What Martino Gamper did between two thousand and Wednesday 10th March 2010

Combo
The Combo chairs are an experiment in making furniture in a way similar to making food. The ingredients were prepared in advance and the variety is a result of different ways of putting the ingredients together. There are twelve different components in three different types of timber. The design and making process were intertwined and the results were not pre-drawn but methodically improvised during the making. The evolution of the ideas can be seen in the different versions. One of them is more likely to be better than the rest or may suit a specific person more than the others.

Off-Cut
The Off-Cut dining table is made of 13 individual units, butted against each other to create one large horseshoe configuration. Although the leg system is the same, each tabletop is a different shape, size and material; a unique variation that is a result of the multi-faceted division of the surface. Three types of timber are merged together to create the surface. Off-Cut reflects the fact that a dining event is only ever complete when the different people around the table share the same experience.

Kitchen
Wood, plywood, bamboo, resin, water tank

Aqua Minerale
Water jug
By designing the glass jug in a generic water bottle shape, a normally disposable object becomes non-disposable.
Hand-blown glass.

In Vino Veritas
Coasters
Die cut leather

Auge fur Auge
Hand etched glasses
Hand etched at Lobmeyer, Vienna.

Aqua Naturale
Vase
By designing the glass vase in a generic water bottle shape, a normally disposable object becomes non-disposable.
Hand-blown glass

42 Flavours
Beermats
Silk screen, Die cut board

Trouble
Embroidered South Tyrolean farmers’ apron
Embroidery and apron

Relay
Cutlery cluster
The individual pieces are threaded on a bracelet like holder ready to be passed around like an over-sized key ring. The diners pass the cutlery ring around.
Found cutlery

Nuts
These individual candleholders of different circumferences can be made into a cluster
Found objects

Taste Buds
The embossed invitation to the Total Trattoria doubles up as placemat. At the Trattoria, placemats have been the calling card of a making process beyond the preparation of the food and were often used as the transaction ticket when the Trattoria took place in a location without a food licence. The placemat artwork was purchased and the food was served after the formal transaction although the artwork was only considered complete once it had acquired the evidence of its use.
Letterpress paper

Dinner at Total Trattoria for 30 guests
5th March 2008
The menu included beetroot and celeriac soup served half-in-half in bowls, raw squid in a soy sauce dressing, mackerel served in a ginger broth and rhubarb stewed in homemade beer served with fresh cream.

See a film of the dinner by Barbara Gamper on YouTube

Images courtesy of: © Shira Klasmer © Adrien Bugari and © Barbara Gamper

Total Trattoria Off-Cut Table
2008
Teak from English school laboratory tops, oak from Scottish church benches, poplar from the London Patent Office.
13 pieces, various sizes

The Off-Cut table is made of 13 individual units, butted against each other to create one large horse-shoe configuration. Although the leg system stays the same each table top is a different shape, size and material; a unique variation that is result of the multi-faceted division of the surface. Three types of timber are merged together to create the surface. Off-Cut reflects the fact that a dining event is only ever complete when the different people around the table share the same experience.