A communicator and an artist
Panta Rhei Wedding is a wedding design and planning studio in Catania, Sicily, founded in 2006 by Luca Melilli and Franco Cannata. Luca, a wedding designer who studied tourism business economics, leads client relationships and organisation. Franco is the floral designer and scenographer who gives each project its look. They describe the studio as an exchange between a communicator and a free-spirited artist.
Listening first
Every project starts with listening to the couple. Ideas, drawings and scenography follow, then the choice of flowers, fabrics, materials, lighting and furnishings. The studio looks after the whole event, from the first meeting through execution to logistics, with a creative hub in Sicily that holds antique pieces, candelabra, fabrics and handmade objects.
Sicilian in setting, cinematic in mood
Past events include long candlelit tables in historic tonnaras, ceremonies on the beach with draped canopies, lawn receptions under festoon lights in Taormina, castle dinners with red linens and receptions in frescoed baroque rooms. Palettes range from lemon and white to deep red, orange and black, always built around flowers and light.
Beyond weddings
The studio also designs private parties, corporate events and television projects across Italy, and set up the gala dinners held in Taormina during the G7 summit of 26 and 27 May 2017. It teaches too: its Wedding Design Course brings aspiring designers and wedding professionals to Catania for practical and theoretical training. Fees are quoted for each event.
