OUR STORY

Beatrice, the founder of RISA Venezia, was born and raised in a small town in the province of Venice, surrounded by the rich world of furniture textiles — her parents being furniture designers — and a community of extraordinarily skilled artisans. Growing up among looms, threads, and the scent of craftsmanship, she savoured the values of slowness, precision, and beauty.

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But as time passed, she began to notice a shift. The culture she cherished — one that honored quality over quantity, meaning over speed — was slowly fading. Factories were closing, artisans retiring, and centuries of knowledge risking extinction.

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RISA was born not from a wish, but from a need: the need to safeguard this timeless heritage.

The name Risa, which in Italian means “laughter,” plays on the word riusa — to reuse. This is Beatrice’s vision: to reuse, to renew, to carry forward the past into the future with joy, with connection, with meaning. Unearthing treasures from the past, Beatrice continues to discover rare, out-of-production textiles, forgotten scraps, and antique passementerie, transforming them into one-of-a-kind pieces.

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Now, RISA is writing her own story — rowing against the wind: a story of empowerment and self-love.

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Each creation celebrates women — those who make them, those who wear them — and honors the power of hands, of patience, of care. It is a story of rebirth through beauty. A story of laughter and union as resistance.