Ethimo Coffee table Natural wood Wood. Dimensions: 110 × 57 cm x H 40 cm.
Created by the famous designer Patrick Norguet, the Swing collection stands out
for its elegant „architectural game“ of repeated teak elements. This
openwork structure plays around with lightness and transparency. The Swing
collection puts the emphasis on careful details, know-how, and the mix of wooden
and aluminium. To create Swing, Patrick Norguet decided to use wooden in its
simplest form: the same piece of teak repeated that’s easy to manufacture,
which reduces the number of processes and any risk of malfunction. The natural
teak slats are rimmed with lacquered aluminium, creating a play of „double
structure“: the outer one in metal and the inner one in teak slats. This
combination creates a balanced alternation between lines and materials.
Swing’s manufacture requires both advanced industrial technologies with
injected aluminium, as well as simpler processes for machining the wooden parts.
A true icon of outdoor living, Swing includes various pieces of furniture
(seats and coffee tables) that allow for an infinite number of combinations for
outdoor relaxation. With Swing, indoors and outdoors become one: the collection
can easily fit into an outdoor garden, by the sea, in the countryside or in an
indoor living room. Patrick Norguet on the Swing collection: „Swing is the
idea of working with a simple element. I decided to use a single teak bar that
was repeated several times to form an overall architecture, the volume of the
base of this object. It was also about mixing teak with aluminium metal parts.
This forms the entire framework. The Swing collection brings to life a system
that lets you create a world all its own.“
