Once again, the designer Ernst Mittermair succeeds in creating a modern, light and graceful piece from a chunky Matumi slab. The framed platter appears to be floating on the angular tapered legs and underlines the beautiful grain of the Matumi wood.
Ernst was born into a wood-crafting family in Austria, spending his early years in his father’s woodworking factory. Later, he competed his apprenticeship at the family factory, specialising in bespoke commissioned and custom-made furniture. Ernst dream was to gain experience in wood design and crafting all over the world and finally reached South Africa in 1968 where the warm, sunny climate and landscape abundant in beautiful indigenous trees attracted him. He has been designing custom-made furniture since then, spending time creating and training other woodworkers in this unique craft.
Ernst Mittermair