Palette

Why it is renowned

Palette is known as Jaime Hayon's table that borrows from Alexander Calder's mobiles: shapes of different sizes, colours and materials seem to float, held in place by a thin metal frame.¹² &Tradition launched the series at Maison et Objet in Paris in 2015, together with Hayon's Formakami lamps and Luca Nichetto's Cloud sofas.¹ Each table gives three surfaces at different heights.¹

The story

Jaime Hayon, a Spanish artist and designer, set up his own studio in Valencia in 2000.² He drew the Palette tables for &Tradition in 2015 as a way to bring several sizes, shapes and materials into one piece.²¹ At the launch, &Tradition's brand director Martin Kornbek Hansen described the marble as the noble part, the oak as the earthy one and the metal as what holds them together.¹

The base is welded from steel tube and powder coated black.² The tops are cut by laser from satin-polished brass, polished Nero Marquina marble and stained ash or walnut veneer.² The series includes the JH7 lounge table, the JH25 coffee table and the JH9 desk; the JH7 is made for &Tradition in Poland.² The JH7 lounge table comes with tops of brass, Nero Marquina marble and black lacquered ash.²