213 - NORMAN FOSTER (UK, 1935) for TECNO.

NORMAN FOSTER (UK, 1935) for TECNO. Nomos" table. 1986 Clear tempered glass and steel. In very good condition, with slight marks of use commensurate with its age. Measurements: 72 x 150 x 150 cm. This dining table "Nomas", designed in 1986 by Norman Foster and edited by the Italian firm Tecno, is an emblematic piece of European high-tech applied to contemporary furniture. Conceived with the structural rigor typical of the British architect, the table translates into the domestic language the aesthetics of light engineering and industrial precision that defined his work in the 1980s. The circular glass top seems to float on a metal base of great technical complexity, articulated as a taut, almost aeronautical structure, where each joint responds to a perfect balance between functionality and elegance. This model represents one of Foster's most refined forays into furniture design, combining transparency, visual lightness and constructive sophistication. Today, examples of the "Nomos" series can be found in collections such as the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Foster has received important architectural awards, such as the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architecture and the Mies Van der Rohe Award for Contemporary Architecture, and as an industrial designer his creations are part of important collections around the world, including those of the Metropolitan and MoMA in New York.