BEAUTY
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L E G O
low table
Lego collection characterised by the combination of two contrasting parts in
different materials and with different finishes. Precious and rough, refined and
raw, shiny gold and mat black. This apparent oxymoron translates in one unit with
two souls, one in metal, the other in concrete. Metal is worked using sand casting:
a “master model” is employed to make a sand mould which is going to be filled
in with the cast metal. The thin sand allows to give a three-dimensional texture
to the metal, which subsequently is hand-polished. Then, the metal is lacquered
in any of the lacquer included in the Visionnaire selection of metal finishes (i.e.
gold, chrome, black nickel, etc). The materic nature of the concrete, poured into a
reinforced mould, is made even more evident by means of an erosive treatment and
black lacquering. These products (low table and console) can be adjusted in size by
simply fixing the fittings of the two parts in different positions.
