Catuma launches the ArTchitecture collection inspired by the deep connection between art, architecture and nature (Further images of the collection are available upon request)
Catuma, ArTchitecture collection, model “Nord”: the steel front expands on voluptuous and geometric designs on the top of it, inspired by the Catuma square plant, the main square of Andria. Inserts in striped zebrano wood give to the model a warm and enveloping look: The terminals are in acetate to a perfect fit. All lenses are equipped with anti-reflective blue coating. Images Catuma, all rights reserved on design and images.
March 2016 - The dialogue between art and architecture has always been a focal point of debates and discussions. The one indissolubly influences the other, so that often projects are like artworks, while some paintings have geometric patterns worthy of the most meticulous project plan. This continuous blend of design, spaces, functions, history, identity, inspiration, colors, has inspired the new Catuma collection, called ArTchitecture. Already announced by the capsule collection inspired by the genius of the Irish architect Eileen Gray, the new collection of the brand has some peculiarities that bring to mind omnipresent themes in the architect’s work, but adapting designs, shapes and materials in a spectacular collection of eyeglasses and sunglasses. In fact, Eileen Gray loved the steel, material adopted for tubular inside her projects, which have given birth to modern and luxurious interiors, where each detail and piece of furniture, followed a precise description logic of the environment.
Catuma, ArTchitecture collection, model “Nord”: the steel front expands on voluptuous and geometric designs on the top of it, inspired by the Catuma square plant, the main square of Andria. Inserts in burned ebony give to the model a warm and enveloping look: The terminals are in acetate to a perfect fit. All lenses are equipped with anti-reflective blue coating. Images Catuma, all rights reserved on design and images.
Minimalism, strong materials, geometric but harmonious shapes: each of these elements has been reinvented by the Catuma designers and has become the protagonist of a sunglasses and eyeglasses collection in which the brand has highlighted its origin, Puglia, and specifically, Andria. ArTchitecture indeed presents a series of models with a huge visual impact, given by a steel front, which expands on voluptuous and geometric designs on the top of it, inspired by the Catuma square plant, the main square of Andria. Inserts in warm and precious wood essences, briar roots, ebony, teak, walnut and oak give to all models a warm and enveloping look, and bring to mind one of the main elements of the famous E-1027 villa designed by Eileen Gray: the majestic nautical map that stands in one of the rooms that Le Corbusier "defaced" with one of his murals.
Catuma, ArTchitecture collection, model “Sud”: the steel front expands on voluptuous and geometric designs on the top of it, inspired by the Catuma square plant, the main square of Andria. Inserts in striped Macassar ebony give to the model a warm and enveloping look: The terminals are in acetate to a perfect fit. All lenses are equipped with anti-reflective blue coating. Images Catuma, all rights reserved on design and images.
Catuma, ArTchitecture collection, model “Sud”: the steel front expands on voluptuous and geometric designs on the top of it, inspired by the Catuma square plant, the main square of Andria. Inserts in California briar root give to the model a warm and enveloping look: The terminals are in acetate to a perfect fit. All lenses are equipped with anti-reflective blue coating. Images Catuma, all rights reserved on design and images.
Catuma, ArTchitecture collection, model “Nord-Ovest”: the steel front expands on voluptuous and geometric designs on the top of it, inspired by the Catuma square plant, the main square of Andria. Inserts in pickled gray oak give to the model a warm and enveloping look: The terminals are in acetate to a perfect fit. All lenses are equipped with anti-reflective blue coating. Images Catuma, all rights reserved on design and images.
The map, symbol of the love for the sea, for the boating, for the wood, and showing 'L' Invitation au Voyage', title of one of the poem contained in 'Flowers of Evil” by Baudelaire, has given the name to each item of the ArTchitecture collection, called as the cardinal points.
Catuma, ArTchitecture collection, model “Nord-Est”: the steel front expands on voluptuous and geometric designs on the top of it, inspired by the Catuma square plant, the main square of Andria. Inserts in Tanganyika walnut give to the model a warm and enveloping look: The terminals are in acetate to a perfect fit. All lenses are equipped with anti-reflective blue coating. Images Catuma, all rights reserved on design and images.
Catuma, ArTchitecture collection, model “Est”: the steel front expands on voluptuous and geometric designs on the top of it, inspired by the Catuma square plant, the main square of Andria. Inserts in striped ebony give to the model a warm and enveloping look: The terminals are in acetate to a perfect fit. All lenses are equipped with anti-reflective blue coating. Images Catuma, all rights reserved on design and images.
With this collection, Catuma comes back to the love for craftsmanship and for the territory, without neglecting the continuous innovation and the use of unusual materials, declined in glasses to admire as intense artworks.
Catuma, ArTchitecture collection, model “Ovest”: the steel front expands on voluptuous and geometric designs on the top of it, inspired by the Catuma square plant, the main square of Andria. Inserts in frozen birch to the model a warm and enveloping look: The terminals are in acetate to a perfect fit. All lenses are equipped with anti-reflective blue coating. Images Catuma, all rights reserved on design and images.
Catuma, ArTchitecture collection, model “Sud-Ovest”: the steel front expands on voluptuous and geometric designs on the top of it, inspired by the Catuma square plant, the main square of Andria. Inserts in pinstriped elm to the model a warm and enveloping look: The terminals are in acetate to a perfect fit. All lenses are equipped with anti-reflective blue coating. Images Catuma, all rights reserved on design and images.
Catuma, ArTchitecture collection, model “Sud-Est”: the steel front expands on voluptuous and geometric designs on the top of it, inspired by the Catuma square plant, the main square of Andria. Inserts in Tanganyika walnut give to the model a warm and enveloping look: The terminals are in acetate to a perfect fit. All lenses are equipped with anti-reflective blue coating. Images Catuma, all rights reserved on design and images.
Catuma (www.catumaeyewear.com) ‐ Catuma is a young brand of eyewear Made in Puglia, which designs and develops high quality eyeglasses and sunglasses. The brand has gradually caught the attention of national and international buyers and media. After the success of the stone and wood series launched in 2014, Catuma decided to evolve, while maintaining the elements that made the brand famous, minerals and wood essences, combined with high technology. In January 2015 launched the carbon fiber and steel collection, combined with stone and wood veneers. The name of the brand was born in Andria, Puglia, and takes its name from the city's main square, named “Catuma”. According to the Catuma philosophy in fact, it is not possible to refuse ideas, because they have to be expressed in many ways that lead to a single square. Always evolving, Catuma is a story of passion, is relentless pursuit of perfection, study of materials and design excellence.
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