We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Patrick Sarran about their original and creative Removable tables design work. Patrick Sarran is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original removable tables works.
Patrick Sarran ("PS") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work iLOK Removable tables. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
PS : Tables are often not given the consideration they deserve, although they are probably the most important piece of furniture in a restaurant. As pointed out by my brother, Chef Michel Sarran, the daily task of setting up tables poses a serious practical problem and can even become a nightmare in the case of round tables which are very appreciated by guests as a symbol of conviviality.
PS : I decided to solve this problem by designing a wooden table that is easy to manufacture and whose size and shape can be easily modified will.
PS : I hope this design will continue to be successful.
PS : Six months.
PS : I pursued my inspiration. I wanted something innovative for the trade fair Equip’hotel Paris 2014.
PS : iLOK design is used by QUISO, my own company; Maybe in the future I will need a partner.
PS : Talking with restorers, I had identified an unsatisfied nee
PS : Following the designer Jean Prouvé, again I searched for simpler ways to get from function to form. There are some similar points in the approach as well as in the shapes. But I also remembered lost gestures of bending wood in some vernacular designs from the country side like old snowshoes or crutches.
PS : Restaurants, meeting rooms and hotels.
PS : Extending round tables has never been so simple.
PS : iLOK has no particular meaning
PS : I simultaneously use the software Shark and my cabinet maker workshop.
PS : This unique design results from consideration of the end user’s needs, as well as the possibilities offered by new woodworking processes. These designs have a simple exterior, as-well as conserving its technical interior.
PS : I took the advise of the room director of Michel Sarran restaurant, Arnaud Ducroux.
PS : I Moulded composite table tops under a vacuum, a technique derived from the aerospace manufacturing. I have worked out a process to inlay the female component of the bracket flush into the top. The brackets are cut using a laser machine and they are then folded using a digital press.
PS : Moulding composite table tops under vacuum is a technique derived from the aerospace manufacturing. It enables the production of diameters up to 2.2m. I have worked out a process to inlay the female part of the bracket flush into the tops. The brackets are cut using a laser machine. They are then folded using a digital press. These modern techniques allow for small quantity production without investing in expensive stamping tools. I learned all these techniques through data research completed by experimentations in my workshop. For example the precise design mounting bracket had to be adapted to the capacities of the subcontractor that I finally chose, with the goal to minimise the cost. The piece exhibited at the MOOD of Como, in June 2016 used the second prototype of the mounting bracket, which it is not the final design
PS : It was a race against time. In June 2014 I had the main idea for the legs and table tops. I still had to invent a junction piece, both practical and affordable for small-scale production. In January I rented a stand for QUISO at Equip’hôtel fair. In July I was put forward for an Equip’innov award. The exhibition opened on 22nd November with a new challenge, to demonstrate the efficiency of the product within the restricted area of the stand. Patrick Sarran managed to successfully present four tables at the fair and to win the award.
PS : One day, I found the proposal to participate to A’Design Award in my mail box. I did not know this competition. After I read the rules and the methodology of the contest, I told myself, why not?
PS : I improved my 3D design by using Shark software. I develop methods allowing me to mold large table tops of diameter up to 2,2 m and inlay mounting bracket flush to the top.
