Marta Ferri is expanding her design range by launching a homeware and furniture collection with her longtime friend Cecilia Morelli. Morelli founded the Mumbai-based concept store Le Mill with Julie Leymarie and the collection blends Indian and Italian craftsmanship and aesthetics.

“We always spend our holidays together and have always dreamed of creating a collection together,” Ferri explained. The Marta Ferri + Le Mill project was start by two friends to give new life to vintage and antique pieces.

“We shop at antique shows and buy what excites and inspires us,” Ferri said, donning bright canary-yellow pants under a fuchsia open-front tunic and white top. Even Morelli, with an acid green pareo-like skirt under a purple shirt, helped to give a dose of color to a gray November day in Milan.

Joyful colors are reflected in the collection, as the plates are hand-painted in rainbow hues or display motifs of palm trees, flowers, pineapples and exotic fruits. The link with India, however, is not stereotyped.

“Italian and Indian aesthetics, creativity and craftsmanship meet in this collection,” explained Morelli. “It’s a way to see India through an Italian approach”.