WHEN INSPIRATION BECOMES STYLE
Breccia Sarda, Over time, Stone Age. Three collections that reveal, through material, the soul of Sio Design. To try to capture that soul, you have to travel through a Sardinia both real and dreamed, where Franco Sio's poetics originate, all the way to Milan and Sicily, the places where inspiration becomes style.
Breccia Sarda
More than a collection, a formative journey between ancient myths and modern design, following in the footsteps of extraordinary artists and sculptors, to whom the collection is dedicated. Sio Design and Pier Francesco Mele hand-transform veined, clouded, pearl and snowflake marble into unique pieces, made only to order.
Seating that adds the allure of sculpture to functionality.
Vases and floorings with unmistakably Mediterranean forms, reinterpreted in a contemporary key and combined with the most elegant culture of living.
Over time
Forms and suggestions in marble and iron by Studio Mamo
The second collection is the story of a project born from the meeting with Studio Mamo, a team of designers and interior designers from Milan, the city where Franco Sio has lived for 35 years.
“I have learned and continue to learn a great deal from this city, whose ability to stimulate the exchange of ideas and sense of challenge I love”.
The setting for Over time was a fascinating artist's atelier in a period building in Milan's Brera district. The protagonists: a large table in marble and wrought iron, coffee tables, tall sculpted marble vases and samples of mosaic floor patterns. Limited-edition creations only.
Stone Age by Samuele Mazza
This collection, in which Sio Design collaborates with Samuele Mazza – artist, writer, fashion designer and designer of many talents – is no longer based on marble, but on stone. No longer Sardinia, but Sicily, which has meanwhile become Franco Sio's new chosen land.
“To renew the work and renew myself, I chose Noto stone. A material that absorbs light: in the morning it is white and at sunset it is golden. A magic that enchants and binds you”.
And here, stone is like fabric. It is found everywhere, worked in countless ways, artisanal or industrial, ancient and modern.
A magic made essentially of versatility.
From the grand portals of patrician palazzi to the dry-stone walls marking out country estates, in harmony with nature and with the animals.
Sio Design creates portals, seating, tables, lamps, washbasins, fireplaces – anything you might ask of its art. Classic pieces. Modern pieces. Always unique pieces.
Published in OnlyONE Magazine #6