Bringing Italian art into the kitchen

Seamus Porter is the managing partner of Italian Design Studio, a new kitchen design shop on Drury Street in Dublin.

The store is the only agent of Italian Snaidero kitchens, which look more like pieces of art than the traditional units found in homes around the country.

Snaidero is a 60-year-old family business based in northern Italy, which works closely with designers such as Ferrari and Alfa Romeo designer Paolo Pininfarina, architects Rob er to Luc c i and Paolo Orlandini, and furniture designer Giovanni Offredi.

Porter studied advertising and marketing at Dublin ...