Mueble Arquitectónico II: ¿Mesa para cuántos?
In collaboration with Joselo Maderista
The table is the center where we socialize, eat, and negotiate with each other. The chairs dance with your body, your hands hold your torso as you stand up to take a plate. Time, objects, and the body work together to create a choreography of situations in a daily liturgy. As designers, we ask ourselves, how can a piece of furniture become a tool for anyone to give their own meaning to domestic rituals?
Our current way of life imposes a single way of existing, which limits individuality and imagination. Your table, your chairs, your bed, and your sofa should be your dance partners, creating a choreography in your home alongside you. Mesa para cuántos is a stage: the chairs fit inside the table and can be removed and inserted as needed. The cutouts in the table can be scattered and arranged around the body.
The intention of Mesa para cuántos is to eliminate the limitations of standardization to allow for different possibilities in the way we live. The design of this piece allows for different configurations and, therefore, different uses. A table breaks down into four smaller groups: a short table, a long table, a corner table, and a double table, each with its own chair. This configuration allows each group to be used individually, or allows the table as a whole to be used in a variety of ways, as unconventional or conventional as desired. Do you want to sit alone, literally in the middle of the table? Do you want to share a double seat with someone? Do you want to sit at the table, but facing the opposite direction? How many people do you want your table to seat?
