Beirut studio T Sakhi has designed a collection of green-hued coffee tables using resin, brass powder and marble offcuts to create the effect of "looking through a microscope".
Studio founders and sisters Tessa and Tara Sakhi created the series of furniture to give waste and fragmented materials a new life by combining them with a unifying component.
The two-piece collection of tables, called Reconciled Fragments, is made of discarded pieces of forest-green marble found in a quarry and brass powder taken from local factories in Beirut, Lebanon, which were placed in a mould and set in place with liquid resin.
T Sakhi made the Reconciled Fragments tables from resin, brass powder and marble offcuts According to the sisters, this combination of materials emulates decomposing matter, with the resin being chosen to convey a sense of depth and transparency.
The duo described the resulting effect as being "like looking through a microscope."
"When we look at something up close, whatever it is, be it in nature, a component or even the cells of our body, everything is composed of little particles that create a new whole," Tessa told Dezeen.
"We want to simply reinterpret 'shattered' pieces into a 'new' entity," she continued. "We are keen to provoke a sense of curiosity throughout our work on materials and stimulate the sense of touch in visitors."
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