Acquabella

Acquabella is a solid wood table designed by Viviana Degrandi.‎The flow of the water, from the source to the city, and the effect of time over the course of the centuries: the Roman aqueduct captured in its majestic formal elegance, between technological pragmatism and the archaeology of memory.‎Imposing and sophisticated works of hydraulic engineering, the Roman aqueducts have been described as the greatest manifestation of Rome’s grandeur: Acquabella, the work by Milanese designer Viviana Degrandi for MEDULUM, borrows their arched structure and transforms it into the key detail of a table which is minimalist in form, but at the same time highly evocative.‎Acquabella is a furniture design born of the designer’s long investigation on the topic of water, with its manifold meanings and strong symbolic references to the world of emotions and the passage of time.‎Each leg, composed of two parallelepipeds of triangular cross section, separates into two arches near the surface, delineating an arcade structure which gently embraces the perimeter of the upper part of the table.‎The aesthetic and structural linchpin of the design, this subdivision generates an unexpected visual inlay between solids and voids – further highlighted by the curved and chamfered thicknesses of the supporting elements and the tabletop – able to impose rhythm, dynamism and lightness on the piece of furniture in its entirety.‎ The woodgrain, highlighted by the single-colour finish, amplifies the textural aspect of the table and the architectural suggestiveness of the object itself, minimalist while at the same time iconic.‎MATERIALSSolid wood in veneered essence, solid honeycomb veneered.‎FINISHES 01.‎ Oak02.‎ Canaletto walnut03.‎ Italian walnut04.‎ Black painted open-pore ash