Paolo castelli - Grieta table

A functional table with essential forms that reveals its poetics in the artistic intervention. A Spanish translation of the word ‘cleft’, Grieta makes interruptions in continuity an opportunity to embark on a new journey to discover the potential of ceramics, the material from which it is made. Characterised by a bell-shaped base with an irregular surface, available in glazed ceramic or Vicenza stone, the Grieta table represents a contemporary stage for sharing, a sophisticated solution that inhabits the dining area with ease thanks to the clean and essential design of the table top.

“Perhaps because of the final rest You are the image, to me so dear you comeO Evening!” Alla Sera, Ugo Foscolo.
Evening comes within the walls of the home in its still silence, permeating every room with stillness and serenity. The doors close, the lights dim, the furniture reveals its profile in the half-light: everything is designed to slow the pace and regain a sense of one’s own time. Paolo Castelli’s new 2023 collection “Alla Sera” (In the evening) originated from the desire to harmonise distinct sensations, giving life to a romantic landscape that evokes the atmosphere created by a sunset. An evocative scenario inhabited by indoor and outdoor proposals and high-tech lighting systems with a handcrafted soul that testify to Paolo Castelli’s ability to offer an extensive catalogue of furniture for the living and sleeping area. Lights and shadows meet in a symphony of chiaroscuro enhancing colours and materiality: a dreamlike stage where the new proposals tell little stories of timeless elegance.

Vittorio Paradiso

Vittorio Paradiso was born in 1986 in Naples. After a course of studies in the artistic field he moved to Milan, where in 2008 he obtained his degree in industrial design at the European Institute of Design. Versatile designer, constantly looking for an innovative and refined style, he manages to easily range between furniture, objects, lighting, interior design and graphics, according to a creative process that is always the result of a research phase in support of pure intuition. He began his professional activity at several architectural and design studios in Milan, developing a sensitivity to product excellence in interaction with the context in which it is located. In 2010 he moved to Bologna, where he began his collaboration with Paolo Castelli S.p.A. gaining experience in product research and development, contributing to the evolution of the Inspiration collection and its settings.

Paolo Castelli

Between deign and global contract. From cabinetry shop to furniture and art object collections, up to the large contract projects for residential and public spaces: 140 years of history Made in Italy.

Paolo Castelli S.p.a is an Italian company, leader in the global contracting and in the design sector, in Italy and abroad, that manages large turnkey private and public projects, including bespoke furnishings for hospitality, high-end residential projects, offices, museums, marine. The company also produces furnitur and lighting for its own registered brand, which are presented every year at Salone del Mobile fair, Imm Cologne, Salone del Mobile di Shanghai. Born of a long family tradition of 140 years in the field of furniture and contract supplies, the company has been able over the years to take advantage of market changes – between craft and industry – becoming a dynamic and flexible institution, capable of demolishing a building, rebuild it and providing furnishings, with the logic of the “global value engineering”, for a proper turnkey service.