Osmose Patrick Jouin Porada table

OSMOSE

PORADA

The Luck of the Draw

Comprised simply of a top and a base, the table is long established as an indispensable tool to life. The Osmose table is a celebration of the chance encounter between marble and wood, the transformation of a chip of mountain and a fragment of timber.

The materials are cut without knowing what will be found inside, thereby giving free expression to their natural patterns, and thus producing pieces that are unique and unpredictable in appearance.

By going beyond function and form, the tabletop becomes the frame of a painting in which substance is exposed. Playing on the union of these two materials, the roles are reversed, OSMOSE revealing at its center the natural pattern of the marble legs interlocking with the wood, or conversely, allowing the wood grain to be exposed in turn within the marble top.

Designed to be much more than mere supports, the table's five legs are seen as an aesthetic opportunity. Like Dreamstones, the heart of the material is revealed, leaving the eye free to guess figures and representations through the natural contrast of marbling.