At EDIT Napoli 2024, Marco Ripa and Atelier Ferraro’s INDIA

From the first collaboration between Marco Ripa and Atelier Ferraro, INDIA was born: a family of transforming tables for indoors and outdoors in 100% recyclable aluminum.

A fortuitous encounter marks the beginning of the INDIA story. In 2021, Marco Ripa and Emanuele Ferraro of Atelier Ferraro met at EDIT Napoli, the international fair of editorial and signature design. Sharing a desire to experiment and a rigorous design vision, they began a dialogue that blossomed into a collaboration. This year, from October 11 to 13, the two designers return to Naples to present the fruits of this journey: INDIA, a family of tables for indoor and outdoor use, made of 100% recyclable aluminum.

The series, with its classic aesthetic and contemporary inclination, expresses the values of the land from which it takes its name: the welcoming nature of its soft, rounded shapes, the lightness of the metalwork reduced to minimal thicknesses, and the flexibility of the four models designed from a single, original base.

INDIA is characterized by four metal legs, cold-bent to create a unique quarter-circle shape. This profile provides functional stability to the top and, aesthetically, embodies the idea of openness and hospitality that is at the heart of the project.

These same legs, in a central or peripheral position, can support all the tops in the collection, in various sizes: from the compact 100x100 cm to the more classic 95x148 cm, from the atypical 183x145 cm to the generous 124x240 cm with a double top. If, over time, a different table is needed, retain the base while simply swapping out the top; the old top can be returned to Marco Ripa, who will reintegrate it into the series’ production cycle, eliminating waste of materials and resources.

INDIA is rooted in Emanuele Ferraro’s experiences of family warmth and hospitality gained during numerous trips to the East. The designer explains: “The project embodies a light classicism in its sober yet welcoming and soft geometries, and takes advantage of aluminum, reduced to minimal thicknesses, to create a top that interprets the act of dining in a convivial and modern way: as respectful of the environment as possible and flexible enough to accompany spaces and people in constant evolution”.