Design Study — Transparency by the Sea

Design Study — Transparency by the Sea

Every collection begins with exploration.

Before materials become products, they exist as ideas — tested through sketches, prototypes and observations of the landscape that inspired them.

This study explores one simple question.

How little structure is needed before an object almost disappears within its surroundings?

Along the Mediterranean coast, light constantly changes the appearance of every material. Stone becomes warmer, the sea shifts between turquoise and deep blue, and even shadows remain soft beneath the open sky.

Transparency offers a different response to this landscape.

Rather than adding another visual element to the beach, clear structures allow the horizon, the sea and the light to remain the focus. The supporting elements become almost invisible, leaving only fabric, shade and open space.

The result feels surprisingly calm.

Light continues to pass through the structure. Reflections change throughout the day. Depending on the angle of the sun, the supports almost disappear against the landscape.

This concept was developed as a design study rather than a production model.

Its purpose was not to replace natural materials, but to explore how different materials influence the perception of space, light and openness.

For Maliti, every prototype is part of a larger design process.

Some ideas become collections.

Others remain studies that deepen the understanding of proportion, material and the relationship between an object and its surroundings.

The transparent structure became one of those explorations.

A quiet experiment showing that sometimes the strongest design is the one that almost disappears.