Lock Table by J.P. Meulendijks

Nowadays, being environmentally friendly and careful about sustainability has become a necessary mantra for companies: a key element for survival. And this fact is not only applicable to corporations: ecological design is getting a larger and larger footprint on the globe, because nature is both a source of inspiration and of which materials can be used to build unforgettable design items.

Conciliation among passion, ecologic touch, visual pleasure: several artists are following this trend, among which it is worth mentioning J.P. Meulendijks, that since 2010 has put a lot of effort in this innovative approach to design. “Fresh, minimal, soulful, humorous, essential”, this is how the designer loves to describe his own work, and his recent release, the iconic Lock table, is in line with this view.

The concept behind this creation lies on the empowerment of the qualities and main characteristics of a natural and highly sustainable material, bamboo. Strong, flexible and renewable, bamboo grows with no help of fertilizers, processed into the most environmentally sustainable wood on Earth: is there a material that could be more appropriate for an “ecologic” creation such that this?

The frame of this table is built up from layers of flexible bamboo, pressed together so that the natural bending curve of this material is maximized. The layers of bamboo interweave among each other, forming a perfect tridimensional star that is pure celebration of geometry. The final result is stunning, an incredible mix of mathematic genius and simple nature.

Lock comes in two alternative versions: on one hand, the Bamboo top is totally made of bamboo, with a 40 mm top that is cut into a layer-pattern that forms the round edges. On the other hand, the glass top version renders the beautiful bamboo frame hyper visible, and the game of shapes and lines is the absolute protagonist of this sculptural table, which can fit up to six people.

A perfect complement both of a basic, rustic interior of a house submerged in a green environment, and of a metropolitan apartment, this beauty is marked by a calm balance of the shapes, but even if calm is the first feeling coming to mind by staring at it, for sure this piece of art will be the first thing that everyone invited to your home will notice.