Titled ‘The Italian Count who became an artisan’, Lisa Johnson’s piece on design at Reschio focuses on Count Benedikt, his vision for B.B. for Reschio and how the estate is keeping local craft traditions alive. The piece begins ‘Everywhere you go at the Hotel Castello di Reschio, an exquisitely restored 10th-century castle in the wooded hills of Umbria, the light adds a dusting of magic’ and continues ‘Like everything at Reschio, the collection is rooted in the area – it is made by artisans mostly within a 50km radius, in what has very much been a two-way process’.

Alongside this, the article continues to mention that ‘Donna Nencia is in charge of everything to do with colour and graphic design, as well as singing in the Reschio choir and overseeing a programme of workshops, from embroidery to Florentine paper marbling and dyeing fabrics with natural plants — “household habits”, as she calls them.’ Detailing the extensive creative offering available to guest of the estate