Antonio Marras presents at Fuorisalone 2026 “PicNic at Le Vasche di Ciu’ Peppì”, an immersive narrative that weaves together fashion, design, art, and memory, deeply rooted in the landscapes of Sardinia. Within the spaces of NonostanteMarras in Milan, a multisensory journey takes shape, transforming the Sardinian coastline into an environment composed of colors, materials, and layered storytelling. Installations, furnishings, and decorated surfaces construct a landscape where elements appear to emerge naturally among rocks and sunlight: seating, sofas, and tables by Antonio Marras + Nodo Italia, together with basins, floors, and columns, interact as organic presences. Hospitality becomes an integral part of the narrative through the Temporary Bistrot & Restaurant, where contemporary cuisine is reinterpreted, turning the convivial moment into an extension of the experience.
The project unfolds as a poetic evocation of the road between Alghero and Bosa, a landscape suspended between volcanic rock and open sea, where wind, salt, and light define an intense sensory identity. Reaching Le Vasche di Ciu’ Peppì becomes a ritual rather than a journey: a demanding descent through Mediterranean scrub and rugged paths leading to natural pools of still, crystal-clear water, where effort turns into reward and beauty reveals itself in its most authentic form. Colors ignite in a vibrant palette—orange, ruby red, lime yellow, deep blue, and the green of the rocks—creating a visual kaleidoscope that runs throughout the entire project.
This narrative opens up to a collective dimension, where the picnic becomes a shared ritual made of encounters, gestures, and intertwined visions. The collaboration with Nodo Italia introduces the AL CANTAR outdoor collection-sofa, ottoman, table, and armchair-designed to combine aesthetics, performance, and sustainability, with elements that appear shaped by the same natural forces of sun and salt.
Surfaces reinterpret space as an interior landscape, while the basins emerge as scenographic volumes immersed in an intense chromatic palette. Materials, colors, and flavors – from bottarga to myrtle, to wine – create a continuity between visual perception and sensory experience.
A further narrative layer takes shape in the Domus of Roses and Books, where Marras introduces a poetic dialogue between Sardinian myth and literary imagination, embodied in the contemporary figure of the Jana reading Pride and Prejudice, blending the rugged strength of the island with the introspective elegance of English literature. This encounter between worlds becomes a metaphor for the entire project: a space where nature and artifice, past and present, material and narrative coexist and enrich one another.
As light fades, the atmosphere grows denser and more evocative: enameled iron chandeliers descend like suspended presences, while a more austere and architectural space pays homage to Auguste Perret, introducing a solid pause within the fluid narrative.
