Cut and Fold Coffee Table by Dam Atelier

Cut and fold coffee table by dAM Atelier Dimensions: L78 x W48 x H40 cm. Materials: Verde Alpi Mable. Cutting and folding means creating a whole new element through the sequence of two simple actions. Starting from a rectangular slab, the cutting action draws new geometries on the plane by separating different areas which, however, always remain partially attached through some appendages.The second action consists in achieving the imaginary bending of a material that is impossible to fold, the stone. The top of the console remains parallel to the ground and still joined to two sets of legs laterally. While these are doubled from the table top until reaching the perpendicularity with it. The result is an object with extreme sinuosity and lightness capable of involving the user for the conceptual strength necessary to fold the non-foldable. dAM atelier is a duo of young Italian architects sharing the passion for design and architecture, Paolo d’Alessandro and MarCo Malgarini. The studies of architecture in Switzerland, at the Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, have been essential to define the way of thinking and to shape their design vision. It also gave the trainee to work at the different scales that each project requires with the same attitude and accuracy. They conceive design as the elaboration of thoughts in a continuous process of adding and subtracting information, seeking a composition of raw elements that are able to generate a moment of wonder. The result is an aesthetic that is minimalistic, pure and timeless but arouses emotions.