Name: Open-ended chat table
Brand: RA Workshop
Price: 14975.0 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

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Richard Aybar is a New York–born sculptor and collectible design artist of Dominican heritage and the founder of RAWORKSHOP. His work centers on rubber, most often polyurethane — a petroleum-derived material through which he develops sculptural furniture, lighting, and vessels whose forms oscillate between utilitarian object and contemporary artifact.

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The Chat Table is an extraordinary, larger-scale design exploration by Rich Aybar that captures everything his studio stands for: subversive materiality, physical intimacy, and experimental production. Bathed in his iconic honey-toned amber palette, the table looks completely inviting and edible—the designer himself has likened the aesthetic to giant, juicy pieces of candy. Aybar created this piece to push back against the standard, clinical materials traditionally used for translucency in design, such as rigid resin, acrylic, or glass. Because it is solid rubber, the Chat Table feels completely different to the touch; it is entirely seamless, possesses an elasticity when touched, and has a distinct flesh-like bounce back. When placed in a room, the Chat Table behaves like a light installation as much as a surface—the dense rubber catches, filters, and diffuses natural sunlight, causing the entire table to emit a warm, fleshy, and atmospheric glow.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">The Chat Table is an extraordinary, larger-scale design exploration by Rich Aybar that captures everything his studio stands for: subversive materiality, physical intimacy, and experimental production. Bathed in his iconic honey-toned amber palette, the table looks completely inviting and edible—the designer himself has likened the aesthetic to giant, juicy pieces of candy. Aybar created this piece to push back against the standard, clinical materials traditionally used for translucency in design, such as rigid resin, acrylic, or glass. Because it is solid rubber, the Chat Table feels completely different to the touch; it is entirely seamless, possesses an elasticity when touched, and has a distinct flesh-like bounce back. When placed in a room, the Chat Table behaves like a light installation as much as a surface—the dense rubber catches, filters, and diffuses natural sunlight, causing the entire table to emit a warm, fleshy, and atmospheric glow.</span></p>