Studio Le Nid for De Ferranti
Heritage. Craft. Storytelling in Ceramic and Glaze.
Few ceramic studios in Europe carry a lineage as rich as Studio Le Nid. Born in Sicily and shaped by decades of artistic innovation, their work blends Mediterranean heritage with a modern architectural sensibility.
Through De Ferranti, Le Nid’s handmade surfaces bring together pattern, proportion and narrative - ceramics that do not simply decorate a space, but define it.
The Story
Our relationship with the Messina family began almost 30 years ago, when a chance encounter at an Italian trade fair became a lifelong collaboration and friendship.
At the heart of this story is Barbaro Messina, a master ceramicist whose vision shaped Studio Le Nid and left a lasting mark on Italian and European ceramic culture.
His work was never “just tile”, but storytelling in clay and glaze - rooted in Sicily’s heritage, rich with mythology, folklore and sacred geometry, and expressed with a modern vitality.
Craft & Culture
Barbaro’s gift was his rare ability to combine rigorous craftsmanship with a vivid imagination.
Surfaces became canvases. Tiles became murals. Architecture became the vessel for narrative.
Studio Le Nid grew into more than a workshop. It became a cultural beacon, producing distinctive ceramics alongside a philosophy of artistry - where proportion, rhythm and meaning are designed into every piece, not applied as decoration.
The Messina Legacy
Today, Barbaro’s son, Vincenzo Messina, carries the legacy forward.
Vincenzo preserves the soul of Le Nid - the hand, the eye, the discipline - while responding to the demands of contemporary interiors and architectural specification.
Under his guidance, the studio continues to thrive, balancing tradition with experimentation, deep heritage with modern vision, and artisanal process with architectural performance.
The De Ferranti Collaboration
What began as a chance meeting has become decades of trust.
Our partnership with Studio Le Nid is not merely professional - it is personal. Their Sicilian studio brings to life ceramic surfaces that sit naturally within the De Ferranti world: layered, storied, intelligent and unmistakably handmade.
Studio Le Nid are also the makers behind the Neisha Crosland collections for De Ferranti, translating pattern into clay, glaze and architectural surface with their distinctive ceramic artistry.
DE FERRANTI
South Park Studios - Suite 10
88 Peterborough Road, London SW6 3HH
United Kingdom