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Sikelia – From the Earth of Sicily, Matter Transforms into Art and Design

On December 3, at the Paola Lenti Miami by Casual showroom in Wynwood, the exhibition Sikelia – From the Earth of Sicily, Matter Transforms into Art and Design will open to the public, remaining on view until December 13.

The event celebrates ten years of creative dialogue between Paola Lenti and artist Marella Ferrera a collaboration built on shared experimentation and research around material and colour.

From this partnership was born Sciara, a material made from lava stone and glass fused together through fire: a perfect embodiment of Paola Lenti’s creative philosophy — transforming natural matter into durable design surfaces that reveal the energy and depth of their origin.

Archive, art, and new creations

For this special occasion, Marella Ferrera opens her historical archive, which preserves a unique collection of garments inspired by Sicily. Created between 1993 and 2000, these one-of-a-kind, unconventional pieces transform elements of the Sicilian land into textural and sculptural garments, offering visitors an immersive experience where fashion, art, and design intertwine harmoniously.

The exhibition unfolds among imposing panels clad in new Sciara finishes, created especially to celebrate this important anniversary.

“My collaboration with Paola Lenti,” says Marella Ferrera, “gave me the opportunity to translate my textile vision into living spaces, exploring the vast surfaces of domestic environments and investigating color as I could never have done alone.”

“Mare di Sicilia,” the Special Edition designed to celebrate 10 years of Sciara

Coinciding with the exhibition, Paola Lenti will present a special edition of the Sciara table named Mare di Sicilia: an art piece composed of three three-meter tables joined to form a single surface that evokes the transparencies and colors of the sea surrounding the Aeolian Islands — volcanic lands with almost black, lava-formed seabeds. Like a snorkeling journey, the nine-meter span of the tables reveals — through fused glass — the transparent waters that stir the fine, pale sand typical of the Agrigento coast. Continuing this exploration, one reaches pebble shores where the sea deepens into saturated greens that fade into turquoise and, ultimately, into an increasingly impenetrable blue.

Alma, the seating system designed by Francisco Gómez Paz and premiered at the Milano Design Week 2025, is among the winners of the Archiproducts Design Awards 2025.

Honored by the international jury for its innovative concept, essential design and sustainable approach, Alma features a steel structure paired with an elastic, draining open-weave cover that offers support, comfort, and fast drying times.

This solution has made it possible to completely eliminate polyurethane from the load-bearing structure of the seats, contributing to a reduced environmental impact.

Completed by seat pads, cushions, and quilted overlays—padded with recycled and biodegradable polyester fibre and upholstered in Paola Lenti’s signature fabrics and colours—Alma combines innovation, aesthetics, sustainability, and extensive possibilities for customization: core values that define the brand’s identity

Hanging bookcases, enamelled decorated tables, seats made of innovative polymers or eco-compatible fabrics.

Paola Lenti’s showroom in Meda (via Po 100 A) is completely renovated and opens its doors to the Supersalone, the special edition of Salone del Mobile 2021. An amazing reinterpretation through colours, materials, new collections.

The large spaces overlooking the garden of the location seem to be drawn to allow nature to enter into the house, contaminating with its reflections and its nuances – greens, blues, yellows – furniture and furnishings designed for the interiors, creating a dialogue and a game of windows that breaks down the “walls” between indoor and outdoor.

In Paola Lenti’s mental geography, the home appears as a welcoming and gentle place, lively and open to the outdoors, with a sophisticated elegance, never over the top.

Tradition and research go together and blend with unexpected effects: the texture of the new tables in enamelled volcanic lava, which tell about an ancient wisdom, the pop transparencies of the innovative Twiggy yarn that talk about the new choices of sustainability and respect for the environment.

In the garden that surrounds the showroom, next to iconic pieces of the company such as Harbour, the modular sofa awarded with the Red Dot Award 2021, are the new collections such as Eres: sofas, chaise longue and outdoor beds in natural and eco-friendly fabrics, with soft and restful colours. Easily convertible into indoor complements, with a pleasant cocoon effect.   

Giancarlo Morelli, Michelin-one star chef and owner of the Bulk restaurant and the Bulk Mixology Bar in Milan (via Aristotile Fioravanti 4) to furnish the exterior of his restaurant has chosen chairs, tables and sofas by Paola Lenti in different shades and materials, with a fairy-tale effect deliberately contrasting with the “male” sobriety of the interiors.

“A sort of colourful forest that brings back to childhood” explains the chef. “The side that I most feel my own”

Salvioni’s terraces

Three ways to see the terrace, three atmospheres created with different furniture and colours. Paola Lenti illustrates her vision of greenery in the city with an installation in Salvioni’s showroom (via Durini 3 Milan). Three terraces overlooking the inner courtyard of the store, each one level, as if they were coloured snapshots that, going up the beautiful ancient staircase, finally create a panoramic view.

The “garden terrace” on the first floor plays with the green shades: a place sheltered by parasols (Ombra collection) and dedicated to relax (Ami armchairs). A few steps, and a blue oasis appears – a city-graceful style – with cosy armchairs (Nido collection), and glazed tables (Sciara).

On the third floor, where the view extends beyond the roofs, visitors will find the new Eres collection. Designed for outdoor use, but with its natural fabrics and the soothing tones of ecru, sage and dust, it pleasantly creeps into the interior spaces, occupying the volumes with the maxi sofa Frei and the clean lines of Vespucci furniture (armchairs and sofas). A natural chill-out room (raw linen, hemp delavé, bamboo and natural woods characterize the furniture), away from the buzz of the “Supersalone”.