Simply intellectual. This is how one could define the timeless style of interior designer Vina Matos, Portuguese from Lisbon. Living and working in Italy since 1990.

She has managed to mix her original spirit and make it converge magnificently in producing very warm architectural renovation projects, yet strong, and linear as well, where finally a blend of antique and contemporary furnishings and objects meet in an unusually creative manner. In two words Contemporary eclecticism.

Special attention is given towards the recycling of objects and materials that are brought to new life and splendor thanks to the imagination of this clever Designer.

Solutions studied by her manage to harmonize perfectly with the original character and genius loci of the space they are applied to, whether a Villa in the Tuscan Hills, a house overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, a penthouse in downtown Lisbon, a shop in Milan or Florence or a beach home near the Ocean.

An invisible thread follows her subtly joyous and energetic approach with an impeccable attention down to the finest minute detail, where wise and inspired use of different materials blend perfectly playing different parts whether old wood and steel, or stone and crystal rock or perhaps plastic and resin.

Elective affinities unite thanks to her Mediterranean touch that can soon be detected in the early stages of her work and subsequently blossoms into a superb contemporary space but where a strong artisan and hand-crafted feeling can be immediately detected.

This result is perhaps even more possible to achieve in her adopted city, Florence, that has been an early cradle to the best craftmanship and has inspired artisan excellence for centuries.