Neolitico by Antonio Lupi

The new sculptural sink for antoniolupi

The primordial force of nature, an artistic gesture that transforms marble into a contemporary archetype of design.

With Neolitico, Paolo Ulian continues his personal exploration of the meaning of marks and fractures in matter, for antoniolupi. A freestanding marble sink that celebrates the encounter between human gesture and natural force, where beauty is born from a break, an imperfection, a fracture that becomes both form and narrative.

The basin is carved by hand, evoking the millennia-old action of water on stone: drop after drop, groove after groove.

The result is a raw, intense surface that lays bare the inner essence of the material, in contrast with the perfectly smooth cylindrical exterior, marked only by the marble’s unique veining. A balance between control and unpredictability, precision and spontaneity.

The name Neolitico deliberately recalls the origins of the creative act, when humans first began shaping tools and objects to meet their basic needs, leaving a mark in history. In the same way, this sink evokes a return to essence, to the purity of the material, to the power of the sculptural act.

“I have conveyed to this sink a feeling I get while hiking in the mountains”, says Paolo Ulian, “when I encounter along the way those natural hollows carved into the rock with irregular shapes determined by time and chance. When it rains, they fill with water and for me they become the best sink in which to cool off, because the rock has the power to make me feel good. A presence that has inhabited our DNA since the beginning of time.”

“I chose a geometric shape as simple and perfect as the cylinder,” Ulian continues, “which blends perfectly along the perimeter edges with the irregularity of the split-worked stone bowl. Two contrasting finishes that come together in a casual formal fusion that is precisely why it is perfect”.

Neolitico by Paolo Ulian for antoniolupi is a manifesto of emotional design, capable of merging art, nature and innovation. A timeless object that tells the story of human evolution through the transformation of stone.

Measures: cm ø 45 x 85

Materials:

• Marble: Bianco Carrara, Nero Marquinia, Verde Alpi, Calacatta Viola, Rosso Levanto, Port Laurent, Emperador Grigio Lavico, Bardiglio Nuvolato, Bianco Silver, Collemandina, Grigio Imperiale
• Stone: Pietra Luna