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A Minimal Side Table For Literature Lovers
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- Anna Dorothea Ker
Renowned Japanese design studio Nendo created Gap, a simple side table created for Italian marble furniture brand Marsotto edizioni with a notch for storing books and magazines.
marble block, Nendo stayed true to the simplest form of a table, turning the block in to a table. “Unlike furniture made out of wood or metal, the [piece] does not have an “underside” since it is a block, and consequently it can be flipped to face a different direction,” explain the designers. “Although narrower than a conventional table, its base is sufficiently stable due to the weight of the marble.”
Observing how the first step in the manufacturing of marble furniture is the cutting out of a slab from a![gap01_akihiro_yoshida](https://www.ignant.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/gap01_akihiro_yoshida-1440x961.jpg)
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