The NAUI centre table is a sculptural piece of furniture made out of lava stone or recinto. This work translates Pedro Cerisola’s continuous design experimentation and investigation of modular structures. The materiality of both lava stone and glass present in this piece embody the seemingly opposing spirits of robustness and delicacy. Each module is carved manually from a monolithic piece of lava stone. NAUI is the product of a challenge conforming an innovative circular structure with a single modular shape manifesting the dynamic understanding of geometry throughout Pedro Cerisola’s work.

Pedro Cerisola’s work finds expression in complex patterns of symmetry – the beauty that emerges from equilibrium. The NAUI table, as with all his work, is a product of expert design combined with profound research in the fields of physics and mathematics. ‘Numbers are just one of the languages of mathematics’, says Cerisola, ‘And I prefer the language of space to understand it’.

Cerisola’s work combines advanced technology with craftsmanship, translates knowledge provided by nature and science hidden in the medium and its structures. It makes use of the automated processes and the complexity of industrial design, as well as the naturalness and finesse of manual work. For the NAUI table, eight modules have been carved manually from a monolithic piece of volcanic stone, joined together to create the base. With skill and finesse, the beauty of geometry is brought to life, its conceptual intricacies reified by expert hands.

But NAUI is more than just a geometrical experiment. Cerisola’s interest in physics lends itself to the exploration of the medium as well. Setting glass upon the ‘recinto’ base, Cerisola alludes to a material opposition of robustness and fragility. Yet the glass also serves a second purpose, one which expands the piece out from the realm of sculpture into the world of design. Indeed, Cerisola sees glass as enabling the transition of this object from sculpture to furniture, a casing and a surface which allows the owner to touch, use and live with the piece, but also, as with any great work of art, to lovingly admire it.

The culmination of years of research and knowledge in the fields of mathematics, sculpture and design, the NAUI table is a truly unique piece from one of Mexico’s foremost emerging contemporary designers.