When Elena Salmistraro steps into the same creative orbit as the Lamborghini Fenomeno, the result is pure design electricity.
In Lamborghini’s latest film, “Sculpting the Soul,” Automobili Lamborghini pairs one of Italy’s most expressive contemporary designers with its most extreme V12 creation to date. The concept is simple: place a master of color, geometry and texture in front of a machine that pushes the brand’s design DNA to its outer limits, and watch the reaction.
Salmistraro, globally recognized for her bold artistic language across interiors, collectible design and large-scale installations, describes her encounter with the Fenomeno as visceral and wordless.
“Design for me is energy and life,” she says. “Everything begins with a gesture on paper. Around Fenomeno, there are no words. I want to touch it, its lines, its surfaces, the interior. Materials like carbon fiber demand a tactile response.”
A Celebration of Lamborghini Design Heritage
The Fenomeno isn’t just another limited-run special. It marks 20 years of the Lamborghini Centro Stile and two decades since the debut of Lamborghini’s first modern few-off, the Lamborghini Reventón.
True to its name, “phenomenon” in Italian, the Fenomeno amplifies Lamborghini’s signature visual language: sharp geometric surfacing, aggressive Y-shaped lighting signatures, and hexagonal motifs that echo throughout the body and cabin. It’s an unapologetic celebration of form and drama.
Under the sculpted carbon-fiber skin sits the most powerful V12 ever fitted to a Lamborghini, paired with electric motors for a combined output of 1,080 CV. Production is capped at just 29 units, all of which are already spoken for.
Design Meets Emotion
For Salmistraro, the Fenomeno is more than numbers and aero. It’s about identity.
“It’s something you cannot ignore,” she explains. “At every angle, you see its personality. The way color interacts with geometric surfaces, it’s authentically Lamborghini.”
The collaboration highlights something supercar fans know well: beyond horsepower figures and Nürburgring times, cars like the Fenomeno are emotional objects. They are rolling sculptures, expressions of culture, technology and mythology in motion.
With Sculpting the Soul, Lamborghini reinforces that its flagship creations are not just engineered, they are designed to provoke, to inspire and, above all, to stir something deeper.
And judging by Salmistraro’s reaction, the Fenomeno does exactly that, check out the film below:
