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16"h · 21" dia
48"w · 48"d · 13"h
53"w · 29"d · 12"h
53"w · 29"d · 12"h
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navone ivy tables Designed by Paola Navone The IVY collection designed by Paola Navone for Emu is inspired by the
ancient "topiary" art, the trimming of trees ad shrubs in order
to give them ornamental shapes. This art derived from the attempt to
"model" nature, as in the words of Shirley Hibberd, the person
responsible for the revival of topiary in England in the late 1800s:
"It may be true, as I believe it is, that the natural form of a tree
is the most beautiful possible for that tree, but it may happen that we do
not want the most beautiful form, but one of our own designing, and
expressive of our ingenuity."
Finding inspiration in this art, Paola Navone has designed
sculpture-furniture created for living in and beautifying outdoor areas,
structures created using the natural material par excellence - metal -
bent to the will of the human mind. The meeting between the designer and
Emu made it possible to mold an apparently "hard" material such
as metal, obtaining three-dimensional shapes so light that they give the
impression that they could float in the air.
The structures of sofas, armchairs and table, empty inside, incorporate
nature and become an integral part of it thanks to their noninvasive
character, which harmonizes with the surrounding landscape.
They are objects created to be left outdoors nonchalantly, furniture that
will allow itself to be "eaten up" by ivy like statues, and
those who sit on it will fully experience the feeling of being immersed in
nature.
Research and curiosity about places, origins and materials have always been
characteristic of Paola Navone, leading her to seek and find in Emu the
ideal partner for the realization of such an important and ambitious
project. This designer found herself dealing with a metal manufacturer for
the first time, discovering it to be an industrial concern using advanced
technology, but at the same time with strong local roots. Emu's
decades of experience and know-how in metalworking allowed Paola Navone to
"bring outdoors" the traditional living room set, with its ample
size and comfortableness, harmonizing classical design with technology
that is ahead of its time: chairs with built-in cushions that do not hold
in water, tables made with ceramic tops of Deruta majolica, are just an
example of the merging of past and future, unique both in design and
functionality.
Metal mesh structure with metal rod frame. Luminescent side table has a
small solar panel in the table top which collects and stores energy during
the day and releases it at night through a five LED strip on the underside
of the table top. Square table has table top made from formed sheet metal
and the rectangular has a top made from ceramic tiles in a choice of two
designs.
finish options for 589-BE
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