Auto-Cannibalistic Table

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts, Pictures on May 30, 2009 at 7:46 am


Most people want their furnitures to last, but not Ate Atema! His Auto-Cannibalistic Table (made in collaboration with designer Amy Campos) made from egg cartons and wheatpaste glue, is designed to be planted with herbs which "eat away" the table as they grow:

Why can’t a table eat itself? Tables support food, but why can’t they BE food too? The Auto-Cannibalistic Table understands that in nature energy and matter are in a constant state of transformation, cycling and recycling. It understands these facts and its design explicitly celebrates them. The Auto-Cannibalistic Table is made from paper egg flats, flour paste, soil and seeds, and when water is added, the seeds germinate and so the table begins to eat itself.

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9 comments to "Auto-Cannibalistic Table"

  1. chet
    May 30th, 2009 at 8:37 am

    Just don't put anything heavy on it...

  2. GQ
    May 30th, 2009 at 8:47 am

    "Why can’t a table eat itself? Tables support food, but why can’t they BE food too?"

    Because I don't want a pile of mulch in my living room?

  3. ted
    May 30th, 2009 at 11:23 am

    Wouldn't the egg cartons rot "when water is added", and fall apart way before the herbs could eat them?

    I guess the trend in modern "art" is concept with no regard for functionality or common sense.

  4. Vonskippy
    May 30th, 2009 at 1:25 pm

    Skip the middle man, just throw dirt on your floor and plant seeds.

  5. Screen Sleuth
    May 30th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    It's eco-friendly, but its also ugly as heck and would be super-fragile. Nice thought, but FAIL.

  6. Ag
    May 30th, 2009 at 4:49 pm

    "Tables support food, but why can’t they BE food too?”

    You know the guy was high when he thought this up.

  7. dark horse
    May 31st, 2009 at 7:31 am

    another piece of masturbatory self-congratulating design, blah blah blah I'm so clever, oh and I made this thing that's absolutely useless

  8. ted
    May 31st, 2009 at 8:33 am

    lol@ masturbatory. Don't you love when you can fit that into conversation?

  9. Mouserz
    June 1st, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    Now we need a chocolate table.


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