
MAXI PEONY
Silk, PVC, travertine
H 150 x 50 cm
2025

Monia Giannini is a designer from the Marche region, a graduate in Fashion Design from IED Rome, with over twenty years of experience in the fashion industry.
She has collaborated with leading Couture and Prêt-à-porter brands, developing a design approach that balances elegance, research, and functionality.
After a long career as a designer and Product Manager, a personal hiatus allowed her to rediscover her creativity in a more intimate and conscious way.
This led to a new path, rooted in the values of sustainability, upcycling, and the transformation of materials.
From this intersection of fashion, art, and interior design, the “Sustainable Flower-Sculpture” project was born: handmade works created from discarded fabrics and reclaimed construction materials. These sculptural flowers transform spaces while telling a story of rebirth.
Inspired by nature and Art Nouveau, Monia creates flowers and installations that blend poetry with formal precision, conveying a message of conscious beauty.
Each creation is a gesture of care, an invitation to slow down, and a way to bring poetry into the spaces we inhabit.
“I create unique works that transform environments into experiences.”

My goal is to bring conscious beauty into everyday life through a design that merges creativity and responsibility.
Every work I create is born from the desire to breathe new life into materials destined for oblivion, transforming what is cast aside into something precious.
Sustainability is the heartbeat of my work: I use reclaimed fabrics, discarded garments, and reclaimed construction materials to create sculptural flowers that tell a story of metamorphosis and rebirth.
I believe that design should go beyond aesthetic form to become a language of change, capable of evoking emotion and inspiring new visions of the world.
Every flower I create is a tribute to nature, a tangible sign of how art can also be ethical.
I invite you to explore this ever-evolving world, where art, design, and sustainability meet to give life to creations that transform both spaces and the people who inhabit them.
“There is immense potential in everything that is discarded.”

A project conceived as an exploration of the flower’s form—not merely as a natural element, but as an archetype of beauty, strength, and transformation.
Through a language that unites craftsmanship, art, and ethical design, Monia Giannini brings to life sculptural flowers crafted from reclaimed fabrics from the worlds of fashion and construction, restoring new substance and meaning to what was destined to disappear.
Each work is an act of balance between manual gesture and contemporary vision, between fragility and formal power.
These botanical sculptures transform space into a sensory and poetic experience, inviting reflection on the relationship between nature and artifice, time and regeneration.
With this project, Monia Giannini builds a bridge between tradition and innovation, between the material sensitivity of craftsmanship and the vision of contemporary design.
Her visual language moves between sustainability, aesthetics, and introspection, creating an emotional dialogue with the space and those who inhabit it.

MAXI PEONY
Silk, PVC, travertine
H 150 x 50 cm
2025

ORCHID TRIO
Cotton, iron, travertine
H 100/130/165 x 30 cm
2024

MAXI PEONY
Silk, PVC, travertine
H 150 x 50 cm
2025

ORCHID TRIO
Cotton, iron, travertine
H 100/130/165 x 30 cm
2024
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Materials: reclaimed cotton, iron, travertine marble
100/130/165 x 30 cm
2024
A trio of oversized orchids immediately catches the eye with its sculptural design and strong material presence. Each flower, handcrafted and hand-painted using reclaimed cotton, interacts with iron stems wrapped in grosgrain and a white travertine marble base, creating a work that transforms the space with timeless elegance.

Materials: reclaimed leather, PVC, cotton tubing
70 x 20 cm
2025
Born of time, not from the earth. These anthuriums do not grow in gardens; they take shape from reclaimed leather—soft and seasoned—handcrafted as unique pieces. Folds, curves, and gentle cuts enhance the flower’s elegance, giving life to a composition that blends nature, design and sustainability.

Material: Leather, PVC, tubular cotton
60 x 11 cm
2025
Seven black calla lilies, hand-carved from recycled leather, are brought to life through upcycling. Their bendable wire stems give each flower a unique shape and character. Arranged in an amphora, they become symbols of sustainable elegance and timeless beauty.

Material: macramé, PVC, cotton tubing
60 x 11 cm
2024
From an old piece of macramé, three calla lilies take shape, following the natural lines of the lace and woven onto a branch with a rough texture. Set within an amphora, they become an interior decorative piece that combines design, craftsmanship and sustainability in a delicate and timeless visual narrative.

Material: leather, PVC, cotton tubing
50 x 12 cm
2025
The rose, a symbol of beauty and transformation, takes shape from discarded fabric. From an old shirt, unique white roses are born, where stitching and the signs of ageing become a source of beauty. A sculptural flower, blending sustainable design with contemporary elegance, with hints of Art Nouveau.

Material: leather suede, PVC, tubular cotton
50 x 12 cm
2025
The leather rose: a sustainable work of art, not just a decorative flower. From a discarded suede skirt emerges a unique rose, where signs of wear and stitching become part of its character. Each petal tells a story of transformation: from a forgotten object to a timeless design.


Material: silk, PVC, tubular cotton
45 x 15 cm
2025
From a silk blouse left untouched, a rose emerges that never fades. Stitching, hems and details remain visible as traces of the past. Handcrafted to follow the fabric’s natural drape, it becomes a flower of memory: a poetic act of upcycling that transforms emotional value into imperfect beauty.

Material: vein structures of leaves real + gauze cotton, PVC, tubular cotton
50 x 10 cm
2024
A bouquet of lilies as a symbol of rebirth and hope. The petals, constructed from skeletons of real leaves and gauze made a14> cotton shaped and painted by hand, tell the story of the strength of that which endures and transforms itself. A tribute to resilience, an invitation to recognise the beauty even in the most fragile aspects of life.

Materiale: scheletri di foglie vere + garze cotone, Pvc, tubolari cotone
70 x 25 cm
2024
The poinsettia begins as a sculpture of matter and light. The petals, crafted from the veins of real leaves and cotton medical gauze, combine fragility and strength. White, with crystal pistils and sculptural stems, it becomes a new icon, suspended between tradition and artistic expression.

Material: crochet doily + canvas cotton, PVC, tubular yarn poly-cotton
140 x 30 cm
2024
A forgotten crochet centrepiece is given a new lease of life through upcycling. The pointed pattern inspires the petals, which are shaped and reinforced with cotton, whilst a fringe trim forms the heart of the flower. A household object is transformed into a contemporary piece that preserves memory, beauty and history.

Material: satin, macramé, PVC, tubular fabric poly-cotton
180 x 25 cm – flower 210 x 100 cm – mirror
2025
Flowers that do not belong to any species, but evoke atmospheres of an exotic nature. Made from black recycled satin, macramé and pistils in viscose, they are woven onto a vintage mirror from the 1960s. Inspired by Art Nouveau, the work becomes a sculpture of the contemporary era in which the past and reinvention engage in a dialogue.

Materials: reclaimed wool lace and fringes + cotton canvas, PVC, polycotton tubular
150 x 30 cm -flower- 172 x 37 x 37 cm -coat rack-
2025
White anemones take shape from a recycled wool lace, whose fringes become light, dynamic pistils. The sinuous stems, inspired by Art Nouveau style, are grafted onto a vintage 1960s coat rack transformed into a structural base. A sculptural piece of furniture that combines memory, elegance and sustainability.

Materials: reclaimed satin, macramé, PVC, multilayer pipes, cotton tubes
180 x 25 cm – flower – 200 x 120 cm – structure –
2025
A closed arch becomes an imaginative gateway. Inspired by Art Nouveau stained glass windows, the installation intertwines evocative flowers made from reclaimed materials with a custom-made structure. A dialogue between architecture and matter that transforms the space through a contemporary artistic and design gesture.

Materials: reclaimed satin, wood, PVC, tubular cotton, grey sandstone
180 x 35 cm
2024
Maxi peony entirely handcrafted from reclaimed materials. The regenerated black satin petals and the slender stem interact with a painted grey sandstone base. An upcycling project that transforms forgotten materials into a sculptural, sustainable and high-impact interior design element.

Materials: faux leather, multilayer pipe, tubular cotton
300 x 60 cm
2025
A maxi hibiscus is born from a pair of worn faux leather trousers: a flower-sculpture that transforms discarted material into a scenic presence. Hand-painted, shapeble petals and a textured pistil bring to life an upcycling work that dominates the space with strength, elegance and modernity.

Materials: silk, multilayer pipe, gold lurex tubular, Travertine marble
150 x 50 cm
2025
The purple maxi peony in born from a silk organza underskirt destined to be discarted, becoming a monumental flower-sculpture. Silk organza petals—hand-cut, sewn, shaped and painted—are grafted onto a flexible stem and a reclaimed travertine marble base. An upcycling work that combines elegance, memory, and a commanding stage presence.
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