NIGEL AND RUPERT HELP TOO (AMIEU)
Guardian Tables
Silky oak, silky oak veneer, silver ash, silver ash veneer, stainless steel.
The Nigel and Rupert Help Too tables involve three, finely articulated, intersecting forms with the Zoomorphic, Silky Oak element intersecting with the Silver Ash table as well as being perched, Teraph like, on its Silver Ash podium. The curved Zoomorphic form is offset for increased tension and animation reminiscent of a dog turning its attention to one side.
An essence of caricature and humour usually works itself into the narrative of the objects Lueckenhausen designs, which introduces a check to the danger of the work taking itself too seriously. They have their serious side but they, in common with so much of his work, have a humorous / self-deprecatory side as well. In this case this might also be a factor of relative scale. Sitting near the guardian desks in both offices, their relatively small size in the shadow of the imposing desks robs them a little of their gravitas. That led to the cute title with the suggestion of look at me, Im helping too.