Furniture Design
ENTRE CIEL ET TERRE
console
for Aequo Edition
“Entre Ciel et Terre” means “Between Heaven and Earth”. The project has been design for Aequo Edition, the aim is to tell stories of the northern region of France trough poetic objets.
Here the project refers to the flatland of the region between black soil and grayish sky. Without wishing to emulate the uncontrollable nature, the “Entre Ciel et Terre” console suggests it in a simplistic way by its shape, in a symbolic way by its materials, and thus leaves some space for the user imagination and appropriation.
“Autrefois extraites des mines
précieuses pépites ébène
depuis se sont enracineés
au fond des abîmes les chênes
veilleurs inflexibles des galeries délétères
Leur cime transperçant le couvert d’albâtre
rien ne semble arrêter les frênes
ni même le temps, ni même le ciel de traîne
Tandis qu’à l’intérieur le fruit du labeur
se dépose en strates scintillantes au soir venu
récolte vivante d’amour, d’espoir
de toutes formes et de toutes les couleurs.”
Saint-Huître
“Formerly mined
precious ebony nuggets
since have taken root
in the depths of the abyss the oaks
inflexible watchmen of the deleterious galleries
Their crowns piercing the alabaster
nothing seems to stop the ash trees
nor even the weather, nor even the skies
While inside the fruit of labor
settles into twinkling strata at night
living harvest of love, of hope
of all shapes and colors. ”
Soignies stone, Black lacquered glass, Beech
200 x 40 x 85 cm (L x w x h), plate height. 65cm
2018
pictures ©StudioHelle
all rights reserved ©TimDefleur, 2019