Piero Lissoni designed the Materic table as a quiet confrontation between two materials: the geological stillness of white Carrara marble and the warm, directional grain of black stained solid ash. The result is a piece that reads differently depending on where you stand in the room. The base is formed from twelve solid ash boards, each turned and connected through finger joints to compose a truncated cone of precise geometry. The joinery is not concealed. The wood grain wraps the form continuously, making the structure itself a surface worth reading. Above it, the round marble top is fitted with a rotating central disc, a functional gesture that feels as considered as any purely formal decision. Tabletop in white Carrara marble with integrated rotating central disc Truncated cone base in twelve finger-jointed black stained solid ash boards Designed by Piero Lissoni for Porro Round, tapered profile with a sculptural silhouette Lissoni has long worked at the intersection of architecture and product design, and the Materic table reflects that sensibility. Its proportions are architectural. Its craft is that of a maker who understands wood as a structural and expressive material in equal measure.
