CENETTA By Punto Zero
Square MDF dining table
Cenetta is a dining table with MDF wooden frame, high-gloss varnish and is part of Franca e Allegra, a collection of crafted tables and coffee tables designed by Punto Zero. The world they reference is the design style of the 1960s: a world of soft and curved shapes, of colours that are at times very saturated and others more muted and pastel. Our grandmothers, real and imaginary, are the inspiration for a design that is on one hand monolithic and severe and on the other cheerful and playful.
Franca e Allegra (meaning frank and cheerful, as well as being Italian female names) is a line of full-size and occasional tables designed by Punto Zero, born out of a mixture of experimentation, a dash of colour, loads of love and a pinch of nostalgia. Four dining tables and six coffee tables, for by the sofa and for more or less anywhere, with legs as strong as monoliths, curved lines and contoured shapes. Inspired by two perpetually young-at-heart grandmothers, Franca e Allegra is pure geometry, as primitive as a dolmen and as futuristic as a stargate. Of complementary heights and sizes but with independent spirits, Franca e Allegra tables are good on their own but even better together, thanks to a neo-vintage colour palette enhanced by a super glossy finish.
With Franca e Allegra, there is not a single right angle. And this is no accident. The quest for the right proportions, the correct radius of curvature has taken time and dedication right from the design phase. The coupling system of the legs had to be hidden, with no visible elements. Each piece had to look as if it was born that way, shaped like that. The workmanship is entrusted to the care of various craftsmen in the district of Pesaro, where passion for manual labour and a proudly non- industrial production process, is still preserved. Monomateric, the Franca e Allegra line comprises ten different models, with one or two legs, Monochromatic, Franca e Allegra tables are dressed in soft pastel colours such as Acqua Marine or vibrant ones like Tomato Red, but always playful, old-fashioned and at the same time hyper-contemporary. Made entirely of lacquered MDF wood with a polyester base and polyurethane varnish.
