30/09/2026
Tropos is a new frame profile designed by Mentze Ottenstein in collaboration with Cassetta, exclusively for original prints by BORCH Editions.
Cassetta creates handcrafted frames in collaboration with architects, designers, and artists, approaching framing as both a spatial and tactile discipline. Rather than treating the frame as a neutral boundary around an artwork, Cassetta considers it an integral part of how a work is encountered — shaping its relationship to the wall, the surrounding space, and the materials from which it is made.
For Tropos, Cassetta invited architectural studio Mentze Ottenstein to develop a frame profile in response to the particular qualities of prints. The architects Mathias Mentze and Alexander Ottenstein were interested in the geometry of a single profile that allows for considerable shifts in width and depth. The resulting profile can be assembled in three different ways, transforming into three very different frames: Slim, Deep, and Wide.
Learn more about the frame via the link in our bio, or stop by our showroom to see the Tropos presentation.