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FLAT TABLE by Jo Nagasaka

Especially for OPTIONS! Japanese architect Jo Nagasaka designed the largest ‘Flat Table’ (4,5 x 1,5m), in the world which is a combination of six antique tables topped off with a thick ‘icing’. On Thursday the 9th February from 5 pm Jo Nagasaka will be present in OPTIONS! to launch his flat table collection officially. These tables will be available at OPTIONS! only.

Jo Nagasaka and his Flat Tables

Architect Jo Nagasaka was born in Osaka. After graduating from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts of Tokyo University of the Arts, he founded Studio Schemata (currently Schemata Architecture Office). In 2007 a partner-initiative called Happa, with which a gallery and other facilities are shared, was established. Among his works are Sayama Flat, 63.02, Flat Table, HAPPA HOTEL, PACO, Aesop Aoyama and LLOVE HOTEL.

Nagasaka designed a collection of Flat Tables especially for OPTIONS! As the table could not be shipped to the Netherlands because of its sheer size, a local craftsman and a Dutch factory worked together with Nagasaka to realize these objects.
Nagasaka shows an investigative and involved attitude in his work and is interested in giving existing objects a second life while showing its history. Examples of this are the LLOVE Hotel which was created in an old building in Daikanyama district Tokyo and the used objects he transforms together with Tsunami victims by way of support. With his Flat Table,  antique tables are given a second life. Because of the rough and bended surface of the antique tables, pouring colored epoxy onto them results in a flat surface with color shades depending on the indents of the table top.

LLOVE
Our relationship with Jo Nagasaka goes back to 2009 when we were preparing for a temporary LLOVE Hotel in Tokyo which was realized in 2010 by Jo Nagasaka as Architect Director. Besides rooms, designed by Japanese and Dutch designers, it included a café-restaurant, a shop and a book shop.
Designers: Jo Nagasaka, Yuko Nagayama, Ryuji Nakamura, Hideyuki Nakamura, Richard Hutten, Joep van Lieshout, Pieke Bergmans, Scholten & Baijings en Thonik.
Concept by Suzanne Oxenaar, Artistic Director Lloyd Hotel & Cultural Embassy and Hotel The Exchange.
www.llove.jp
 

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04/02/2012
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Lotty Lindeman

Since graduating in 2006 at the Design Academy Einhoven, Lotty Lindeman works as an independent designer from het own studio.
The studio and workshop she shares with Wouter Scheublin recently moved to their new location in Eindhoven where they both work on their own projects, commissions, small production series and unique pieces.

The designs by Lotty Lindeman write in spatial environment and evoke a diaogue between man and object.
Lotty works on products with craftmanship and sense of material. Her designs elegantly make imposing gesstures and unexpected moments. On the other hand, her work is modest and show a refined eye for detail.
 

07/12/2011
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