STACKLAB, the Toronto-based design studio, left us in awe of the pendant lighting collection it brought to Salone del Mobile last year. Regardless of the Salone success with ‘lighting objects’ aside, the multi-disciplinary design studio is digging its hands into furniture once again and bringing the Mura Side Table collection to the public eye. The name ‘Mura’ is derived from the Japanese word for unevenness, irregularity, and inequality, which the product exhibits.
“We are skipping this year’s Salone to focus on the US but will be back next year. We have a new product coming out soon for Maison Gerard.” Jeff Forrest, CEO of STACKLAB, said while talking about Mura Side Table. Known for working in collaboration, STACKLAB joined hands with Toronto-based glass design and fabrication atelier Jeff Goodman Studio (JGS) for this particular project.
Beautiful, asymmetrical, and appealing is the only way to describe the latest furniture collection by Jeff and his team. The side table features STACKLAB’s signature solid-bronze Jupiter leg castings with an oval-shaped top of kiln-fused Temple glass. “The leg’s theme of asymmetry influenced STACKLAB’s design for the tabletop shape, which varies, too, in every elevation, section, and plan,” the studio mentions.
However, it’s not just the solid-bronze legs that STACKLAB offers, the side table is also available in Bismuth patina legs. Overall, the side table not only boasts a beautiful body and adds aesthetic to your living room but also becomes a conversation starter thanks to its unique build. Topped with triangular kiln-fused glass, the table looks even more enigmatic.
As for the manufacturing process of the top, the firm states, “TGS’s proprietary glass fabrication process begins with breaking rods of borosilicate glass. The glass fragments are then meticulously arranged in the kiln bed to achieve a randomized pattern, then fired and cooled for a week.”
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STACKLAB’s signature solid-bronze Jupiter leg casting is a study of creating a completely asymmetrical, yet aesthetically cohesive geometry. The shape, derived digitally, is readily castable, yet differs in every elevation, section, and plan view. The Mura side table would soon be available exclusively at Maison Gerard, New York.
