De Castelli – Phil 62 cachepot

Arising from the union of DeLabré iron and shiny steel, Phil is a series of cachepots with simple lines rendered complex thanks to its unique combination of contrasting materials and finishes. Highlighting the sensory nature of its surfaces in an interplay of shiny and matt, light and dark, Phil comes in one single proportion and three variations, characterized by the triumph of one metal or the other.

Johannes Klein

He was born in Karlsruhe, Germany. After spending the first couple of years as furniture maker in Karlsruhe he attended the ‘University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam’ and the ‘Politecnico di Milano’. In collaboration with Vogt + Weizenegger, Berlin he participated in the international project ‘DIM-The Imaginary Factory‘. After graduation from University he moved permanently to Milan in 2002, where he collaborated with design studios like Terri Pecora Design, Studio & Partners and DV8id. He is founding partner of Opendot Fablab where he enjoys to explore new technologies and co-creation working in the fields of industrial, interior architecture and lighting technology.

De Castelli

De Castelli has made metal its language and has managed over time to build a wide range of furnishing accessories, lighting points but above all metal upholstery. Creations that at first glance could be unrelated to each other, and that instead are brought together by the presence of metal, a noble and elegant material taking on the most varied forms. De Castelli was founded in 2003, but its foundation is based on the experience of four generations of ironworking masters. It overcomes the classical conception of metal, understood as a "cold" material and relegated to the margins of design, and begins to produce objects in series, but at the same time unique, as the result of a cultural path that is renewed each time in an unrepeatable way. The continuous rise of De Castelli is witnessed by the many partnerships that the Italian company has established with the most renowned brands on the international scene. This was the collaboration with Maserati at the 89th Geneva Motor show, for which De Castelli lined the interior panels of the Quattroporte SQ4 Granlusso. For De Castelli, metal plays a dual role. Furnishing, first of all, but at the same time interprets the architecture, the styles, the new trends.