DE CASTELLI: MATERIAL THINKING SINCE FOUR GENERATIONS
Faithful to its decision to reinstate the special role of metal in design and experimentation, De Castelli infuses artisan ideas and workmanship into industrial processes, leading to entirely original results.
Lagoon, forest, ocean and verdigris are the four different shades created by De Castelli for the new DeNuance finishing realized on copper surfaces. Light blue and green in infinite variations, inspired by nature and its elements. DROPS coffee tables feature a tabletop that seems to reflect the “shape” of water, alive and never the same. Through the expertise of skilled craftsmen, fire becomes a powerful tool able to create unpredictable effects and shades on metals, which reveal their strong artistic expressiveness.
De Castelli, Baia
De Castelli, Drops
Folding metal to adorn architectural space requires knowledge and love for the material and its expressive potentialities, as well as great creativity and continuous technological research. De Castelli’s identity is to experiment with metal and explore the full potential of its variations and permutations. The encounter with design inspires an approach to materials founded upon respect for their potential, be it hidden or obvious, which emerges slowly in a collection of pieces that, despite being part of a series, remain unique. Each object, even in the repetition of form, is a creative act in and of itself, one that incorporates a heritage of constantly evolving expertise and research.
The equation that relegates ‘cold’ metals to the margins of furnishing projects is thus overturned, bringing steel, brass and copper, in their infinite variations and finishes, to the centre of an entirely renewed stage, allowing them to finally shine with their own light.