Table made in solid wood, its top in glued slats and squared sides, with a central iron compartment to store objects. The surface is supported by four powerful legs with a geome- trical section. Finishing: based on oil/natural wax of plant origin, with pine extracts. Quotation, Patricia Urquiola The idea behind the “Canal” table makes reference to the age-old spaces of Church refectories, where religious congregations would take their common meals, sitting in a horseshoe arrangement so that everyone could sit facing one another, with no one at the head of the table. The table with solid wood surface and legs intentionally maintains an aspect essential in its traits. Its lengthwise axis features a wooden beam as long as the table top, partially set in, acting as a pocket to store and hold everything needed to eat the meal. At the end, the beam changes function, and becomes a handle to allow the table to be deftly moved in space, and thus to change its con guration. This gave rise to the idea of making the table surface’s long sides retractable, so the dining surface can take on different con gurations depending on the number of chairs. In a hypothetical serial arrangement, the table pro- poses again, in a contemporary way, the age-old idea of the refectory where diners take their meals seated along the walls, on three sides, looking at one another, thus highlighting, also in space, the idea of community sharing. L. 220 - D. 80 - H. 52