Empty Thoughts

Contemporary side table

Title: Empty Thoughts Designer: Pascale De Backer Year: 2009 Material: Handmade white paper books, a mirror and a removable glass Colour: White Dimensions: H 30 cm x Ø 50 cm Production: Handmade Photography: Milos Sitarica

Books are slowly disappearing from society. Empty Thoughts is an homage to ‘The Book’ as an enduring object of knowledge, stories, and imagination.

This contemporary side table is composed of handmade white book pages. A mirror beneath the pages reflects their subtle movement, creating the illusion of endless reading, suspended in time and space, as the pages gently respond to the surrounding air.

A removable glass top transforms the work into a functional table. The glass can be lifted off, making it easy to serve drinks while preserving the delicate interaction between the pages, the mirror and the surrounding space.

Empty Thoughts, Selected Exhibitions:

2017 Solo Exhibition, De Vuyst Art Gallery, Lokeren, Belgium

2013 Milan Design Week, Salone Satellite, Milan, Italy

2013 Paris Design Week, Meet My Project, Paris, France

2009 100% Design, Rotterdam, The Netherlands