The common factor of most of these objects were ropes, and the structural use of them. Strong, vivid red ropes tight together the iron foldable legs of the Kampenwand table to its untreated wooden top, assuring the needed stiffness and giving a strong solid character to the object.
The use of standard pieces to fasten and secure the rope-based structure ads on an extra tough and heavy-duty look, yet the final result is neat, playful and fresh.
Kampenwand
Designer: Nils Holger Moormann
Company: Nils Holger Moormann
Year: 2009
Materials: untreated fir wood, rope and iron
January 1, 2010 9:11 PM
. . . not to be confused with the copyrighted steel table design "Knotted Table" by artist-blacksmith Lee W. Badger - produced as commissioned pieces for the past 20 years at Badger's Anvil Works studio and winning craft exhibition awards regularly since 2005, most recently at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, January 16 to May 16, 2010.