Fondazione Officine Saffi

Fondazione Officine Saffi, founded in 2011 by Laura Borghi, is a leading non-profit foundation investigating contemporary international ceramics. It takes an unparalleled 360-degree approach to the field, promoting new research and experimentation while exploring the past. The foundation expands the dialogue between art, craft, and design through a dynamic, cross-disciplinary programme of exhibitions, educational activities, and publications, fostering a vibrant conversation about ceramics that engages a diverse audience.

All activity at the foundation is driven by the belief that ceramics is a vehicle for artistic, cultural, and social transformation. By fostering an open and participatory environment, Fondazione Officine Saffi encourages both artists and audiences to reflect on what it means to live in today’s world, relate to the Other and nonhuman life, and create social and cultural value through engagement in a multidisciplinary programme. This approach builds momentum around ceramics in the twenty-first century.

The foundation supports artists, designers, and makers at different stages of production, promotion, and recognition of their work, serving as a platform for emerging creatives and for projects and narratives that flourish outside established market systems. Its commitment to exploring Italian culture aligns with its intercultural identity and its ambition to create a broader dialogue that resonates globally, in collaboration with a hybrid network of international talents, institutions, and organisations.