Opinion Ciatti - ILtavolo 2.0 rectangular table

A table that keeps up with the times, that is much more than an evolution, because it is the result of a process made up of listening, research, and study. This project has been strongly desired by Lapo Ciatti and his team, who wanted to design a product that is adaptable, flexible, and 100% sustainable, offering a concrete response to new needs.

With essential lines like its predecessor ILtavolo, ILtavolo 2.0 stands out for being entirely made in aluminium, a feature that makes it not only lightweight and suitable for indoor and outdoor use, but above all fully recyclable.

Opinion Ciatti’s increasing attention to sustainability is also reflected in the choice of the finishes. Alongside the classic white, the sophisticated gold leaf, and the new gold and silver metallic paints, ILtavolo 2.0 also comes in a new special cocciopesto effect, a coating that is a tribute to the colours of Tuscany’s landscapes and, on the other hand, an expression of research and innovation.
Known since the time of the Phoenicians and improved by the Romans – who used it as a waterproofing material – the traditional cocciopesto mix is made up of fragments of tiles and bricks combined with lime-based mortar, and is still widely used today as a coating both for indoor and outdoor floors and walls in damp environments.

In its 2.0 version, used for the new table by Opinion Ciatti, cocciopesto becomes a special ecological microbiotic-based mortar. The mixture – composed of noble polymers, quartz sands, and calcium carbonate – is enriched with microorganisms, widely used in organic farming for their antioxidant properties, which improve compactness and resistance to impacts and abrasions. The resulting material – in red, white and, 2023 novelty, grey pigmentations – is fireproof, waterproof and free of resins, lime, plaster, and cement. The processing is water-based and without the use of chemical solvents, so it allows the complete reuse or recycling of all its components.

Eco-friendly and with a minimalist design, ILtavolo 2.0 stands out also for its functionality. A measure of this is the optional set of wheels that can be applied to two of the four legs, making it easily movable within the environment.
A nomadic table that meets the new furnishing needs of both residential and contract spaces.
A versatile product that can adapt to the ever-changing needs of contemporary projects.

Accessories: version with two aluminum wheels that facilitate movement. The
wheels are equipped with black rubber O-rings that make them suitable for any
type of flooring and avoid scratches. Optional aluminum grommets.

Lapo Ciatti

Born in Florence in 1980, after his studies in Industrial Design at the Domus Academy in Milan, he began working at some of the most prestigious architectural studios in Florence, Milan and London. Determined to embark on an entrepreneurial path, before entering the family business he forms abroad, experience that will allow him to develop a multifaceted vision and open to contamination and a strong ability to grasp future trends.

Since 2011 he is CEO and Art Director of Opinion Ciatti. Deeply linked to his native Tuscany, he transformed this love for his land into a source of privileged inspiration for the productions of Opinion Ciatti. This is how the #FollowYourRoots collections were born, a journey through time in search of their roots to give meaning to what we are and breathe today. The union between present and past, the hashtag of communication 2.0, before those roots, to rediscover, fil rouge that unites proposals for living in the third millennium.

Opinion Ciatti

Opinion Ciatti is a company founded in 1950 in Florence that produces accessories and design furnishing including bookcases, tables and chairs; for the home, work and common spaces. A wide range of concrete and very identifiable objects, able with their presence, their touch, to characterise an atmosphere, personalise an environment. It all begins with an intuition of Rolando Ciatti. As a curious and attentive observer of a world that is changing so fast around him, he understands that a place in the house must be found for that strange, new object – the television - which was about to shake the Italians habit. That’s how Ciatti was founded, in Borgo San Frediano, in Florence Oltrarno, as the first company in Italy to produce TV benches. In 2003  the Ciatti family meets Bruno Rainaldi. Along they found CCR design, a new company focused on the development of home objects and accessories. Under the art direction of Mr Rainaldi, important names in Italian design start creating storage objects, chairs, mirrors, all characterized by a strong and bold personality. In 2004, Original Ptolomeo, the free-standing bookshelf by Bruno Rainaldi, wins the Compasso d’Oro award. Basic but revolutionary, new and with a great impact, as sudden as an intuition; Ptolomeo soon becomes the company’s best-selling item and an icon of contemporary design.