Baton Bistro
Baton Bistro
Supplementing the practical functionality of everyday objects with distinctive form is the eternal challenge in design. And it is precisely this balancing act that Neri&Hu has pulled off with the wardrobe stands and tables in the BATON series, which comes as a homage to the Viennese Secessionist design movement. With a diameter of 75 centimeters, the bistro table (dimensioned to dining table height) has a tabletop that is every bit as generously proportioned as the coffee table. But shorn of the raised edge, it makes an ideal surface for plates, glasses, work documents and much more. All models comprise three parts: like classic columns they consist of a base, shaft and capital. In each case the base is a solid pedestal hewn from the highest-quality marble, from which slender powder-coated aluminum supports issue. On the tables, these rods – or batons to adopt the French nomenclature – are wrapped in leather throughout with the highest degree of precision.