Where Coastal Waters Meet the Lanai: GANDIABLASCO & Diabla

Along the coastal shorelines of Florida, the outdoor room is the room we use most. The lanai, the pool deck and the rooftop terrace host morning coffee, long dinners and late conversations nearly year-round. Furnishing them well takes more than good looks: pieces have to handle sun, salt air and sudden storms while still feeling like an extension of the home.

Few makers understand that balance like the Gandia Blasco Group. The family company from Ontinyent, near Valencia Spain, began its outdoor furniture story in 1996, when José A. Gandía-Blasco Canales set out to furnish his own summer house in Ibiza with pieces that suited the landscape. That project became GANDIABLASCO, the group's architectural outdoor brand. Its sister label DIABLA brings a younger, more colorful voice. Both are rooted in aluminum, Mediterranean light and a belief that outdoor spaces deserve the same design care as interiors.

Here are the collections we're most excited to show you this season.

GANDIABLASCO: Architecture for the outdoors

Solanas

Solanas is the brand's warmest, most sociable collection. Argentinian architect Daniel Germani named it for a beach in Uruguay where he spent childhood summers, and the pieces are built for gathering: rounded sofas, cocoon-like conversation chairs, chaise lounges and dining tables. Aluminum frames pair with perforated sheet metal and porcelain tops and armrests, a low-maintenance combination made for coastal living. Its curves feel relaxed rather than rigid, which makes it a natural fit for a Gulf-front terrace.

Dunne

Japanese-born, New York-based designer Nao Tamura drew Dunne from sand dunes and the shifting line between sea and shore. Extruded aluminum pieces are assembled and welded by hand to create its flowing curvature, so each lounge chair and sofa reads almost like sculpture. The matching coffee table sets a concrete top in off-white, ash or chocolate over a sculpted aluminum base. Dunne earned an Archiproducts Design Award in the outdoor category.

Onde

Italian designer Luca Nichetto built Onde around comfort and hospitality. Its welded aluminum frames are clad in corrugated sheet metal that traces a gentle wave pattern, the source of the name. Deep cushions of polyurethane and memory foam are wrapped in water-repellent Sunbrella or Kvadrat fabrics. With modular sofas, club and lounge chairs, dining chairs and tables, Onde can furnish an entire outdoor living and dining area in one consistent language.

Arco

New for 2026, Arco is José A. Gandía-Blasco Canales' reinterpretation of the classical semicircular arch. The brand's signature straight aluminum lines soften into an embracing curve, and each backrest is punched with triangular motifs inspired by traditional Mediterranean lattice. That screen filters sunlight while keeping the view open. The collection includes 2- and 3-seat sofas, club and lounge chairs, a dining armchair and coffee tables with porcelain tops.

DIABLA's Xaloc, and the tables that complete the scene

Xaloc Sofa

Designed by Héctor Serrano, the Xaloc sofa takes its name from the Mediterranean sirocco wind, and its slender, fluid lines recall early-20th-century Modernist cabinetry. Achieving that delicacy in metal is a feat: the frame combines aluminum casting, injection and extrusion, resulting in a structure that is thin yet strong and fully recyclable. Quick-drying Gravidry foam cushions sit under removable outdoor upholstery. Frames come in 17 colors and cushions in 20 finishes, in 2-seat (59 in wide) and 3-seat (80 in wide) versions. It looks just as at home in a sunroom as on the pool deck.

Isla Dining Table

German designer Sebastian Herkner drew the Isla collection from the irregular outlines of the islands off Spain's coast. The dining table sets a top of warm iroko wood on a powder-coated aluminum base offered in several shades, sized for intimate dinners or larger gatherings. Pair it with Isla's upholstered chairs, or let it anchor a mix of pieces from across the family.

Iris Coffee and Side Tables

Iris is art you can set a drink on. Alejandra Gandía-Blasco, creative director of DIABLA, photographs sunrises and sunsets along different coastlines, then transfers those color studies onto tempered glass through a vitrified digital print. The result glows like stained glass and shifts with the sun. The tables are offered in round and square formats, in cool blues, warm oranges or stormy neutrals. Iris was a 2024 NYCxDesign Awards honoree.

Experience GANDIABLASCO with Home Resource

Photos only go so far with outdoor furniture. You need to sink into a Xaloc cushion, run a hand along Dunne's welded curves and watch light move through an Iris tabletop. Contact our showroom at Home Resource in Sarasota's Rosemary Design District, and our team can guide you though choosing the perfect piece for your space —where material, engineering, and precision come together to support exceptional interior environments.

Chose a next step: 

• Private design consultation for your space or project
• Explore customizable configurations and products
• Recommend specific options for your client
• White glove assistance with look book and technical specifications