Indoor tile ORIGAMI

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Paola Lenti uses sheets of nerosicilia volcanic stone as if they were primary elements, respecting their inherent qualities and celebrating their differences, and turns the stone into Origami, an innovative new flooring. The stone is decorative by its very nature, simply because each sheet is different from the next due to the varied type of processing to each. The sheets are adapted to become a floor covering by using a precise pattern to cut the untreated stone into tiles and inlaying polished volcanic stone in a geometric tessellation. The inspiration for the compositions and modularity of the tiles has a subtle Japanese feel and echoes a design dear to the artistic sensibility of Paola Lenti, who, in Origami, wanted to preserve the character of the material and aimed to heighten the vibrant color that the material displays through the handling that never sacrifices its essential natural qualities. As we already witnessed in the design of the Sciara tables, Paola Lenti and nerosicilia have brought together their specific and remarkable ability to give life to something new. In this case, Paola Lenti’s creative concept is applied to a material that nerosicilia processes in order to lend the most appropriate result.