When I first laid my transfixed eyes on the hypnotic Graph Table by designer Xavier Lust, I experienced a quick synaptic click of familiarity. A closer look revealed the reason: Graph is manufactured by Fiam, the very same translators of transparent lucidity who gave us the alluringly curvaceous contours of Cini Boeri’s Ghost Chair.

Graph Table. Designed by Xavier Lust. Manufactured by Fiam.

Fiam’s Graph Table Re-Defines the Concept of Negative Space

I’m not sure how they’ve done it, but Fiam seems to have a copyright on the color of glass. That’s overstating the case (clearly, if you’ll pardon the pun), but both Fiam and Graph have an unusually distinctive aesthetic—even considering the 100% glass construction.

Graph—and designer Lust for his part—capitalize on this captivating icy blue tint. Featuring a two piece construction joined into one via subtly integrated polished stainless steel ties, Graph offers “elegant fluid lines and an immaterial yet equilibrated lightness.”

Agreed. And might I add that both the lightless and the lines are much indebted to the extraordinary parabolic curve that is the soul of Graph. To my eyes, both the aforementioned base and the ovalesque top suggest an oceanic theme, with the base evoking the unmistakable contours of a ship’s prow and the top suggesting the hey-dey of the longboard long ago and far away in CA.

But the aesthetic of Graph is hardly confined to a single interpretation. Indeed, the piece’s very nature—its striking transparency and consequent facility for fitting into the surrounding spaces of varied environments—makes it fluid and dynamic, as aesthetically versatile as a crashing wave of crystalline blue.

Via FreshHome.

About the Manufacturer: In 1973 designer Vittorio Livi had an epiphany—why should the use of glass be confined solely to small accessories and ornaments? With a resounding “it shouldn’t” in response, Livi founded Fiam and set out to create the methods and means to manufacture large pieces exclusively of glass, “becoming a unique star in the world of fine design, being used to produce items of furniture which would be astonishingly solid yet beautifully transparent; design items which would rise above the age of their production, untouched by the passing years, spaces and fashions.” By incorporating continual refinements in craftsmanship, design, and research, Fiam has authored such iconic pieces as Cini Boeri’s Ghost Chair, Rodolfo Dordoni’s Luxor Table, and Xavier Lust’s Graph Table.