AS A NEW ADDITION TO ATRA’S COLLECTION OF COFFEE AND SIDE TABLES, THE NEPTUNO LINE PAYS HOMAGE TO THE WORK OF THE ITALIAN ARCHITECT CARLO SCARPA. LIKE IN SCARPA’S WORK, NEPTUNO’S DESIGN HAS A SINGULAR APPROACH TO MATERIALS, COMBINING TIME-HONORED CRAFTS, SUCH AS STONE CARVING OR BRASS BENDING WITH MODERN MANUFACTURING PROCESSES. BLURRING THE LINES OF MODERNISM AND ANTIQUITY REFERENCES, THE NEPTUNO TABLES CAN FIND THEIR PLACE IN ALL SORTS OF DECOR WHERE THEY’LL STAND OUT AS SCULPTURAL ARTWORK IN THEMSELVES.

Materiality

IN ATRA’S DESIGN LABORATORY, FURNITURE DESIGN, ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, AND ART PRODUCTION ALL TAKE PLACE SIDE-BY-SIDE UNDER ONE ROOF, AND EVERYTHING IS FABRICATED ON SITE. TRADITIONAL WOODWORKING, STONEWORKING, AND UPHOLSTERY COEXIST WITH EXPERIMENTAL ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICES, MATERIALS RESEARCH, AND METALLURGY — AND HAND-TOOLING IS GIVEN A MODERN UPDATE WITH COMPUTERIZED PRODUCTION AND ROBOTIC FABRICATION. FROM DESIGNERS AND ARCHITECTS TO MASTER CARPENTERS AND TEXTILE ARTISANS, TECHNIQUE COMES FIRST FOR ATRA CREATORS. CRAFT AND PRECISION ARE BROUGHT TO EVERY PROJECT, AND EACH PIECE THAT LEAVES THE STUDIO’S DOORS IS HAND-FINISHED. ATRA USES THE HIGHEST QUALITY MATERIALS IN ALL OF ITS PRODUCTS, STONES, METALS, WOODS AND PLASTER - FINISHING EACH ITEM BY HAND.