Stone and Industry by Lex Pott
Dutch designer Lex Pott has created a table called “Stone and Industry.”
From Lex Pott:
As Belgian bluestone is found deep under the ground, natural rugged forms are typically created during its extraction. Industry then processes this into rectangular blocks or sheet material. Lex Pott designed a table that combines industry and nature. It can clearly be seen in the contours how the natural rock formations are combined with industrial geometry.
Michael M on 19 Oct 2009 at 5:59 am #
Am I insane or does it look like there are photographs somehow printed on that table top?
samwell on 19 Oct 2009 at 1:20 pm #
It looks like the photos at the bottom of the article showing how the rock is processed are indeed etched into the table top.
Zero34 on 19 Oct 2009 at 1:43 pm #
Am I insane, or does this look like the LEAST environmentally friendly bench EVER? They took that huge rock and made a bench out of it? Not a bunch of benches, or bench tops, just one bench with an insane amount of waste… There’s a nice aspect to the bench, but when I see it’s source and it’s process, I come to hate it.
Zero34 on 19 Oct 2009 at 1:44 pm #
edit* bench should have been table. I just had bench stuck on my mind for some reason, and the fact that I see how this is made irks me to making mental lapses like that.. frustrating waste of natural resources.
Remy on 20 Oct 2009 at 7:54 am #
I think you may be missing something Zero34. Have you ever seen how much rock/ore must be excavated to smelt the metal necessary to construct a simple dining table? Not to mention the energy used and the polution created! This simple, raw, stone creation is by far less wasteful. I wouldn’t be surprised if the stone panels removed from the core were also put to good use.
Augustino on 20 Oct 2009 at 8:45 am #
It’s one table.
You should probably think of it like it’s an art sculpture.
This is not a production piece of furniture. They will not make thousands of them. This is probably the only one they will ever make.
audiovision on 01 Feb 2010 at 2:35 am #
In my opinion, the photographic print on the surface is unneccessarily. The rawness f the “unfinished” surfaces speaks for itself. It’s a beautiful and commanding piece, and I agree with you, Remy, in that it’s thought-provoking just because it exposes – indeed, embodies – the amount of energy that is expended on making objects that we as consumer(ist)s take for granted. It should go on public view somewhere. Well done.