The Geo Cocktail Table by Vito Selma
Vito Selma has sent us photos of the Geo Cocktail Table that he has designed.
Full description after the photos….
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Description of the Geo Cocktail Table by Vito Selma:
If you look closely you’ll find they’re actually very still. Lines are stubborn things to pin down, so you don’t; you string them up. And while they insist on following a ‘linear’ track, it’s also very easy to fool them into bending a bit here and there in a hegemonic sort of oscillation. They’ll move only when you coax them, to form grids, blueprints, objects of the world.
My style is a play of lines, a test of the limitations of wood, and an evolution in itself. Showing the defined organic lines of the grain of wood is very important to me. The GEO cocktail table embodies this. It is inspired from STRING ART, the arrangement of lines between points to create a GEOMETRICAL PATTERN. By creating a more 3-D version of this art, it gives it more depth.
Depends where a viewer is standing, the look of the Geo transforms…from a DNA looking table base to a “winged” piece. It is an illusion of movement, especially when light is focused on it and shadows are casted. It is a piece that you really have to see to really understand its full concept.
This is a GREEN product.
This table is made of either Pine or Mahogany wood, all coming from sustainably harvested forests. Aside from this, the “wooden rods” that are used as “string” in this table is made from recycled or unwanted wooden parts of legs and arms of chairs. Coming from a manufacturing firm with strict Quality Control, we have quite a few of these waste parts. I recycled them by processing it through a dowelling machine. It gives it a whole new look and the new texture adds even more character to the piece of wood and the table as a whole.
MyDS on 09 Feb 2010 at 4:00 am #
Wow!
curtis on 09 Feb 2010 at 4:57 am #
would anyone lie on the floor and look at the cocktail table in that way?
Joel G. on 09 Feb 2010 at 6:03 am #
Proudly made in the Philippines…in Cebu to be more specific
ctn. on 09 Feb 2010 at 12:17 pm #
absolutely amazing.
Zach on 09 Feb 2010 at 1:07 pm #
So… what does it look like when the photographer isn’t laying on the ground?
Victor Tanisaka on 09 Feb 2010 at 3:14 pm #
Beautiful table! Looks like the table is almost flying.
Larry on 12 Feb 2010 at 6:45 am #
7 side views is a bit much. Let’s see a 3/4 shot please.
pat on 23 Feb 2010 at 1:01 am #
this center table is really amazing. i was in LRI when i saw this. apparently its the last piece left. the first two pieces were bought by henry sy jr and doris magsaysay-ho. i didn’t hesitate anymore. it was an impulsive buy but i don’t regret it. its a conversation piece in itself and it dominates the whole living room, even the comfy sofa.