Bow by Laurids Gallée

Austrian designer Laurids Gallée, who is based in Rotterdam, presents Bow: a bench and a coffee table inspired by the 1940s and 1950s aesthetics. The fluid lines and material choices reflect on the design of those decades. Both pieces originate from the shaping of a simple form that is modified in size, duplicated, and overlapped across different axes. 

The result is a dialogue between two complementary volumes, both built upon a singular and distinctive geometric vocabulary. The bench is crafted in Formica® Country Cherry, while the coffee table finds its finest expressiveness in FENIX® Acciaio Hamilton. 

Together, the two pieces stage an aesthetic conversation where the versatility of the surfaces is key: FENIX® innovative materials and Formica® surfaces display their full expressive power, successfully “dressing” such intricate and complex volumes, while enhancing their curves and edges. 

“The project investigates the potential of repetition and extrusion, resulting in a composition that possesses an almost uncanny sense of coherence, its underlying logic both evident and elusive. This modular approach yields contrasting volumes in a cohesive visual language,” says Laurids Gallée.