As a studio, we don’t actually sketch that much. We compose and assemble pieces. Almost every piece we made has been first designed by using clay and cutting our Styrofoam. Actually, just make small maquettes.

We take inspiration from our daily lives and try to use materials that are really not meant to be used for furniture.

Our latest asphalt table was based on a few months ago, when they were redoing our street. A lot of pieces of asphalt were not used and were put on the side, ready for removal. We wanted to recreate this material in its rough shape for a table top. We bought all the basic elements for asphalt, but left out the petrol. We bought our own cement mixer and started mixing it in the workshop. We created a pattern that seems nice and laid it out to dry. We placed it in an oven afterwards to harden as it does on the streets.

Our bases for the Marcello mirrors, for example, are basic cast blocks in full resin. The cast form is too simple for us; it doesn’t give us any added value, so we have started modelling the base form with a chainsaw. Every piece we take off is very well thought out. We cut one step too far, and the object is ruined for us.  After passing with the chainsaw, we go through the different layers of sanding. From very hard sanding to soft sanding and polishing.