Assuming the weight and texture of an object to later find out it’s nothing like what you expected is a surprising and pleasant occurrence. The Sponge Tables hope to achieve this for its observers.

Made from carbonated aluminum panels, a common building material, once painted becomes completely unrecognisable as metal. The sponge table’s simple construction is intended to highlight the use of material, extenuating the alchemist quality of elevating a standard building material to a luxury good.