Richelieu has introduced two new decorative hardware collections — Alba and Ocean.
Designers can add more character into any spaces with unconventional hues while playing with unique textures and patterns with Richelieu’s exclusive hardware collection Alba. Named after the artist Alba Polenghi Lisca, the collection brings high-end Italian design to kitchen cabinets and doors in this series of innovative geometrical knobs and pulls. These sleek handles are indeed masterpieces in a contemporary aesthetic, pairing bold on-trend colors with matte metals, punctuated by unexpected cut-outs and a dialogue between convex and concave volumes. The result is a hardware collection of pure, timeless forms that elevates cabinetry through their sophisticated contemporary elegance.
The new Ocean Collection marks a breakthrough in eco-friendly decorative hardware and an important step in protecting our oceans. This modern, sleek line of knobs and pulls is made from recuperated and recycled fishing net polymers (HDPE). Used and discarded fishing nets and trawls are sorted by color and then processed into a highly durable and moisture-resistant plastic. The line’s contemporary color palette comes directly from these post-use fishing industry products with minimal use of additional pigments.
Studies indicate the fishing industry annually discards up to one ton of plastic fishing gear, including fishing nets and ropes made of HDPE polymer. These materials pose a major threat to our oceans, beaches and marine life. Fortunately, important advances have been made in recent years to recycle and repurpose discarded stockpiles of colorful fishing nets into durable, resilient plastics. The decorative hardware line now brings this manufacturing innovation into architectural applications with a sleek, contemporary series of knobs and pulls. In an era when it has become paramount for the construction and design sectors to reduce their environmental footprints, our new knobs and pulls offer one small but highly visible way to help keep the planet on track to a greener future. Each cabinet or drawer fitted with an eco-friendly handle prevents more plastics from polluting our oceans.
