morning glory table
Design Marc Thorpe,
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Metal
The Morning Glory takes its name from the flowering vine. The vines grow and wrap around each other reinforcing the structure of the plant. The pedals of the vine spread out become a canopy of surfaces to retain water. This organic architecture lends itself to the table designed for Moroso. Designed to be arranged in clusters, the three stems of the table connect at the base mimicking the organic structure of the vine itself. The pedals of the table overlap each other producing a multi layered system of surface and color.
450 w | 490 d | 610 h
Marc Thorpe is a New York-based architect and industrial designer who founded Marc Thorpe Design in 2006. Bridging architecture, design, and technology, Thorpe’s innovative works, including his recent, exclusive exhibition Blurred Limits at Moroso, proves his dynamic ability to think outside the box. The firm covers everything from architecture, interior design, graphic design, furniture and product design, to digital media for brands like Acura, Mercedes-Benz, Target, Bernhardt Design, Yahoo, and Infiniti, just to name a few. Let’s see what makes him tick in this week’s Friday Five
Agostino Moroso, with his wife, Diana, founded the Moroso company in 1952 with an artisanal approach to making sofas, armchairs and furnishing accessories. Their iconic designs have propelled them within the upholstered furniture market, with help from a long list of well known designers: Ron Arad, Patricia Urquiola, Ross Lovegrove, Konstantin Grcic, Alfredo H?berli, Toshiyuki Kita, Marcel Wanders and others. Each piece maintains a noticeable Moroso style while representing other cultures as well. Its international outlook has landed Moroso into the MoMA in New York, Le Palais de Tokyo, the Grand Palais in Paris.