Metal in furniture

The Industrial Style

Many times we consider metal to be the protagonist in the history of Art and Architecture for the contribution it provides in external devices and this is correct: it gives us suggestions to imagine possible worlds through its colors and its brightness. Today, however, metal also has something to say in the Interior, especially as regards the way it contributes to enriching the spaces, by approaching furnishing elements ... or by configuring itself as such!

The Industrial Style

From an aesthetic point of view, furnishing with metal means, implicitly, spreading a sense of minimalism, of design reduced to the essential, which also gives a perception of hygiene to the whole. Metal is also almost eternal: with minimal maintenance it allows to have a very long life, and this is also one of the reasons why it was chosen in what is called "industrial style".

Brushed, Satin

In addition to not having an "impressive" physical footprint, metal also has a point of favor for how it is managed on the "games" of light: depending on the treatment that Planium reserves for it, in fact, the metal can have a different brightness and materiality, which in turn obviously influences its aesthetics ... the brushed metal for example has a higher gloss character than the satin one which, however, is more sophisticated to the touch and also for chromatic reasons, because it alternates light and dark, shadow and light. And this can be true for different metals: steel, be it stainless steel or oxidized, and also the iridescent copper with its alloys obtained with tin or zinc, that is the "gilded" bronze and brass ...

A Material with an Ancient Charm

In any case, the "revenge" of metal in Interior Design, which has made itself felt with thickness in the last five years at least, also passes from its certain rough, ancestral character, with a slightly medieval flavor. Certainly valid for furnishing accessories, metal is however in more "square" shapes also used considerably for coverings, in a merely decorative function: just imagine what potential has the synergy of colors that are placed side by side like those of bronze and of calamine, copper and steel ...