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Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office

Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office

Japanese designer Jo Nagasaka of Schemata Architecture Office presented this series of wooden tables with fluorescent resin encasing their gouged-out tops at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last month.

Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office

Called Shrine Flat-table, the piece is based on a traditional Japanese design with eight legs.

Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office

The colour of the resin is more or less intense depending on the varying depths of the wood across its surface.

Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office

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Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office

The information below is from Jo Nagasaka:


Flat Table peeled

The Shrine Flat-table is a contemporary interpretation of the traditional Japanese Hassoku dai, which means 8 legged table. The top of the Shrine Table can be separated from its legs.

In addition to the traditional table we added a layer of coloured epoxy poured on a wooden surface which grain had been gushed out to create different depth and by doing so various intensity in colour.

Shrine Flat-table comes in 3 Heights with the following dimensions: 750x300 (top) and total height of 540, 720 or 900mm.