Football Table, The Beautiful Game

Today, people tend to play solitarily in front of their TV or computer (or socially online but still physically alone). What happened to the times when everyone gathered together around a ping-pong or football table? It was social and active, (and it didn't use up any electricity). No need for a Wii video game.

For many years, the football table hasn't received a designer’s attention, while  football stadiums have become incredibly involved and  sculpturally beautiful. The classic football table no longer fits into modern interiors anymore. Enter "11," a collaboration of the two companies, "GRO design" and "Tim modelmakers." Their showcase football table (seen above) debuted at Milan Design Week last week.

“Machined from solid brass, the weight of each rod required the right bearing mechanism to allow the rods to rotate smoothly. Finished in bright-silver chrome required hours of polishing to achieve a perfect mirror finish, before finally ink filling the graphic details. The model of the football table incorporates a number of lighting effects. This required not only finding the best lighting solution, but also writing software to enhance the experience of playing the game - showing the winning goal or restarting the game.” ‘eleventhegame’