What day is it? What do you do at this time of the week?
« Friday morning, today I’m in the studio patio and it’s a beautifully sunny day. »
What are your current creative desires?
« Take time to make my new home. »
Serge Castella makes his own cinema. He invents interior stories, creates atmospheres and develops objects and furniture for sumptuous private residences in France, Spain and Russia.
Trained in fashion, the Perpignan interior decorator is also a regular visitor to antique markets and 20th century design. In his projects we always find old pieces and antiques mixed with some of his contemporary creations.
From the immaculate white walls of the Costa Brava to Picasso’s ceramics and Jean-Luc Godard-like settings, Serge Castella brings together objects, trends and eras in a style that is always sunny, Mediterranean and deeply cinematographic. Meeting.
Your madeleine de Proust?
« The Costa Brava in the seventies in summer. »
What project are you most busy with at the moment?
« A famous club full of bars and restaurants within Moscow. »
What are the inspirations related to this project?
« The great forests of Russia, the white wood, the grey sky… and the small, colourful Russian country houses called Dachas. »
What has shaped your taste?
Form, function or fantasy?
« Probably all three. »
A colour range that follows you?
« I love brown… all white and beige. »
Your colormatch of the moment?
« Brown, white and orange. »
Your last three artistic favourites?
« GES-2 in Moscow by architect Renzo Piano, the film The Power of The Dog by Jane Campion and the rediscovery of the work of ceramicist Mithé Espelt. »
The next design piece you would like to buy?
« A console by Charles Tassin published by his gallery May. »
Three artists who have influenced you?
« The decorator Jean Michel Frank, the painter and sculptor Pierre Székely and Salvador Dali. »
3 inspiring Instagram accounts?
An address that made an impression on you?
« The National Museum in Doha, Qatar by Jean Nouvel. »
A place to return to each week?
« The Villa Kérylos in Beaulieu-sur-Mer in the Mediterranean. »
The architect who would build your dream house?
« The Catalan architectural collective RCR ARCHITECTS. »
