Martino Gamper

Food Follows Magis

Family food and eating might be very much part of the daily lifestyle, but with Magis, food is something special.

I remember the first time I went to visit Magis, still a student at the RCA, travelling to Italy to visit various design companies.

At Magis it was special – we were greeted by Eugenio Perazza personally, and after showing us their collection and their design studio it was lunchtime.

And little did we know that we would be taken to the most amazing seafood restaurant, somewhere between Motta di Livenza and Lignano.

There we were about fifteen students being taken for a real Italian lunch, lasting for hours, eating delicious food and drinking equally nice wine from the region.

We all felt very special and appreciated, and thought this was something unusual, maybe to give us a real treat.

But then years later, while working on the Vigna chair, I found myself at the same restaurant and many other restaurants, enjoying more delicious food and lovely wine.

And there was the Magis design family (Alberto, Barbara, Matteo, Enrico and Marco) with Eugenio, orchestrating and working, with the best ideas always coming over a very good plate of food and a glass of wine.

Happy 40th birthday Magis, and thanks for the delicious food and wine.

Food Follows Magis