Designed as a service table to transition between indoor and outdoor use. The table is an example of thorpe’s “relational design” ideology. As thorpe states, “the table only exists through its physical interactivity and dialog with space and the user.” The multiple terraces allow for various programmatic transport as well as display and storage. The arch unifies the various parts of the table into a whole as well as lending itself as a handle for the user to transport.
Aléa is a game of chance or random outcome. The production of aléa is unique, its name reflects the process. Each piece is individually blown and then hand wrapped to produce a random layering of glass. Since there is no determined end result or guidance toward the final outcome, each piece evolves in its own way. This is emblematic of life so let life be celebrated in glass as we toast to its unpredictable nature.
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