“Nakabini” Table

Here is our completed “Nakabini” table, inspired by the work of Japanese-American designer, George Nakashima and Italian designer, Franco Albini!

George Nakashima developed a practice that, according to his daughter, Mira, features design and craftsmanship where wood is not an inanimate object that is only a material. Rather, it is “another form of life which…’lives and breathes’.”  

Franco Albini was more rational in his approach. Wikipedia suggests that “Mr. Albini merged Italian traditional artisanship with new forms of modernism through his contemporary furniture designs.” Although he crafted his creations exceedingly well, he used raw, inexpensive materials. His designs were both elegant and minimal. 

Our goal was to merge these two styles by employing a rational, function-driven design process while at the same time respecting the ineffable, organic qualities of the wood and steel that make up the piece.

Vince Gillen supplied the beautiful handcrafted oak desktop. Filip Zagreb at Standard and Custom crafted the elegant steel and Baltic birch ply casework. Assistance with documentation of the Nakabini Table was ably provide by Fisher ARCHitecture intern, Isadora Concha.

The “Irwin Table”, also designed by Fisher ARCHitecture, can be found here.

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