Some things are not made to pass.
Today almost everything around us has a newer version. A new trend, a new colour, a new form… After a while each one gives way to something else. We wanted to stand a little outside that cycle.
When is an object valuable?
When we founded ciliza, we asked ourselves a simple question: is an object only valuable for as long as it is used?
We don't think so.
Things that gain meaning over time
Some things move from one home to the next and stay in the same corner for years, standing for a memory or a period of life. They age, but they never fall out of favour. If anything, they gain meaning as time passes.
That is exactly what interests us. We don't want a piece of furniture to speak only to today's taste. We want it to exist tomorrow too, and to find its place years from now in another home, within another life.
Permanence is not about never changing; it is about keeping its value as times change.
A lasting character
That is why, when we choose our forms, materials and details, we follow a lasting character rather than passing tastes.
Every object made at ciliza exists not to keep up with the fashion of a season but to create its own. Because some things are not simply bought; they become part of your life, they are made your own, and over time they begin to carry a part of you.
We don't make objects for a moment. We make them to remain.
ciliza
Object of permanence.