The cajón, spanish for ‘crate’, is wooden box drum invented by African
slaves in Perú who use to sit atop shipping crates and drum on them
with their hands.
For a school project, Andrew O’Niell, Jacqueline Armada
and myself interpreted the furniture class final prompt of ‘useable surface’ as a musical one,
and designed a table with 12 different acoustic surfaces.
Six short cajóns make up the hexagonal table top, while six more trapezoidal
cajons sit underneath and slide right out to be sat upon, played on, or used
and drink stands and foot rests.
Design and Construction:
Andrew O'Niell, Jacqueline Armada
Percussionists:
Michael Ahearn, Nick Valinski, Silas Wallerstein, Matthew Kast, Phil Bongard, Daniel Kaye (me)
Phtography:
Matt Kalish, Alec Hembree, Alex Strzelecki, David Huber
Special thanks:
