Natural materials sourced from Iceland's volcanic landscape were used to make this piece of furniture by Reykjavík studio Innriinnri.
Presented at this year's DesignMarch, in an exhibition called The Ode To The Rock, the piece is designed to function as a side table, a stool and an art piece.
It is made from a combination of basalt stone, which is a type of volcanic rock made by cooling lava, and silica, a colourless chemical found in the Earth's crust.

The designers explained that, if left in the liquid for longer, the rock would become completely coated in the white powdery silica. They plan to use their research to experiment with the use of silica as a glaze for firing ceramics.

"By researching the geology side of things, natural structures in the materials, colours, form, shapes and a lot of sketches and drawings, the purpose was to curate data in order to obtain an aesthetic from nature," they explained.
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