigns, are growing day by day. this is design, all this is style, innovation but, above all, functionality of the space, of the product or of the sensation».