Kern is an expressive espresso and facet desk system designed by Monica Förster for Fogia, created from Outt—an modern materials composed of upcycled marble waste. With 85% marble content material, the fabric brings each sustainability and richness to the design. Kern’s sculptural type options hand-broken corners and a brushed, textured floor that invitations contact and highlights the stone’s pure magnificence. Regardless of its simplicity—simply 4 stone slabs—it has a dynamic presence that feels each historic and up to date. Every desk is exclusive, blurring the boundary between furnishings and artwork.
With its modularity and assortment of heights and kinds, Kern is adaptable for residential and business use, each indoors and out. The surfaces are brushed reasonably than polished to emphasise texture, inviting tactile engagement. Combining the sculptural and the practical, the product displays Förster’s philosophy of design as a medium for emotional connection: “To me, it’s like unlocking a world inside. Discovering the inherent poetry of every object, so individuals can join with it emotionally and maintain it for a very long time.”
Förster proposed the idea to the model when she found the fabric’s potential. “The venture began with the fabric,” she explains. “We aimed for a brutalist presence however softened it by hand-breaking the corners. No two tables are similar.” The damaged nook function originated by likelihood when a cloth pattern arrived with a fractured edge, a chance seized by Förster to combine serendipity into the design, making certain the individuality of every piece.
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