from vitruvius to scarpa, florim & nicola gallizia reawaken italy’s architecture with rinascenza

florim collaborates with Nicola Gallizia for rinascenza

Rinascenza marks the 2025 collaboration between Florim and Milan-based designer Nicola Gallizia. Presented as a contemporary homage to Italy’s architectural and artistic heritage, the collection reinterprets centuries of material culture through refined design and advanced manufacturing. Developed at Florim’s Italian facilities, Rinascenza merges craftsmanship, technological innovation, and sustainability, embodying a shared vision of architecture as both memory and modernity.

Florim and Nicola Gallizia celebrate italian architecture with the Rinascenza collection | all images courtesy of Florim

NICOLA GALLIZIA Design Studio is a Milan-based design atelier founded and led by Nicola Gallizia, specializing in interior design, product development, and creative direction for leading Italian and international brands. With a refined and contemporary approach, the brand blends material research, cultural references, and visual harmony to create projects rooted in emotional resonance and formal clarity.

Over the years, Gallizia has collaborated with prestigious companies including Molteni&C, Dada, Vaselli, and now with Italian surface design leader, Florim, to craft a collection where storytelling and design are perfectly balanced. 

Rinascenza explores the culture of building as both memory and modern design

Gallizia describes Rinascenza as ‘a tribute to the culture of building, a civic, aesthetic, and enduring act.’ The collection is a dialogue between past and present, exploring the expressive potential of surfaces as cultural language where each element revisits the essence of Italian architecture, from the sandstone of Roman arenas to the geometric rationalism of the twentieth century. Through this conceptual framework, the project invites reflection on proportion, harmony, and the continuity of design across time.

From Vitruvius and Palladio to Borromini and Carlo Scarpa, every surface tells a story drawn from Italy’s architectural lineage. The textures evoke monumental stone, mosaic artistry, golden reflections, and structural order, while the collection’s poetic balance of tones and proportions underlines Gallizia’s hallmark precision: essential forms, tactile depth, and a subtle dialogue between light and material.

modulo channels italian rationalism with clean lines and balanced structure

Arena recalls the sandstone of Roman amphitheaters, conveying warmth and strength, as Tesserae, inspired by cork and mosaic pavements, celebrates rhythmic pattern and craft. Meanwhile, Modulo reimagines cork in clean, rationalist geometry, while Basamento revisits ceppo lombardo, a stone synonymous with Milanese architecture, now rendered in warm, contemporary tones. Together, they form a visual anthology that bridges centuries of aesthetic evolution.

Echoing Florim’s long-standing environmental commitment, Rinascenza is produced within facilities that recycle all water and raw materials and recover fired waste. As a Benefit Corporation and B Corp–certified company, Florim generates up to 100% of its energy requirements from renewable sources. This sustainable framework ensures that the collection honors the past while contributing to a more conscious and responsible future.

basamento revisits ceppo lombardo, expressing strength in warm earthy tones

sustainability drives the surface collection, produced with full recycling of water and waste

tesserae recalls mosaic pavements, transforming cork into rhythmic geometry

each surface is a narrative, where the material becomes a vessel for cultural memory

from roman arenas to modern interiors, Rinascenza bridges centuries of form

advanced color-matched bodies ensure visual continuity and refined precision

project info:

name: Rinascenza

company: Florim | @florim_ceramiche

design: NICOLA GALLIZIA Design Studio

range: Arena; Tesserae; Modulo; Basamento 

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