For Brands
Your Design.A New Perspective in Japan.
We introduce distinctive Italian furniture, lighting and design objects to the Japanese market — through thoughtful storytelling, brand visibility and meaningful local connections.
Why Italian design, and why now.
Japan has a deep appreciation for craft, material and considered form — and a growing audience looking beyond familiar names.
Many of Italy’s most original independent brands, designers and workshops are still little known there. We believe their work deserves to be seen, understood and lived with.
RIVONTE exists to make those first introductions with care: presenting each piece in the context of the people, ideas and skills behind it.
Three ways we support your work in Japan.
Brand Visibility
We present your brand and pieces through our website, Instagram and editorial content — written for Japanese audiences, with the care your work deserves.
Local Connections
We aim to connect your work with architects, interior designers, hospitality professionals and private clients in Japan, through thoughtful introductions and opportunities shaped around each project.
Long-term Partnership
We build step by step, at a pace that suits your brand — with the aim of a lasting relationship rather than a single transaction.
A simple, step-by-step approach.
- 01
Understanding
We learn about your brand, your story and your pieces.
- 02
Selection
Together, we choose the works best suited to the Japanese market.
- 03
Storytelling
We introduce your brand and pieces in Japanese, with images and text you approve.
- 04
Connections
We create opportunities to meet potential clients and design professionals.
- 05
Opportunities
We explore collaborations on a project-by-project basis, including existing collections, limited editions and made-to-order pieces, with commercial terms agreed together.
Brands with a point of view.
What matters to us is not size or history, but the work itself: originality of thought, an honest use of material, a considered sense of form, uncompromising quality — and a clear philosophy of design.
We welcome Italian furniture and lighting brands, design studios, independent designers and workshops of every scale who share these values.
We believe each piece deserves its own attention. That is why we focus on a carefully curated selection rather than a broad catalogue.
RIVONTE is an independent and flexible partner at the beginning of its journey, looking for makers who would like to grow with us in Japan.
Read our storyLet’s start a conversation.
If you are an Italian brand, design studio, designer or workshop considering the Japanese market, we would be delighted to hear from you. We would love to learn about your work and explore what we might build together.
Or write to us directly at