BIG TABLE
BONALDO
A strong personality, always in movement, always trying to put one foot in front of the other. As if it were walking, each foot stretches to reach further away. Whatever the angles, it always looks strikingly different from one point of view to another, as if you could never really grab it.
It has been sculpted in 3D by the hand rather than by the pure logic of the computer. Even though it is a large functional table, and follows some strict rules, all the legs have their own characteristics and have been positioned and oriented manually in order to give the whole structure a warmer and more human feeling.
A mix of rather traditional materials, steel and wood, gives a rather unexpected and fresh product. The legs are made of steel plates that have been laser cut and folded. All the legs have a different width and have been cut and bend in order to reveal different tonalities of their own color, in order to play with shadows. As for the angled cuts in the legs, they increase this ever-changing perception of a product, that looks drastically different from one side to the other; they also add detail to the piece and give it a much lighter feel.
The metal legs can then become a field of experimentation for all sorts of color combinations, thus giving birth to a more experimental or a more traditional table



a changing perception depending on the perspective. A base that is defined by light and shadow...

the veneer wood version with its rounded edges table top.

a table always looks in movement.

the massive wood version with it sharped-edged table top.

base with a mix of grey and beige.

white lacquered version.

different from every viewing angle.

withe lacquered table top version.

massive wooden table top detail.

a more a deeper and more visible wood texture on the anthracite version. More real in a seance...

a timeless dark anthracite version.

detail.

what I have come to call "simplexity", simple yet complex enough to arouse emotions.

as if it were moving.

extendable version in a classical Italian setting.

corten steel version.

the legs seem to be intertwined.

extendable version detail. Extensions that are meant to desapear as much as possible when tucked back under the table top.

on the set of the "designer of the year" at the Biennal Interieur Kortrijk.

corten steel version, rough architectural inspirations.

extendable version.

somewhere in Taiwan...

on the set of a popular Greek TV show.

on the set of the "designer of the year" at the Biennal Interieur Kortrijk.

Somewhere in Holland...

somewhere in Taiwan...

copper-like-finish version

copper-like-finish version

copper-like finish version.

Brass-like finish version.

Massive wooden top with natural edge.

Picture Omar Sartor for Living Corriere Design issue Styling Daria Pandolfi









