Castle side table
The first pieces of the Castle collection were created by Charles Kalpakian exclusively for Booroom Gallery in 2021, and were joined by several additional pieces in 2025 and 2026.
The key idea of the collection is how various natural elements create a sculptural unity, a combination of vertical and horizontal, and the power of a human in the center of an intellectual construct who can transform and create elements. “I wanted to explore the relationship between men and architecture: they are upright, standing on their feet and strong enough to carry this sculpted wooden architectural beam. This collection is based on my approach to historical architecture”, says Kalpakian.
Elegance here is not softness, but structure. It’s the kind of elegance that emerges from restraint — from subtraction, from the dialogue between mass and air, shadow and stone. At its core, Castle balances radicality and refinement. The radicality of shaping silence from weight. The refinement of translating millennial material into a contemporary alphabet. It’s a modern gesture rooted in ancient logic — a sculptural language that echoes both the vernacular craft and the futuristic toolpath. Where form follows time, and time becomes form.
Charles Kalpakian was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1982. After a long collaboration with the prestigious design firms OraIto and Christophe Pillet, in 2011 Charles opened his studio to develop original objects. Over the past decade, he has become a prominent figure in collectible design.
His practice includes collaboration with leading galleries, exhibition institutions and museums, among them Design Miami and the Collectible exhibition in Brussels, where he showcased his 3D–wood experiments created during the lockdown.
The designer's style was influenced by his strong oriental identity, French craft traditions and urban contemporary culture. A pure visual language was born from this radical mix, reminiscent of calligraphy in space. Kalpakian relies on the laws of optical art and optical illusions, and expresses them through sophisticated objects. He rethinks the ideas of arts and crafts in a modern way, especially by using various materials.
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