Like the larger dining table, the Magis Baguette Table appears to float on delicate legs, giving the whole piece an air of lightness.
The use of aluminium for the frame gives the table a strength belied by its slender profile, giving it the ability to stand up to the rigours of modern life. The veneered MDF top adds a splash of contrasting colour, enhancing its surroundings.
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, the Breton-born brothers, are the stars of European design and the most promising industrial designers to have emerged from France since Philippe Starck in the 1980s.
A combination of romanticism and functionality runs throughout both brothers’ work. Like all truly talented designers, the Bouroullecs have defined a distinctive visual style, which Jasper Morrison (one of the designers they most admire) described as “thoughtful and disciplined, with a real spirit and poetry”.
