Paola Navone’s Sahara Fireplace Cladding for MCZ

Paola Navone’s Sahara Fireplace Cladding for MCZ

MCZ recently recruited none other than the fabulous and iconic Paola Navone to create Sahara fireplace cladding—specifically designed for the company’s Vivo 90 Pellet and Vivo 90 Wood fireplaces.

MCZ Fireplace Cladding production shot with Paola Navone examining prototype in warehouse with three men standing around

For Navone, this was her first foray into fireplace heating, a task she relished: “What fascinates me about fire is its universal connection with people everywhere and through all ages. That is why I was interested in the experience of ‘clothing’ it with my contemporary and slightly nomadic approach to design.”

MCZ Sahara Fireplace Cladding shown in gray around inset fireplace in living room with Southwest decor

Nomadic is perhaps an appropriate word here, as Navone chose to utilize a material and technique inspired by her journeys throughout Africa, Asia, and the Middle East: “Zellije” is a traditional hand-pressed Moroccan tile, known for its non-uniform quality and the uneven texture and surface of each individual tile.

MCZ Sahara Fireplace Cladding detail around inset fireplace in gray

The medium gives Sahara a rustic quality that’s apropos for a fireplace surround. The glazing also offers an iridescent, otherworldly quality that suggests the mysteries of creation—very like the iconic signification of fire.

MCZ Sahara Fireplace Cladding shown around inset fireplace in living room in white

To find out more about Sahara, see MCZ.

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