Role—
Design.
Construction.
Year—
2004
Deconstructing the Dining Table
Summary—
Design Academy Eindhoven Master's thesis.
An examination of the changing role of the dining table in contemporary society.
Research showed a continuing de-emphasis of the dining table as both formal structure and social nexus. It is this de-emphasis which suggests a literal and figurative dematerialization of the dining table.
Not only is the archetypical dining table re-imagined, but the outcomes also imply new environments, new ways of interacting with the table, and a new aesthetics of eating. They transcend the infra-ordinary, finding a new voice with which to speak, reminding us of forgotten pleasures and proposing poetic new possibilities.
10cm table (one of a series) shown. Solid walnut.
Design Academy Eindhoven Master's thesis.
An examination of the changing role of the dining table in contemporary society.
Research showed a continuing de-emphasis of the dining table as both formal structure and social nexus. It is this de-emphasis which suggests a literal and figurative dematerialization of the dining table.
Not only is the archetypical dining table re-imagined, but the outcomes also imply new environments, new ways of interacting with the table, and a new aesthetics of eating. They transcend the infra-ordinary, finding a new voice with which to speak, reminding us of forgotten pleasures and proposing poetic new possibilities.
10cm table (one of a series) shown. Solid walnut.