Lovisa Alsberg
Sketch models exploring materiality and form - tables in 1:5 scale alongside 1:1 studies of table legs and materials.Staged Dining – The dining table as a site for social interaction explores the dining table as a space for community and connection. For me, the kitchen table has always been a natural gathering place – where family and friends come together to share meals, conversations, and presence. Around the table, relationships are shaped through discussion, understanding and misunderstanding, shared gestures, and mutual care.
The project highlights the symbolic and social significance of the dining table through the tools of interior architecture. Participatory workshops explore how meals unfold in various spatial arrangements. These sessions analyse how we sit, interact, and experience shared eating – insights that directly inform the final design of the table.
Staged Dining culminates in a full-scale prototype – a physical interpretation of the project’s research. The goal is to inspire and spark curiosity: Who do we invite? How do we eat together? Might we change a habit we’ve never questioned, or invite more play and freedom into the act of dining?
Tables created during Workshop 2, using chipboard and dry pastels. The designs were informed by the themes of playfullness and intuition, with a focus on collaborative making and process-oriented exploration.