THE Y-TABLE

The Y-Table is not a finished object. It is a customizable workstation that is CNC fabricated, built only on-demand to help resolve the common creative questions of its users. As a sustainable approach, it is a customizable idea designed to facilitate specific production processes while keeping material excess to a minimum. The Y-Table always keeps its distinctive three-partite form, but its dimensions and surface-features vary from use to use, from site to site.

The Y-Table was initially a participatory installation for Case 3. It served as an interface and large-scale template for the collective and the audience to come together through the editing and binding of The Black Swan Issue feuilleton.

Thereafter, a second prototype, The Y-Table: MakerLab Version, was built as a curatorial device for the Open Design City's Maker Lab at the Salone del Mobile of the Public Design Festival, Milan, 2011.

At the festival, the Y-Table was used by the Maker Lab, providing them with a sturdy workbench and a conference table, where activities such as carpentry, Arduino electronics, and social dialogue could be mediated.

The Y-Table: MakerLab version is available for your specific workshops (above: rental by Raumtaktik for their Urban Futures Workshops).

The rental rate is 1000€ (2 days including transport and installation in Berlin). 500€ for each additional day. Special rates are available for long-term events.

For more information about the Y-Table concept, if you would like to commission one for your particular actions, and/or you would like to rent it please email: talktous@theanxiousprop.org

Proceeds from the Y- Table will be used strictly to fund the future, common explorations of the The Anxious Prop, Open Design City and The Maker Lab.