LYDIA NICOTERA
CREATIVE BIO:
Lydia Nicotera is a designer that transforms interior spaces into captivating narratives, through a sculptural and form based design style. With a rich understanding of colour theory and an eye for texture and materials, Lydia’s passion for design has become a powerful tool for storytelling. From a young age, her love for creating, imagining and building has fueled a desire to design beautifully crafted environments. Lydia celebrates the interior design process, where a singular idea evolves into a meticulously thought-out, and conceptual space. Her goal is to design environments that are not only memorable but also serve as a backdrop for where memories can be made.
DESIGN STATEMENT:
Fusilli is an Italian-inspired restaurant and bar that captivates guests with a rich fusion of nostalgic experiences, bold material contrasts, and a strikingly unique sculptural interior design. Rooted in childhood memories of vibrant and lively kitchens where the sounds of conversations, bubbling pots, and clinking cutlery, were strongly present. Enabled to create an intimate and passionate atmosphere, that aims to transform the restaurant and bar’s rich and immersive ambiance through personal experiences similar to Silvia Colloca’s family connections, warm materiality of medium to dark-toned timbers, handcrafted textiles, and colourful tiles to evoke a sense of comfort. Combined with a contrast of opulence through contemporary and recognisable design forms, and authenticity seen through materiality such as recycled wood, aged metal and worn leather. Ultimately encouraged a design proposal that feels both luxurious and genuine to Italian traditions.
