Tanagra confronts the archetypal image of the table, a flat plane upheld by rational legs, and destabilizes it with a set of supports that oscillate between ornament and mechanism. These legs, composed of stacked, disk-like modules, recall both the precision of industrial cogs and the rhythm of tribal totems. They are not silent carriers of weight; rather, they perform their structural duty with theatrical insistence. This rhythmic stacking suggests growth and accumulation. The result is an object that feels simultaneously archaic and futuristic, at once referencing ancient architectural columns and algorithmic patterning.
To live with such a piece is to embrace the idea of design as a dialogue with history, technology, and culture, distilled into a form as bold as it is enigmatic.
The top plate of the Metamorfosi table series is constructed from a hand- welded steel frame on which a hand-polished Ash veneer is applied. The four legs are hand- lathed or hand-carved and hand-polished in solid Ash wood.
Named after deities in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Metamorfosi are offered with four different, exchangeable leg designs.
