Ocean Table

Table made of steel and recycled fishing nets

The Ocean Mater ’s table is part of a series of tables and chairs originally designed by Nanna Ditzel in 1955. This reissue reinterprets classic Danish furniture using recycled plastic recovered from the ocean. The table is available in various lengths and consists of a steel frame with a burnished finish and tabletops made from recycled fishing nets and hard plastic. The table is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use and creates a modern, clean-lined look whether indoors or outdoors.

Recycled Plastic from the World’s Oceans

Mater uses recycled plastic for the table sourced from the Danish cleantech company Plastix, one of the world’s few companies specializing in mechanical recycling. Plastix transforms discarded fishing nets, trawl nets, ropes, and other plastic waste products into valuable recycled plastic raw materials, known as “ & ” “Green Plastics & .” Before being processed into Green Plastics’ recycled pellets, the fishing nets are sorted, analyzed, and cleaned, after which they are processed into pellets in the final step. The plastic pellets are later melted down and injection-molded into flexible table slats for the Ocean table.

From the Ditzels’ archives

Originally manufactured by Kolds Savværk until the late 1950s, the chair and two tables were initially designed for the Ditzels’ personal use. The first design from 1955 consisted of steel frames and wood veneer parts. The reissues were enlarged by five percent to meet modern proportions. The simple forms and lightness of the series embody the Ditzels’ design sensibility, which was at once precise, practical, and playful. Together with Dennie Ditzel, Mater searched the Ditzels’ archive and selected the chair and the two tables for the Ocean series. In this reissue, the series helps reduce plastic waste and contributes to achieving Goals 12, 14, 15, and 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.