With a daring approach to materials, the Menhir low table becomes a composition of colours and textures that eloquently illustrates the sculptural simplicity of Lodovico Acerbis and Giotto Stoppino’s inventions of new forms.
With a Greek-like classicism, the table’s column connects the monumental marble base, matte in its contemporary version, to a tabletop available in dark stained walnut, black ash, lacquered and in the new version in cast glass, creating a striking exchange between colours and elements.
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Video by Lorenzo Gironi
A video directed by Lorenzo Gironi, shot entirely on film, in which seven products, integral part of the Acerbis’ heritage, reemerge under a new light. A game, a succession of unprecedented contaminations, suggestions, sounds, oppositions and unions.
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The tops are available in the finishes:
_ gloss lacquered in the colours black, white, SW white, linen, sand, clay, burgundy, pink, dark green, mustard yellow, brick red and navy blue.
_ essence, special inlaid and brushed open grain veneer, in black ash and dark stained walnut.
_ cast glass, extra clear glass plate hot molded with smooth and glossy upper side, wrinkled (for casting) and semi transparent back-lacquered lower side, in the colours black, mustard yellow, English green, pink.
The glass tabletops are fixed to the base by a burnished stainless steel disk, which is visible in transparency as distinctive feature.
Matt marble base: Carrara Statuario white, Marquinia black, Levanto red and Alpi green finish, a chromatic variety that reveals a typically Italian tradition.
Stand: epoxy powder-coated steel in black matt finish.
LL20
LL21
LL22
LL23
LL24
LL09
LL15
LL06
LL12
LL10
LL02
LL25
ES58
ES59
VT19
VT18
VT21
VT20
Glossy lacquer, obtained with a mixed polyester/polyurethane cycle, with superior quality in terms of brilliance, colour depth, resistance to wear and yellowing, available in a colour range of elegant and timeless shades.
From the archive
- 1 Lodovico Acerbis together with Giotto Stoppino
- 2 Menhir tables, advertising campaign image, photo Aldo Ballo
- 3 Menhir tables, original design 1983 with glass top and steel frame
- 4 Original concept from 1983: endless configurations of the Menhir basement
- 5 The heavy marble drums ringed on the column guarantee the stability of the Menhir table.
- 6 The term Menhir of Breton origin refers to the characteristic megalithic monument
- 7 Historical documents, Menhir crystal top project, 1983
- 8 Archival research of historical documents, Menhir table project 1983
- 9 Exploded view drawing of Menhir, Acerbis catalogue 1983
Designed in 1983 by Giotto Stoppino and Lodovico Acerbis, the Menhir collection is inspired by the stone monoliths of the British Isles and France, which are the archetype of the column.
This research gave rise to the design of a base consisting of a steel column and marble drums with different finishes and shapes placed on top of each other.
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