B-side table

b-side table | Taxing Art

b-side is the latest object from the Taxing Art project. The project looks at the effect government policy has on creativity and in particular, how taxation effects innovative companies. Beta Tank created tax ambiguous objects that can be classified equally under art or design categories. There are specific criteria that define something as a work of art in the eyes of the law. These include process, quantity and functionality. The b-side table is made as a response to these laws as it is half hand-made and half industrially made. The hand-made part of the table does not function as a table, thus under German tax regulations, that half must incur 7% VAT, while the functioning side must be 19% VAT. The b-side is a commissioned piece for Dilmos, Milan and will be unveiled during the Milan furniture fair 2011 at the Unison exhibition at the Dilmos project gallery.