Architecture and Design
ILLE at Cersaie 2026: brushed black PVD
Launched at Cersaie 2025, ILLE returned to the fair in brushed black PVD. In the video we explain how the design of the shower column adapts to the chosen finish.
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ILLE is the complete series we launched at Cersaie 2025. This year it returned to the fair in a brushed black PVD finish, and Alma Simeoli presents it in the video filmed on our stand.
Watch the ILLE collection video on YouTube (in Italian, with English audio and subtitles).
Diameters and machining chosen to use less
The material does not change: ILLE, too, is made of AISI 316 stainless steel. What sets it apart is the design. Its diameters and machining were chosen with sustainability and energy saving in mind, without compromising on the qualities of the material, on functionality or on the completeness of the collection. Material where it is needed, efficient machining, no sacrifices where it matters: it is a way of designing that considers the entire life cycle of the product.
And it is truly complete: for Fontealta, a complete series offers products for the washbasin, the bath and the shower, with deck-mounted, wall-mounted and freestanding solutions.
A shower column that follows the finish
The most interesting detail of ILLE is its shower column. When PVD is chosen, the column is designed in several separate parts: it is this construction that makes the finish possible, because PVD requires pieces of a size compatible with the process. If instead the client chooses a painted finish or natural steel, the same column arrives in a single piece.
For us this is not an exception. We are manufacturers, and designing a product around the technical requirements of a finish is part of our everyday work. No minimum order is needed: it is the project, meaning the type of installation required, that finds the right product within the collection.
Two PVD blacks
The finish shown at Cersaie is a brushed black PVD. It is one of the two PVD blacks we produce; the other is its super-polished version. Brushed black has a soft, matt surface that brings out the clean lines of the collection, while the super-polished version plays with reflections. We have described them, together with the other finishes in our catalogue, in Seven finishes, one material.
The pieces on show
For the shower we brought a shower arm with hand shower and the freestanding column, with hand shower and integrated shower head; for the washbasin, the mixers from the series. An essential ensemble that shows the collection at its most graphic.
If you want to know how to choose and verify the right steel for a specification, you may find this useful: Technical specification: how to choose (and how to check it).
All models are on the ILLE collection page.
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