Walking Family by Maoli

Walking Family are a series composed of three heartwood elements designed by Alessandro Loschiavo, which seem to bear the fascination of the African continent.

Here we have two consoles and a small low table conceived as if they were members of a zoomorphic family with the imperturbable attitude of certain creatures that inhabit the Savannah.

The individual element all follow the same compositional idea: four identical S-shaped legs are fixed to the four corners of the surface in pairs but in opposite directions so as to recall a movement similar to that of a walking quadruped.

However the achieved configuration is not of the naturalistic kind.

The effect is rather one of a family of surrealistic objects, having a sinuous and elegant advancement, appearing to be setting off within the space despite the forces of gravity.

Moreover, the Walking Family project reveals a study on cutting waste to the absolute Minimum while working the heartwood.

A material now very rarely used in the mass production of furnishing items, in this case it results in being even more precious thanks to the choice of particularly attractive and valuable native essences like Rosewood and Ebony.

The four legs are in fact so designed as to be able to be carved out, flanking each other, from a single slab, without generating shavings or chips.