Intersect is a café table made using the technique of metal casting in Takaoka City in Toyama
Prefecture, a tradition that has been handed down by many companies to today. This cast metal is
made at the Dogu foundry, which is currently operated by a young president, and the foundry has
been in operation for more than 100 years in the city. As the name Dogu (literally meaning Tools)
shows, the foundry has a long history of metal casting. Although they currently use sand molds
for casting, they apparently also used a technique called lost-wax casting to manufacture a wide
variety of tools. Around the time of WWII, this factory manufactured sculptures, bronze statues,
and Buddhist statues and altar articles that were exported to foreign countries. However, along
with the changes of the times, they have come to make as signboards for the government and
commemorative plates for the completion of tunnels and bridges.Using this beautiful and sensitive
casting technique, together with the factory, we tried to make furniture that could be realized only in
Japan. Although many of our products today are made at Dogu, there was a long way to reach here.
One of the products we worked on in the initial stage of such a trial was this Intersect. Café table
legs generally are made with aluminum or steel, but by using heavy bronze, large top boards can be
supported by the weight of the legs. Although the shape of the legs is designed to secure stability,
the tips depict a streamline shape like an airplane wing, providing a light impression and sense of
tension as well as softness.