Bodem Low Round Coffee Table By Max Lipsey

Bodem Low Round Coffee Table by Max LipseyDimensions: Ø 66 x H 45 cm.Materials: Recycled ceramic terrazzo and steel.The tables are in 3 standard models. Custom sizes and colors are available on request. Please contact us.Bodem Tables are a series of Terrazzo-like tables made with ceramic waste. The Terrazzo material, Bodem (meaning ground, lowest part or bottom in Dutch), was developed specifically to make use of ceramic waste. Uniquely, 85% of Bodem is composed of recycled ceramic waste material.Bodem was developed in collaboration with Circular Warenhuis in Leiden. They are a municipal recycling center and second-hand shop that processes thousands of tons of waste for the city. One of the waste streams they sort is a large amount of broken ceramic cups, plates, and teapots. As a designer, I saw this as a unique opportunity. Broken and unusable ceramics still have a high material value in the strength and quality of the material and it feels like a shame to throw this out. Bodem is an idea to give it a second life. These broken pieces are crushed and sorted by size. The right mixture of different-sized ceramic granulates is combined with a small amount of cement to form Bodem. Fascinating details from the original pieces are still visible on the tables, highlighting the ongoing life cycle and revaluing of our ceramic waste.Atelier Max Lipsey is the workshop of Max Lipsey, an American designer based in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.After receiving a BA at New York University, he graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven Bachelors in 2007. His studio, since 2008, has been a personal platform to develop and self-produce his designs, work with companies on mass production, and reach out to initiate group projects.Max's work follows his fascinations with nature, material, craft, history, and making…and translating these fascinations into an object. After an intellectually based education in the US, Max has been delving into a more intuitive, hands-on way of working...letting his ideas come from interactions with material and observations at the moment rather than an intellectual structure. Through this way of working, he strives to find more authentic, surprising ideas.Max's biggest design goal is to challenge what we make industrially to be more spontaneous and vital.