Design Guild Mark Holder
Metro
Name of Designer:
Mark Gabbertas083
2013
Lyndon Design
The Metro collection of three different sized occasional tables its inspiration from several existing ranges which are modular in design to form ‘cube’ arrangements giving a wide range of layout options with striking design appeal. This new range is also available in popular finishes, Black American Walnut and European Oak. To further emphasise Lyndon’s refined aesthetic appeal, Metro pieces all come in an impressive show-wood finish which is complemented by a glass top in a range of colourways.
Mark Gabbertas was born in Yorkshire in 1962 and came to the world of furniture design in a circuitous way having started his working life in advertising before changing career path to train as a cabinet maker. Apprenticed to Codrington Furniture and then with Stemmer and Sharp in the acclaimed Oblique Workshops in Hackney, it was Hackney he chose to found his own design/making studio in 1994. In 2001, he established the Gabbertas Studio in West London to focus on furniture design, before moving the main studio to the Oxfordshire countryside in 2016.
