Image source: Minotti — Brutalist
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Brutalist
A structural dining table whose cast-concrete base recalls Italian engineering architecture.
2500 × 740 × 1200 mm
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Description
Overview
Brutalist is Giampiero Tagliaferri's dining table for Minotti, centred on irregular star-like concrete supports and softened top geometries.
Construction
Mould-cast concrete bases support wood, quartzite, marble or stone tops. Depending on size, the surface may be one piece or book matched.
Specifications
- 250 × 120 cm wood-top model documented
- Largest vertical drawing value: 74 cm, without an axis label
- Adjustable metal feet with felt glides
Story
Engineering as a reference
Tagliaferri relates Brutalist to late twentieth-century Italian engineering architecture and to Pier Luigi Nervi's Palazzo del Lavoro. The structure balances solids and voids through supports whose size changes with the top.
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Softer perimeter
Round, square and rectangular tops use eased corners and subtly convex edges to counter the concrete supports.
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