The Traverse table shares the die-cast aluminium frame and heat-treated ash slatted tabletop of the rest of the collection, in three lengths: 75 cm for compact use, 140 and 190 cm for dining.A slatted tabletopTabletop in oiled heat-treated solid ash, assembled in slats on a die-cast aluminium bas...
The Traverse table shares the die-cast aluminium frame and heat-treated ash slatted tabletop of the rest of the collection, in three lengths: 75 cm for compact use, 140 and 190 cm for dining.
A slatted tabletop
Tabletop in oiled heat-treated solid ash, assembled in slats on a die-cast aluminium base: “die-cast aluminium frame with slatted tabletop in heat-treated ash”, according to the HAY spec sheet. All three sizes share the same width of 83 cm and the same height of 74 cm.
Heat-treated ash, designed for the outdoors
Traverse combines a die-cast aluminium structure with slats of solid ash that have been heat-treated and then oiled. Rolf Hay, co-founder of the company, explains this choice: “Teak wood and other rainforest woods are excellent for outdoor use, but it is not necessarily a responsible material choice. Believe it or not, this is actually ash wood, which normally has a lighter colour, but by heating it, it turns brown, drawing out weatherproof qualities and allowing the furniture to better withstand the outdoors.” Erwan Bouroullec describes how the collection ages: “You could leave it anywhere and it will age very nicely : Traverse will enjoy the rain and the sun, and step by step it will start to melt into the space.”
Traverse is delivered as a kit, to be assembled yourself: “Traverse is meant to be built by the person who is acquiring it; people will create an emotional link to the object that they produce, and later, use”, according to Bouroullec. Rolf Hay adds, regarding the price of the collection: “In the end, we have relatively expensive materials here. But by producing efficiently, we can keep the range democratically priced.”
