This collection is inspired by Mario Ruoppolo — a simple postman from Il Postino, who discovers that listening can be the first step toward creating.

In the film, Mario doesn’t set out to become a poet. He just starts asking questions. He learns from Pablo Neruda about metaphors, about poetry — not as theory, but as a way of seeing the world differently. And somewhere between conversations and long silences by the sea, Mario begins to listen more deeply. To the waves, to the wind, to the small sounds of life on his island.

Eventually, he records those sounds — a humble gift for the poet, yes, but also a sign that he had begun to hear beauty in the everyday.

That moment is at the heart of this collection.

We’re not poets either — but we are listening. This first series of designs is an experiment: in sound, in data, in emotion. It began with raw recordings of the world around us — the sea, the wind, the rain, the mountain air, the rhythm of a quiet farm. These natural sounds were transformed using math, code, and generative design — the tools of a different kind of language. Not written or spoken, but visualized and worn.

Just as Mario learned the basic elements of poetry, we’re learning the basics of a new creative language — one that blends sound, data, and fabric into something emotional and unexpected. We’re not mastering it — we’re exploring it, discovering its rules, finding its metaphors.

The Sounds of the Collection

This collection is called “Mario Ruoppolo” not to claim poetry, but to honor the spirit of curiosity — the courage to begin without knowing.
To listen.
To try.
To create.

Wear the sound. Listen with your eyes.
And let meaning emerge — not all at once, but in waves.