Table Set

Mesa Trébol is a collaboration between brothers Jesús Vassallo (architect) and Luis Vassallo (visual artist and designer). On one hand, for an architect, designing furniture can be a lighter commission—an opportunity to break free from the constraints of building design. Within the realm of furniture, a coffee table in particular—given its place in the living room—emphasizes this playful and leisurely quality. In this case, we are presented with a set of tables, a cluster that can either form the centerpiece of a room or be scattered throughout the space, finding its own place. On the other hand, for a painter, the surface of a table becomes a canvas that invites drawing. What initially began as a series of lily pad-like circles gradually evolved into more complex botanical motifs—a tropical nature of shapes that recall both the furniture of the 1950s and the lush painting style of Tarsila do Amaral. Drawing nature is a way to understand it, to learn from it—not just its forms but also its design. Drawing a plant is also a way of paying tribute to the nature of the wood that now forms this object. A reminder that this wood was once a plant, and now, through these forms, it comes to represent nature once again. Nature imitating itself.


Project authors: Jesús Vassallo, Luis Vassallo