Stratos Masterwood Dining Table
Stratos Masterwood Dining Table
By Cattelan Italia | Designer: Studio Kronos
The Stratos Masterwood Dining Table showcases the warmth of natural timber paired with bold architectural engineering. If you love the sharp, origami-like architecture of a modern metal base but want your dining room to feel deeply inviting and rich in natural texture, the Stratos Masterwood (designed by Studio Kronos and Paolo Cattelan for Cattelan Italia) is an absolute triumph of contemporary design. It takes a heavy, industrial geometric base and crowns it with the most intricate, complex, and tactile wooden surface Cattelan Italia has ever created.
The absolute soul of the Stratos collection is its striking central pedestal. Instead of standard corner legs or a basic central cylinder, the base is formed by heavy-duty steel plates that intersect and crease at sharp, dynamic angles. The plates look like they have been precisely folded like massive metal origami. Because the angled planes are positioned asymmetrically, the base creates a deep sense of architectural movement and shadow play. From one angle, it looks like a solid, grounded monolith; take two steps to the side, and it suddenly opens up into a sleek, crisscrossing shape. You can ground the heavy look of the base with highly textured, light-catching embossed steel finishes like Titanium, Bronze, Graphite, or Black.
The mistake people make is thinking the Masterwood top is just a standard, flat sheet of wood veneer. It isn't. The Masterwood top is treated like a massive, bespoke wooden canvas. Instead of running a single wood grain straight down the length of the table, master artisans hand-select and manually position premium wood slats diagonally and longitudinally in an intricate, interlocking layout. Because the grain directions alternate from section to section, the table changes character throughout the day. As natural light moves across the room, some panels will look deep and matte while others catch the light and look luminous. It is exclusively crafted in Cattelan's premier woods: Canaletto Walnut (NC) (rich, warm honey-browns with fluid grain) or Burned Oak (RB) (a deeper, moodier chocolate-charcoal brown).
The Stratos Masterwood is designed for a home that wants to make a serious architectural statement without sacrificing everyday warmth. The origami-like metal base anchors the room with undeniable masculine elegance, while the tactile, jigsaw-patterned wood top begs you to sit down, rest your arms on the surface, and linger long after the dinner plates have been cleared. It is the perfect marriage of raw geometry and master carpentry.