ALTREFORME
VALENTINA FONTANA CASTIGLIONI
Founder
altreforme gives life to creations that stand out for their original design, strong creativity and eco-sustainability. Resulting from the experience gained in the aluminium sector and the constant search for innovation.
The company was founded in 2008 thanks to the intuition of Valentina Fontana Castiglioni. Founder of altreforme and vice-president of Fontana Group, a family business operating in the automotive sector, the latter has transmitted to altreforme its know-how on aluminium processing, through the sharing of patents and production processes.
The brand enhances the material used through the creation of high-end furniture collections, which can be declined in every aspect: finish, shape and color.cDesign meets aluminium, a noble and resistant metal, in the design of pieces of furniture that are extraordinarily light. Moreover, each customer has the possibility to customize the objects, creating new and personal combinations. altreforme stands out for its sustainable approach to the world of design, adopting green choices to protect the environment. This commitment is realized in various stages of production, from raw materials to non-invasive production processes. The aluminum used is 100% recyclable and eco-friendly, the research and innovation brought by the company to the sector are applied especially on this material.
Architects, interior and contract designers actively collaborate to create bespoke objects that exploit the unique properties of aluminum. The brand has seen its distinctive elements, including the innovation it has brought to the world of design, recognized by the Elle Decor Design Award.
altreforme has forged exciting collaborations with important fashion brands, such as Moschino. The collection has focused on the figure of Harlequin, with the production of mirrors, partitions, boxes, tables etc.. A demonstration of how design and fashion can often converge, giving shape to a unique synergy. The one with Chupa Chups was another happy collaboration that gave birth to a colorful collection full of references to the surrealist artist Dali, creator of the logo.
COLLABORATION
altreforme has forged exciting collaborations with important fashion brands, such as Moschino. The collection has focused on the figure of Harlequin, with the production of mirrors, partitions, boxes, tables etc.. A demonstration of how design and fashion can often converge, giving shape to a unique synergy. The one with Chupa Chups was another happy collaboration that gave birth to a colorful collection full of references to the surrealist artist Dali, creator of the logo.
MARCO PIVA
The District collection designed by Marco Piva introduces cases, bookcases, tables and chairs up to the lighting, in different size: the leitmotiv is the aluminium and its versatility. Colours, sounds and tastes from the world echo in the names selected for the products... in order to relive the atmospheres of some of the most international elegant districts.
MOSCHINO
The Arlecchino collection by Moschino represents the successful union of design & fashion that gives life to iconic products, that reflect irony and creativity, main ingredients of the Italian Maison eclectic and elegant style; an expression of creativity that brings together technologies and innovations to mix them with feelings, emotions and colours.
ELENA CUTOLO
The furniture and accessories A MOVEABLE FEAST, PARIS IN THE TWENTIES collection that I have designed for altreforme is dedicated to my beloved Paris, the city where I have lived intensely for over four years, where the bouquinistes at the quays of Seine have made me discover "Paris est une fête", French edition of Ernest Hemingway’s Festa Mobile, diary of the novelist’s age in Paris, but most of all evidence of a unique artistic and cultural existence.
LUISA VIA ROMA
altreforme has attended Salone del Mobile 2015 with the charity project "altreforme goes fashion with Luisaviaroma, a limited edition of the Salvador chairs, design Elena Cutolo, interpreted by important international Fashion Designers whose proceeds has been donated to charity to Oxfam Italy. The Salvador chairs, furniture from iconic design and strong personality, "wore" special outfits of autumn-winter 2015-2016 collections, designed by five avant-garde designers: Yazbukey, Fausto Puglisi, Corto Moltedo, Manish Arora and KTZ. A special edition of the five miniature chairs is now on sale for all fans of design and fashion that have not been able to win the collector's release of the favorite chair.
SILVIA NERI
On the occasion of Expo 2015, altreforme created an elegant gift dedicated to the typical Italian food: an aluminium tray starring funny graphics representing the taste and flavours of Italy in an iconic and colourful way. The graphics are realized by Silviya Neri, a Bulgarian fashion designer whose style is a combination of antique, modern and surreal worlds.
ANTONIO ARICO'
With Galactica collection by Antonio Aricò, altreforme gave life to a space age world peopled by droids, satellites, stars, lightning, spaceships and UFO. The breaking of the schemes that characterizes Galactica collection want to be a tribute to Eileen Grey, eccentric and futuristic Irish architect and designer of the XXth century. Glitter and metallic colours, non-conventional finishing and space age furniture and an homage to David Bowie and his Space Oddity album, dedicated to Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11 lunar landing.
Elena Cutolo, Garilab by Piter Perbellini, Valentina Fontana
PATTERN BY
The Rodnik Band A limited edition collection of altreforme furniture and accessories dressed for the occasion with the Chupa Chups® prints: representative pattern of the famous lollipop brand are revisited by the eclectic fashion designer The Rodnik Band, inspired by the surrealism trend and homage to Salvador Dalì, who designed the brand logo in 1969.
Antonio Aricò, Serena Confalonieri, Marcantonio,
Alessandro Zambelli, Zanellato/Bortotto
Exaltation of aluminium in its purity and colorful
pop soul: the dichotomy of altreforme took
