Big Table | design Alain Gilles for Bonaldo

Big Table by Bonaldo. A strong personality, always in movement, always trying to put one foot in front of the other. As if it were walking, each foot stretches to reach further away. Whatever the angles, it always looks strikingly different from one point of view to another, as if you could never really grab it. A mix of rather traditional materials, steel and wood or glass, give a rather unexpected and fresh product. The legs of the Big Table are made of  steel plates that have been laser cut and folded. All the legs have a different width, and have been cut and bend in order to reveal different tonalities of their own color, in order to play with shadows. As for the angled cuts in the legs of the Big Table, they increase this ever changing perception of a product, that looks drastically different from one side to the other; they also add detail to the piece and give it a much lighter feel. Fixed table available in two sizes, with a choice of finishes. Painted legs with top available in glass or wood.

Options: TV02 - Matte White Top; White Painted Legs; 98"L x 39"W x 29"H TV03 - Walnut Canaletto Top; red-orange-green-lillac painted, or cream-beige-brown-grey painted Legs; 98"L x 39"W x 29"H TV01 - White - Acid Treated Extra-Light Glass (15mm), White Painted Legs; 98"L x 39"W x 29"H TV13 - Matte White Top; White Painted Legs; 118"L x 43"W x 29"H TV12 - Walnut Canaletto Top; red-orange-green-lillac painted, or cream-beige-brown-grey painted Legs; 118"L x 43"W x 29"H TV11 - White - Acid Treated Extra-Light Glass (15mm), White Painted Legs; 118"L x 43"W x 29"H

Design as a second life. After studying Political Sciences and Marketing Management, Alain Gilles went on to work in the financial world. But one has to live his own life. So, thanks to the moral support of his wife, he went back to studying Industrial design in France. He assisted Xavier Lust in his creations, but was eventually hired by Quinze & Milan before graduating. He worked for Arne Quinze for two and a half years as designer, developer and project manager on several high profile projects for world-renowned architects and editors. He opened is own studio in 2007 in order to pursue his own dreams and develop his personal approach to product design, furniture design, art direction and interior architecture. He has since started to collaborate with several international editors. Born: 1970 in Brussels (BELGIUM) 

 

Bonaldo has been active for more than fifty years at the national and international level thanks to products that meet the many shades relating to contemporary dwelling style: chairs, tables, sofas, beds and accessories. Having achieved complete know-how in the industrialization of metalworking, their present-day designs and production also make use of other types of manufacturing and materials, such as aluminum die-casting, cold molded flexible polyurethane and polypropylene. Different materials co-exist in perfect harmony, with the total reliability of the most technologically advanced manufacturing methods and the skill of their specialized technicians.

Bonaldo believes that only by bringing together different types of experience can enrich creativity and innovation: that means using not one but many languages and designers from various countries thus contributing to the innovative development of design ideas. The imagination and the communication of the company are in continuous evolution and pay attention to the European and Extra-European cultural movements.