Four Southwest Florida designers share the objects they can’t get out of their minds—pieces that harness natural materials and biophilic ideas for grounded spaces with verve. For these pros, the best furnishings reveal the character of creation: oxidized iron set into a poised tilt, privet branches shaped into a spare backrest, bronze transformed into blooming vines over 530 hours. Each piece shows how one deliberate choice can transform a space, balancing hard lines, adding interest and bringing in the organic forms that ease the mind.
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Courtesy Gianluca Pacchioni
Collapse by Gianluca Pacchioni, Selected by Fadia Bechara
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Photography by Anna Nguyen
Collapse by Gianluca Pacchioni, Selected by Fadia Bechara
Fadia Bechara—the founder of Galleria Shoppes at Vanderbilt’s biophilic decor boutique, At Faro—looks for pieces with emotional gravity. Gianluca Pacchioni’s Collapse shelves fit that instinct: oxidized-iron plates are welded into a tilted, near-toppling stack that she says feels suspended between strength and surrender. Every turned edge and oxidation mark reflects the Milanese artisan’s hand, giving the work a grounded warmth unusual for metal. “The oxidation softens the piece,” Bechara says. gianluca-pacchioni.com
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Fiorita Chair by Giuseppe Rivadossi, Selected by Mariah Landry
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Marian Larey HOME 2026
Fiorita Chair by Giuseppe Rivadossi, Selected by Mariah Landry
For Fort Myers’ Viva Landscapes founder Mariah Landry, the best design carries the imprint of the natural world. The Fiorita chair does so literally and poetically, with a solid block of maple carved into a seat and a backrest shaped from two bare privet branches. Northern Italian sculptor Giuseppe Rivadossi works alongside his sons, passing down his reverence for raw wood. “You can tell right away that someone put a lot of time and effort into it—and stretched their creativity to its fullest potential,” Landry says. habito-gr.com
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Courtesy Anka
Magnolia Cabinet by Anka, selected by Lisa Kahn-Allen
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Lisa Kahn-Allen HOME 2026
Magnolia Cabinet by Anka, selected by Lisa Kahn-Allen
Naples designer Lisa Kahn-Allen spends her days creating sanctuary spaces, where nature and interior life blur. It tracks that the piece she can’t stop thinking about looks like it’s covered in flowers frozen mid-bloom. Starting with a wood carcass, the Magnolia Cabinet gains its bronze presence through a liquid-metal coating that’s carved, distressed and buffed into vines and blossoms, taking more than 530 hours of work for a commission. “It is the antithesis of mass-created,” she says. ankabespoke.co.uk
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Pendants by Naomi Paul, selected by Jenn Zella HOME 2026
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Courtesy Naomi Paul/Nick Rochowski
Pendants by Naomi Paul, selected by Jenn Zella
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Pendants by Naomi Paul, selected by Jenn Zella
Naomi Paul’s crocheted pendants bring the softness Jenn Zella of Naples’ CID Design Group seeks for her wellness-minded interiors. With its bulb concealed behind layers of Egyptian cotton, the fixture emits a gentle, even light. “Chandeliers can be glary,” Zella says. “I love that hers creates a diffused glow.” Paul learned the fiber craft from her mother and studied weaving at Chelsea College of Arts before opening her East London studio in 2012. Each made-to-order pendant requires up to 60 hours of crocheting, shaping and steaming. “A lot of people have imitated her now, but she is the original,” Zella adds. naomipaul.co.uk