Martino’s Shop
Total Trattoria at The Aram Gallery Total Trattoria at The Aram Gallery Kitchen Combo Chairs 2008 Assorted solid wood pieces Aqua Minerale 2008 Mouth-blown glass. By designing the glass jug in a generic water bottle shape, a normally disposable object becomes non-disposable. Auge fur Auge 2008 Hand etched glasses Hand etched at Lobmeyer, Vienna. Aqua Naturale 2008 Mouth blown glass 42 Flavours 2008 Beermats Silk screen, Die cut board Trouble 2008 Embroidered South Tyrolean farmers’ apron Embroidery and cotton apron Relay 2008 Cutlery cluster The individual pieces are threaded on a bracelet like holder ready to be passed around like an over-sized key ring. The diners pass the cutlery ring around. Found cutlery Nuts 2008 These individual candleholders of different circumferences can be made into a cluster Found objects Taste Buds 2008 The embossed invitation to the Total Trattoria doubles up as placemat. At the Trattoria, placemats have been the calling card of a making process beyond the preparation of the food and were often used as the transaction ticket when the Trattoria took place in a location without a food licence. The placemat artwork was purchased and the food was served after the formal transaction although the artwork was only considered complete once it had acquired the evidence of its use. Letterpress paper
Total Trattoria Dinner Total Trattoria Dinner Total Trattoria Dinner Martino & Alex making soba noodles Fresh produce Raw squid in soy sauce dressing Martino and Kasja serving the half-in-half soup Martino sharpening his knife Arianne making the goats cheese and horseradish toasts The fresh squid photographed next to the days newspaper
Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes Off-Cut Table 2008, 13 pieces, various sizes
Total Trattoria Book, Published 2008 by Dent-De-Leone Total Trattoria Book, Published 2008 by Dent-De-Leone Combo Chair 2008 25 chairs, assorted solid wood pieces, various dimensions Combo Chair 2008 25 chairs, assorted solid wood pieces, various dimensions Combo Chair 2008 25 chairs, assorted solid wood pieces, various dimensions Combo Chair 2008 25 chairs, assorted solid wood pieces, various dimensions Combo Chair 2008 25 chairs, assorted solid wood pieces, various dimensions Combo Chair 2008 25 chairs, assorted solid wood pieces, various dimensions Combo Chair 2008 25 chairs, assorted solid wood pieces, various dimensions Combo Chair 2008 25 chairs, assorted solid wood pieces, various dimensions Combo Chair 2008 25 chairs, assorted solid wood pieces, various dimensions Combo Chair 2008 25 chairs, assorted solid wood pieces, various dimensions Combo Chair 2008 25 chairs, assorted solid wood pieces, various dimensions Combo Chair 2008 25 chairs, assorted solid wood pieces, various dimensions

Total Trattoria

7 Mar – 26 Apr 2008
The Aram Gallery, London, Uk

The Aram Gallery has commissioned London-based designer Martino Gamper to create Total Trattoria – the ultimate expression of his Trattoria al Cappello concept.

Developing further his idea, Total Trattoria, which opened on 7 March 2008, completes the concept and puts it on show to the public for the first time.

Gamper has designed every single element of the dining event ranging from the kitchen and its storage areas to the cutlery and the tables and chairs to the glassware. A series of thirteen individual tables that connect to form one large dining table snakes around the gallery to seat 25 guests. The 25 chairs around the table are all different but are constructed from the same set of component parts, designed by Gamper.

The pieces include the results of many collaborations between Gamper and a wide variety of makers including engraved glasses placed on clusters of leather coasters, blown-glass water jugs and limited edition placemats designed by Gamper’s collaborators in the Trattoria events, Maki Suzuki, Alex Rich and Kajsa Stahl.

The exhibition graphics and communication, also designed by Suzuki, Rich and Stahl, includes a specially designed catalogue. Taken from the press release.

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Total Trattoria - Dinner Event

5 Mar 2008
The Aram Gallery, London, Uk

The menu included beetroot and celeriac soup served half-in-half in bowls, raw squid in a soy sauce dressing, mackerel served in a ginger broth and rhubarb stewed in homemade beer served with fresh cream.

Photography ©Adrien Bugari and ©Barbara Gamper






















Off-Cut Table

2008
Teak from English school laboratory tops, oak from Scottish church benches, poplar from the London Patent Office.
13 pieces, various sizes

The Off-Cut table is made of 13 individual units, butted against each other to create one large horse-shoe configuration. Although the leg system stays the same each table top is a different shape, size and material; a unique variation that is result of the multi-faceted division of the surface. Three types of timber are merged together to create the surface. Off-Cut reflects the fact that a dining event is only ever complete when the different people around the table share the same experience.




































Combo Chairs

2008
25 chairs, assorted solid wood pieces, various dimensions

The Combo chairs are an experiment in making furniture in a way similar to making food. The ingredients were prepared in advance and the variety is a result of different ways of putting the ingredients together. There are twelve different components in three different types of timber. The design and making process were intertwined and the results were not pre-drawn but methodically improvised during the making. The evolution of the ideas can be seen in the different versions. One of them is more likely to be better than the rest or may suit a specific person more than the others.