Osmose & Oswood

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.

A circular variation

Osmose - Patrick Jouin, Porada © Stephan Julliard

OSWOOD

“In this boldly upside-down approach to Osmose, Oswood forms a veritable forest of wood pieces, rising majestically to delicately support a mineral slice. Materials are revealed at their most authentic. Wood and marble reveal themselves sensuously to our gaze, to be better felt by the touch of our hands.” Patrick Jouin

The Oswood table is a natural continuation of Osmose.

Conceptually and technically, Oswood shares the genesis of the Osmose table, celebrating the meeting of two materials, marble and wood, but reversing their roles: in Oswood, the top is made of marble while wood is used to create the legs.