DE CASTELLI "HARD COUTURE"

Luxurious to the eye, original to the touch, changing its appearance at different times of the day and in various lights, ageless, indestructible, and in a nearly unimaginably wide range of colors, textures, and finishes. The Italian brand DE CASTELLI, discovered by the design store MONOBRAND for Czech and Slovak customers, brings a touch of metal into interiors in a way that you may not have even imagined, elevating the use of metal in interior design to almost celestial heights.

DE CASTELLI is a family business whose founders decided to elevate the specific role of metal in interior design. For four generations, its founders and owners have experimented and come up with new and fresh ways of working with metals while also infusing the craftsmanship's art and ideas. They approach the material with respect and reverence, not trying to reshape it but rather uncovering its potential for all admirers, whether obvious or hidden at first glance. The results of their work are difficult to describe in words. They are surprising, truly original, and indeed hard to imagine. Nothing like this is what you ever expected from metal.

“When I first encountered some pieces from DE CASTELLI, I was flabbergasted.” shares Katrin Grund, founder and owner of the design store MONOBRAND, about her first impressions. “DE CASTELLI not only manufactures some standalone furniture pieces from metal, which wouldn't be that revolutionary, but they literally dress individual pieces of furniture or interior components in metal! Their slogan HARD COUTURE is therefore more than fitting.” Katrin Grund smiles. “You can cover a kitchen island, staircase, doors, facade… almost everything you can imagine with metal.” explains Katrin Grund.

It can be argued that in recent years, architects and designers have often used metal in interiors, enjoying it, and the results are beautiful. This is certainly true, but let's admit that most of them work with metal mostly in details, and they often stick to subdued colors: black or cool shades of gray. Warm golden or copper tones are rather the exception, most often appearing only as small accents in the interior. The range of materials, colors, surfaces, patterns, and textures that DE CASTELLI brings to interiors, in contrast, is immensely wide. DE CASTELLI reverses the norm that sidelines "cold" metals to the periphery of the furniture industry and instead brings iron, brass, copper, and other metallic materials in their endless variations and finishes to the forefront and into the spotlight, allowing them to finally shine in their own light.

Metal Furniture and Cladding Systems

Equipping a couch or chair with metal legs and details is not such a revolutionary idea, but the resulting look of these furniture pieces from DE CASTELLI still delights the design lovers' eye. Much more original are the fully metal furniture pieces, such as tables, cabinets, bookshelves, and large wardrobes. The overall tuning of the final interior is supported by light fixtures, mirror frames, vases, or planters made in the same spirit. What will surprise you about all the metal materials used is the bold palette of colors, finishes, or engraved patterns.

Truly generous are the large-format cladding systems in the interior, which again showcase the natural as well as the human-created beauty of metal in their unmistakable way. The striking metamorphic abilities of metal create their own stylistic patterns even on the simplest monochromatic surfaces. The wall cladding options offered by DE CASTELLI systems ensure a range of highly original and flexible compositional solutions. DE CASTELLI's metal cladding systems consist of panels of various sizes, are fully customizable, and allow architects maximum compositional freedom. Whether with the natural charm of lightly patinated metal or with the refined beauty of metallic mosaic, you can enhance surfaces of any size with DE CASTELLI's cladding systems.

“In this regard, Italians are simply unbeatable in the field of interior or even industrial design.” reflects Katrin Grund. “They always manage to bring something more, come up with something that leaves the rest of the world in silent amazement. Just look at the automotive industry: how many iconic models in terms of appearance and body design have brands like Ferrari or Alfa Romeo been able to bring throughout history. And when you walk through the DE CASTELLI showroom, a similar feeling creeps into your heart: so many ideas and original thoughts, so much beauty that the masters from DE CASTELLI can breathe into metal… I am convinced that ten out of ten architects will be thrilled.” Katrin Grund smiles.

Where Can We See DE CASTELLI's Metal Wonders?

If the previous talk about the magic of metal sounds otherworldly, rest assured that you can view original elements stamped with DE CASTELLI in the Czech Republic, namely at the BOMMA Atelier in Prague. This unique space, which far exceeds the meaning of the word showroom with its ambitions and generous appearance, proudly presents not only dozens of design light fixtures from the Czech manufacturer BOMMA but also a whole range of other iconic and lesser-known design brands and artworks, including several pieces branded DE CASTELLI. Here, you can view several tables, a chest of drawers, or a metal armchair.