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Tense Material Reconstructed Stone
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Tense Material Reconstructed Stone
About this product
Architonic ID: 1392879
Year of Launch: 2016
Table featuring new mono-material finishes.
The important technological innovation it incorporates, combined with the tensioning capacity of the components, makes it possible to build tabletops in large sizes which remain perfectly flat and also extremely light.
Frame and tops
35x35 mm steel legs with internal structural tie-rod. The 35 mm thick tabletop is a load-bearing composite board built with an internal frame consisting of either aluminium profiles and polystyrene filler.
Dimensions
The Tense table is an icon of the MDF Italia collection, a project which develops and evolves in terms of its own “tensity”.
Today Tense, together with Tense Material, comes in:
• 5 heights (H35, H45, H73, H90, H110)
• 31 sizes
• 16 finishes
• over 170 types
• around 1500 variants
• 1 thickness, only 35 mm.
Finishes
Reconstructed stone is obtained from a blend of mineral powders that have been micronized and mixed with liquid acrylic and water-based products, giving it a material essence. The finishes are applied manually with a palette knife over the entire surface of the table, creating a one-of-a-kind texture that characterises each and every product, both to the eye and to the touch.
Top-access
The tables are also available in the version equipped with 1 or 2 top-access and under top cable try. The metal cable trays are telescopic (H7/H10 cm), to host various wiring systems, such multi-scoket boxes, etc. wiring systems and electrical parts are not included.
The top-access is made of aluminium (L350 D127 mm) and it’s available in three versions:
• single lead with soft closing (A version)
• double lead (B version)
• optional, single lead with soft closing, with inlay in the same finish of the table (C version).
The top-access is available in the finishes: matt white lacquered for the tables in reconstructed stone white Calce, pink onyx and yellow. Matt black lacquered for the tables in all other versions.
Price up charge for top-access in same finish of the table for the F042507/09/20/22/25 variants.
The steel cable spring (optional) can be inserted in the cable holes of the cable tray to lead the cables to the floor.
Concept
Table featuring new mono-material finishes.
The important technological innovation it incorporates, combined with the tensioning capacity of the components makes it possible to build tabletops in large sizes which remain perfectly flat and also extremely light.
Frame and tabletops
- Natural oak wood with transparent acrylic finish. Top, edges and legs coated by 3mm thick solid wood
- Stone, in reconstructed stone, transparent acrylic finish. Top, edges and legs coated with application of 3mm thick material.
- Brass, in brass plate, matt brushed finish and transparent acrylic cover. Top, edges and legs coated by 0.5mm brass plate.
- Carbone, created in solid natural oak wood, thickness 3mm, subjected to surface acid etching treatment applied by using natural acids without chemical additives.
This innovative process inspired by alchemists of the past allows to alter the organic properties of wood.
The reaction of tannins contained in wood generates natural “burning” that endows the surface with a unique carbonised effect.
Contact with the natural acid enhances sensitive wood with the shade and colors of warm intense black, rich in natural gradations that are not uniform but unique.
The natural surface features a special extensive matt finish that is rough and worn, a genuine visual and tactile experience for the user.
Table featuring new mono-material finishes.
The important technological innovation it incorporates, combined with the tensioning capacity of the components makes it possible to build tabletops in large sizes which remain perfectly flat and also extremely light.
Top, edges and legs covered with a sheet of material in a thickness of about 3mm.
- Marble, this particular finish, reconstructed marble, is made starting with marble dust that has been mixed with a filler and is then spread manually over the entire surface of the table.
Top, edges and legs are covered with a sheet of material in a thickness of about 3mm.
Finishes: black ebony and white Carrara marble
- Fine wood: in Italian walnut, transparent acrylic finish. Edges and legs covered in 2 mm-thick cut walnut, processed with sawed effect (series of irregular cuts of different depths). Top covered in 2 mm-thick wood, fine smooth finish with variable slats which give the surface a distinctive array of shades, exalting the natural characteristics of the wood and raw material.
- Diamond (glossy red): an innovative material processing and stratification technique that showcases the top, its qualities and the depth of the colour.
The material stratification process is based on a special mass-coloured concrete resin around 3 mm in thickness which is expertly combined with a binder and applied by hand all over the top in a deliberately irregular and non-uniform way.
The subsequent combination of the black patina, rough, dynamic and with lots of shadowy areas, and the surface finish consisting of various layers of polyester, extremely thick, smooth and very glossy, creates an original lens effect notable for its colour and depth.
Surface, edges and legs with application of 3 mm-thick material composed of a mass-coloured cement base and surface finish in glossy polyester.
The 35mm thick tabletop is a load-bearing composite board built with an internal frame consisting of either aluminium profiles and polystyrene filler (wood and stone) or an acrylic resin honeycomb and two outer layers of aluminium (brass).
35x35mm steel legs with internal structural tie-rod.
Dimensions
The Tense table is an icon of the MDF Italia collection, a project which develops
and evolves in terms of its own TENSITY.
At Imm 2019, the table evolves and becomes a collection, almost a system,
with the introduction of new heights and dimensions.
Today Tense, together with Tense Material and Tense Intarsia, comes in:
- 5 heights (H35, H45, H73, H90, H110)
- 36 sizes
- 12 finishes
- 170 types
- around 1584 variants
EXCEPTIONS
The reduction of the maximum sizes of the brass version (up to D98 x L300 cm) and the Italian walnut version (up to D120 x L300) represents the technical limits of the materials employed to build the tabletops.
Accessories – matt black painted
The table is also available in a version equipped with 1 or 2 openings and an undertop tray. The openings in size 350 or 420mm are in aluminium.
A steel spring can be inserted into the pre-drilled holes (placed every 50cm) at the bottom of the under top tray to group the cables on the floor together.
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Born in 1946. He graduated from ISPMA in Lissone in interior design and attended various courses at the Milan Polytechnic. In 1964 for two years he worked as the Technical Department Manager at BESANA Mobili, where he directly experienced and mastered furnishing industrial production cycles and techniques. In 1966 Dino Boffi appointed him as Research and Development Department Manager at BOFFI Cucine. For five years he took part in the European standardisation process of sizes in cabinets and built-in household appliances for kitchens. Among his works, the kitchen “E15”, the wardrobe “A1” and the kitchen “XILA”. He played a leading role in Image and Communication, he dealt with products presentation through photograph settings, the creation of display areas and of the so-called “Spazi Boffi” inside shops and through the organization of different exhibitions. In 1971 he became a partner at the Buttura, Massoni, Pelizza Studio, which was then transformed into an A&D. With Luigi Massoni he designed for leading Italian furnishing companies such as : BOFFI Cucine POLTRONA FRAU NAZARENO GABRIELLI ITER SELENOVA CADEL MATTEO GRASSi POLIFORM PORRO Industria Mobili Among his own notable works: - LIVING DIVANI A series of armchairs and settees “COVER”, the bent plywood small armchair with internal covering “BLOOM” - PORRO Industria Mobili The unit system “SYSTEM”, the wardrobes “REFLEX”, panelling system to be equipped in aluminium “ABACUS”, the shelf system “SLIDER”. - POZZI chairs The chairs and tables “QUARTETT”, the chair “GARBO” completely in sandwich panel - COMPOSIT CUCINE: “MODULUS”, “DIAPASON”, “DIAMOND”, “YOKO”, “NAONIS”, “WOOD”, “PRATICA”, “GIULIA”, “LOGICA”, “TECNA”, “TECNA-CHEF”, “ACTIVA”, and “MASTER” - ATLANTIS: “AVION”, a chair completely made from 1.5mm plywood; “MARIPOSA”, “Award Top-Ten” and “Chair of the year” in 1995 at “International Chair Show”, Udine. Special jury award “Bio 15” in Lubjana. “LEADER”: a stackable chair in bent plywood. Exhibitions and photographs - MOBILGIRGI The furnishing units “TUTTOCAMPO”, “MODEM”, and the “RIO” beds, the chair “FELICIA”, Booths and Art Director - CAIMI EXPORT “CD HOLDER” in aluminium profiles - CAIMI DUE The aluminium profile system “ BANCO “, a series of aluminium hoods “TORRE “, the vertical opening system “ SINCRONO “ - SALICE A project for a kitchen and a wardrobe for the presentation of the System “Sesamo” at the “IMM” in Cologne in 2000 - DEMA The armchairs, sofas and coffee tables “BENT”; The sofas “SMOOTH” ; the coffee tables “DECK” ; the single seats “LIPS”. - TAGLIABUE The tables, small tables, coffee tables, chairs, small armchairs, and footrest “SKID”; the stackable chair “FOLD”. - LIVIT An aluminium tower for TV HI-FI system. - ACERBIS The chairs “SMILLA”and “AIRY”. - MDF The chair M1. In 1991 he set up his own practice “PIERGIORGIO CAZZANIGA DESIGN” in Lentate sul Seveso, dealing mainly with furnishing design, booth, shop and showroom design, art direction and specific consultancies.
