Nerosicilia 1669 Square lava stone table

Lava stone square table from the 1669 collection, designed by BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group in 2026 for Nerosicilia.‎ 1669 is an exclusive new project born in collaboration with the international studio BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group.‎ The project stems from a shared research platform: a mutual interest in natural materials and their expressive potential when observed and worked with an innovative and contemporary approach.‎ The collection features dining and coffee tables crafted from lava stone, which celebrates this natural material in its most authentic and raw form.‎ The name references the eruption of 1669, which gave rise to the stone used in their making.‎ The collection is the result of a creative process in which the stone is transformed solely through its intrinsic physical properties and the power of heat, without the use of glues, metals, or binders.‎ During the experimentation phase, a fascinating phenomenon emerged: when exposed to extreme temperatures, lava stone tends to revert to lava, losing its geometry to take on new, fluid, and unpredictable forms.‎ This reaction inspired the design of 1669: originally conceived with a circular top, the project now evolves through an expansion of the collection that also introduces new square and rectangular geometries.‎ The cylinder is hollowed out internally through coring, and the removed mass becomes the support for fusing the top.‎ During firing, the top softens and conforms to the shape beneath it, creating a living, organic surface that seems to have just emerged from the volcano itself.‎ The result is a furnishing piece that becomes sculpture, a synthesis of craftsmanship, ingenuity, and the poetry of matter.‎ 1669 is a tribute to the memory of fire, a design exercise that honors and enhances the essence of lava stone.‎ 1669 is an invitation to look at matter with new eyes, to rediscover in its millennia-old silence a contemporary voice.‎ It is a project born from fire, shaped over time, and presented as a living memory of the Earth.‎