Ferrofluid Table

This project was a table designed for a single time use: a specific formal dinner. It constitutes as much event as object: the table is prepared with a grid of drops of Ferrofluid, a magnetic liquid, which are pulled around by magnets attached to the dishware.

The events of the meal—eating, drinking, moving forks and knives and plates and glasses—leave a trace behind on the grid, which accumulates distortions as the night proceeds.

Project Partners: Tansy Mak, Paul Joran, Leslie Mignin