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Ornamentum | Artistic perspectives on metal erosion
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March, 2024

With Ornamentum, De Castelli returns to the essence of decoration, underlining the deliberate slowness of the manual gesture: aligning notions of chemistry, mechanics and art history to restore the author’s hand to the engraving technique. After Glyphé and Biomorphic, two distinct explorations of the technique of forging and the organic deformation of matter, this year the research combines design and decoration based on experimentation.

Combining industrial process and high craftsmanship, De Castelli once again fuses strategic vision and creativity: the result is a collection of works of art in copper and brass that come to life through the strength of the project and demonstrate the versatility of this technique.

Ornamentum was presented in the exhibition space at the Salone del Mobile 2024 and with a new setup for the Milan Design Week, inside the De Castelli Gallery in Milan, the company’s showroom in the city.

The research begins in the distant past, with the indirect aquatint engraving technique and the work of 16th century Swiss goldsmiths, and is applied via a dialogue with the specialized, state-of-the-art expertise of the company. The material is not engraved mechanically but through an etching process on the metal: this erosion transforms the metal, by as little as a millimeter, into works of art that reveal the poetic nature of the technique.

The 31 designers involved in creating a personal interpretation have restored excitement and sensation of a tactile, perceptual experience to the flatness of the slab: lettering, op-art and organic storytelling become a constellation of eclectic and multi-form marks making up 31 different artworks that breathe life into copper and brass.

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16th November 2024
A special lunch @De Castelli Headquarters
A lunch with designers
 

De Castelli invited the 31 designers who contributed to the Ornamentum project to a special lunch held in their workshops.

Agenda
14th November 2024
Vela wall cladding by Gnosis Progetti
Vela wins the 2024 ADA
 

De Castelli’s Vela wall cladding, designed by Gnosis Progetti, has been awarded with the 2024 ADA.

Agenda
30th October - 1st November 2024
New De Castelli corners around the world
De Castelli lands in Sydney
 

De Castelli is expanding its presence in the Australian market at By Vincenzo.

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