RITMO DINING TABLE

Ritmo is carried on a base that alternates. A continuous ribbon folds into a run of curved loops along most of its length, and at one end a plain cylindrical column stands with a flat collar at its foot. Curve, curve, column — a rhythm rather than a pair of matching supports. The top is a long rectangle in dark wood, bevelled on the underside so the edge reads as a thin line.

The folded ribbon

This is the piece. A single band of material is bent into a sequence of loops that touch the floor at the bottom of each curve and meet the top at the crest of each one — so the base is one continuous element rather than separate legs. Every bend has to be the same radius and every contact point has to land on the same plane, or the table rocks. It is the hardest base we make.

And the column

At one end the ribbon stops and a plain cylinder takes over, with a flat ring at the floor. Breaking the pattern is deliberate: a base that repeated all the way to both ends would read as a decorative frieze, and stopping it turns the whole thing into a composition with a beginning and an end. It also puts solid support directly under the end of the top, where a long overhang would otherwise flex.

The bevelled top

The underside of the top is chamfered all the way round, so the visible edge is much thinner than the actual thickness of the board. That is how a table can look light and still be strong enough to span the gaps between the loops — and the bevel has to run true the whole length, because the eye follows that line across the room.

Materials and sizes

Made to order in wood. Length, width and height are set per project: tell us the room and how many should sit around it, and we will confirm the proportion before quoting. The loop spacing is re-drawn with the length rather than stretched, so the rhythm stays even. Allow 60 to 65 cm of table edge per person and about 90 cm of clear floor behind each chair.

Where it belongs

A dining room where the table is meant to be looked at, an open-plan apartment, a design-led restaurant or hotel. The base is the reason to own it, so it works standing clear in a room rather than under a long tablecloth.