History
After thirteen meetings, in 2007, 13 Ricrea arises.
A group of women who composes a team of accurate designers completely dedicated to the reinterpretation of material doomed to disuse, abandon and destruction.
Materials no more usable that would end wasted around the environment, become resources to create new objects. An eye focused on the materials which recovery becomes a need and an ethical obligation towards what surrounds us.
Angela Mensi and Ingrid Taro’ starting from different competences, put effort into imagining an eco-friendly future in which everithing that can be resource is used giving life to new shapes.
Philosophy
The philosophy of 13 ricrea involves regarding in a new way the concept of resource.
Matters and materials deriving from the recovery are sources from which to glean for creating new objects and designing new projects.
Time and particular attention are dedicated to the research and the study of special materials. Their reuse, in a new form, allows less waste and the use of what is already available.
The projects realized aim to eco-sustainability.
This requirement helps reducing to a minimum the environmental impact and in many cases, it tries to make the production sites coincide with the processing ones.
13 RiCrea is a company made in Italy, versatile and modern, which adopts the creativity not only in the ethical and sustainable production processes but also in satisfying a both private and business consumption.
Starting from the historic pieces that have brought success in the outdoor and indoor lodes, such as the Muchas Rosas or the towers for the external spaces, today 13RiCrea satisfies its refined clientele in four different area of production and services.
About us
Angela Mensi is Milanese, married, 2 children and 2 grandchildren. In the 80’s she approached the world of decoration with the passionate humility typical of an autodidact. In the laboratory of Milan, which she has manages since 1994, she realizes items by mixing old and innovative techniques, using natural materials. Once moved to Piedmont with the family, among the hills of Monferrato, she begins to show interest in industrial waste materials, starting projects of recycling, upcycling, auto-production and collaborating with some companies of the area for the recovery of their by-products. She takes part in the project GRE_E_NS with the Polytechnic Institute of Turin for the realization of vertical green walls. She hopes with her job that she will contribute to communicate the joy of a virtuous creativity useful for everybody.
