Foundry Series · Nocturne · Self-initiated concept
Sant’Agata
One maker. Eleven violins a year. Every thickness judged by hand.
Sant’Agata translates a single-maker Cremonese violin bottega into a digital system governed by seasoned wood, plate graduation, provenance, and commission by letter.
The premise
The instrument begins where measurement becomes judgment.
The site follows the bench rather than a catalogue: workshop, maker, graduation, register, bench, and commission.
A varnish-dark field, ivory type, and amber measurement marks keep every interface subordinate to material, hand, and the instrument taking shape.
Product principles
The world becomes a working system.
Scarcity is capacity
Eleven instruments is the system.
Limited annual output governs the rhythm of the workshop, the register, and the language of commission.
Measure is judgment
Thickness becomes interface.
A plate-graduation map makes tenths of a millimeter legible without pretending that measurement replaces the maker’s ear.
Register is provenance
Every violin keeps its place.
On the bench, promised, voiced, and gone are treated as meaningful states in the life of each instrument.
Built proof
A concept carried into code.
Art direction · Product system · Frontend
- Graduazione
- An interactive thickness map links plate zones to measurements and maker notes.
- Registro
- A state model separates instruments on the bench, promised, voiced, and gone.
- Commissione
- A letter-led intake reflects a relationship with the maker rather than an ecommerce transaction.
- Bottega
- A responsive editorial composition preserves the nocturnal atmosphere of the working room.