“And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you” – Friedrich Nietzsche. That’s exactly what designer Christopher Duffy<\/strong>‘s latest creation “Abyss Table”<\/strong>\u00a0demonstrates. Built with\u00a0multiple layers of stacked glass and high grade wooden slices, the design\u00a0is concerned with depth, and creates a\u00a0geological cross-section as mesmerizing as the sea.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I was looking into sheets of thick glass at my glass manufacturer\u2019s factory, and noticed how the material darkened as they added more layers \u2013 the same way the sea does as it deepens.<\/em>”\u00a0explains designer Christopher Duffy. “I wanted to use this effect to replicate a real piece of the earth\u2019s sea bed. Like a mythical power had lifted a perfect rectangle straight from the earth\u2019s crust to use as his personal ornament.<\/em>” he adds.<\/span><\/p>\n

The design team spent a year developing the table in their London\u00a0studio, experimenting with sculpted glass, Perspex and wood, arranged\u00a0like a 3-D representation of a geological map, until they re-created\u00a0something of the mesmeric abyss that had first captured Duffy\u2019s\u00a0imagination.<\/p>\n