MAD furniture fitted with granite worksurfaces

New furniture items at the Marketing, Advertising and Design (MAD) Agency in Horton, Dorset, have been clad with granite worksurfaces from Granite Transformations.

A 10ft (3m) black-topped 'floating' table, which is suspended on virtually invisible yacht rigging wires, and a reception desk are both clad with a diamond-polished worksurface made from Italian granite and fitted by Granite Transformations' local showroom in Lymington, Hampshire.

The deep black finish is Trend R New Galaxy, which combines the distinctive looks and style of natural granite with the hardwearing performance of advanced polymer technology.

This Trend R agglomerate surface is suitable for design agency applications because it is lighter and more manageable than granite slab, meaning that it can be installed without extra reinforcement on kitchen worktops, bathroom units, bar counters and even floating tables, according to the company.

The MAD Agency recently relocated from a converted barn to newly renovated premises, which has been decked out with custom-designed wallpaper, advanced technology and bespoke furniture, including the floating table for presentations and meetings.

Richard Crossman, managing director, designed the reception unit and table, then prefabricated the aluminium frames himself using a high-speed waterjet machine, before infilling with MDF board.

Granite Transformations normally measures up, then fabricates the sections off site, prior to fitting worktops at the customer premises; in this instance, however, all the surface finishing was carried out at the Lymington workshop.

Rob Douthwaite, local showroom principal, cut the sections himself, achieving the smooth continuous curves of the reception desk.

The large 3 x 1.2m Trend R slabs minimised the number of joins required, producing long, unbroken surfaces, while the seamless bonded edges contributed further to the look.

The boardroom table is now suspended on rigging wires, tested to withstand more weight than the Trend-clad construction.

The reception desk worktop - also fully scratch, impact, heat and stain resistant - sits atop a bright-red painted base in front of matched cut-out lettering of the acronym 'MAD'.

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