The GAU table is a four hands creation. Hands of the designers Silvia Ceñal and Ibon Arrizabalaga. Silvia trained in industrial design in Spain, the Netherlands and Italy and has worked for years as a freelance. Ibon took his first professional steps with the Seat’s team of designers, and in 1998 began his career with Treku, where he is responsible for the design of household and industrial products.

How would you define Gau?
(Ibon) Gau is a round coffee table, simple but elegant, available in three sizes (and three heights) which can be mutually combined. The slender cylindrical legs contrast with the robust ring that surrounds the tabletop and finishes off the piece.
(Silvia) Table is an ideal stand-alone piece, which can be combined with others of different sizes, either as a coffee table or a side table. You can select any wood for countertops and any lacquers from the Treku sample collection, the ring and legs can be selected in any of the available colors.

What would be the ideal setting for Gau?
(Silvia) The Gau line of tables is universal: easily adaptable to large professional areas like offices, hotels, or shops, as well as individual homes. For example, at home they can be used as a coffee table, side table for the sofa or bedside table in the bedroom.

How did you come up with the creation and design of such a product?
(Ibon) On one hand, we generate the ideas and the information that helps us establish certain criteria or requirements from the commercial network. On the other hand, from the product standpoint, we work in a more open and intuitive way to create an interesting portfolio for the brand. What is important is to find the right balance between the two. It is a constant process in which ideas are taking shape organically and are defined, even during the manufacturing process.

Why did you decide to approach this specific product?
(Silvia) Many of Treku’s products are widely modular systems such as Lauki, Aura, Kai or Bost. Accessories such as Gau tables have another type of importance: they allow us to create atmospheres within the areas in which they are installed. At these times, at Treku we are focused on creating a more dynamic portfolio of these complementary products that allow you to enrich the atmosphere of a home or other type of space.

What are you currently working on at Treku?
(Ibon) Right now we are working on several things. Silvia is focused on developing a dining table, while I am working on a chair and an armchair, objects that I have not had the opportunity to design until now, thus being a particularly exciting challenge.