Earth table by Riva1920 lands at Eataly New York
20/09/2016
After Milan, São Paulo, Seoul, Monaco, Doha, Riyadh, Moscow and Copenaghen the Earth Riva1920 table continues its collaboration with Eataly on the occasion of the opening of the new Eataly Downtown New York store.
Set inside the Westfield World Trade Center built on the rubble of Ground Zero, the new Eataly is proud to showcase Riva1920's Earth table that will be placed at the entrance of the space as a welcome sign for all the visitors.
Featuring a top made of resin and millenarian Kauri wood from New Zealand, it strives to be a stylized representation of the earth, the wooden parts metaphorically representing the continents and the resin sections the oceans.
The table is quintessentially a symbol of conviviality, sharing, exchange, aggregation, meeting around a central theme that is the food, which is a universal need affecting all peoples, regardless of nationality or race.
And it is here that the second metaphorical meaning of the table was born, namely that of peace and unity among peoples.
Particularly noteworthy is the special iron base, designed by Renzo Piano, that echoes the original design of table "Antico" for the initiative of "Ground Zero... Ground Heroes" in 2001
It symbolizes the tangle of the reinforcement of buildings protruding from the rubble following the collapse of the Twin Towers.
This table is anything but ordinary, and in fact becomes an exemplary manifestation of the ability to express emotions through symbolic details and "speak to thousands of people" despite being a voiceless object in itself.
