Sourcing

Access is part of it, but not all of it.

Ad Origine gives your studio a European sourcing partner without the need to build an in-house sourcing function. Working between Milan and Toronto, we draw on an active network of designers, makers, specialist workshops, material suppliers, galleries, and dealers to help identify, evaluate, and coordinate exceptional objects for your projects.

Our role is to shorten the search, expand possibilities, and help you make confident decisions while staying focused on the project.

There are many cases when that makes perfect sense. If you already know exactly what you need and have an established relationship with the designer, maker, gallery or dealer, purchasing directly is often the best approach.

As the range of needs grows, so do the search, coordination, purchasing, and logistics. Ad Origine simplifies that process through a single European partner, helping your studio access the right objects while managing the work behind the search.

That is often how projects begin.

Some clients come with a specific object in mind. Others arrive with a reference image, a material, a period, a designer, or simply a feeling they are trying to create.

We can work from a highly detailed brief or help shape the search from the earliest stages.

Both.

Some searches focus on a single object that completes a room. Others involve sourcing across multiple categories, from furniture and lighting to decorative objects and studio craft.

Our level of involvement adapts to the needs of your studio and the scope of the search.

Yes, we help clients access objects that are difficult to purchase from North America.

This may include furniture, lighting, and accessories from European retailers, makers, and other sources with limited international distribution.

We can purchase on your behalf, consolidate orders through our warehouse in Milan, and coordinate international delivery, making a wider range of objects available to North American projects.

Yes. As part of the sourcing process, we coordinate shipping, consolidation, and export with trusted logistics partners.

For projects involving multiple sources, we can consolidate shipments through our warehouse in Milan before coordinating international delivery.

Shipping and logistics costs are quoted separately and are not included in our sourcing fees.

Yes. When appropriate, we work with trusted restorers and specialists throughout Europe and can coordinate restoration as part of the sourcing process before and object is shipped.

Whenever possible, we work directly with designers, makers, galleries, dealers, and restorers whose work and reputation we know firsthand.

For vintage pieces, we review condition, provenance, and restoration history whenever available. The objective is simple: to recommend objects we would feel confident placing in a project of our own.

No.

Italy is an important part of our network, but we source across Europe and beyond through designers, makers, dealers, fairs, exhibitions, and private collections.

The search follows the object, not national borders.

Not exactly. We have a point of view, but not a house style.

Our focus is on contemporary design, vintage pieces, and studio craft that stand the test of time and everyday life. Every recommendation begins with the needs of the project rather than our personal preferences.

Our work is best suited to boutique residential and hospitality projects where individual objects play an important role in shaping the overall interior.

While every search is different, we are generally most valuable where thoughtful sourcing and access to exceptional objects can meaningfully contribute to the finished space.

In some cases, yes.

We maintain relationships with a number of designers, makers, galleries, and dealers whose work we admire and regularly follow. Many of these can be found in the Designers and Selections sections of our site.

However, our primary responsibility is to the project itself. Recommendations are made based on suitability rather than representation, and our searches typically extend beyond the people and objects featured on this site.

No.

While many projects originate through interior designers and architects, we also work with collectors and private clients.

No.

Working between Milan and Toronto, Ad Origine supports interior design studios across North America.

Most collaboration takes place remotely, allowing us to work on projects regardless of location while maintaining an operational presence in Europe for sourcing, purchasing, and coordination.