Gargantua

© Design by Dirk Wynants for Extremis, 1994

Gargantua was born in 1994 when Dirk Wynants wanted a picnic table where his children could sit at the same eye level as the adults. Named after the giant in Rabelais' 16th century novel who taught his son to enjoy life to the fullest, Gargantua is the original tool for togetherness. Built for everyone, from the start.

Gargantua

The original tool for togetherness. Built for everyone.

Eight seats as standard, twelve when the benches raise to tabletop height. The combination of class I hardwood and galvanized steel gives Gargantua its robust, timeless character. Built for gardens, campuses, and everything in between since 1994.

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Overhead view of a large wooden rooftop terrace with four white parasols shading round picnic tables, alongside a long bench, oversized white planters, and a stepped walkway through red gravel.

Social area at St.Pölten Clinic

In healthcare

Bright hotel reception corridor with glossy dark flooring, a white Sticks room divider casting long striped shadows, and several guests gathered near the reception desk in the background.

Design hotel

In hospitality

Three Gargantua picnic tables stand on a rooftop terrace overlooking Tokyo’s waterfront skyline under a dramatic cloudy sky.

Shared terraces in SOHO

At work

Historic brick sugar factory building converted into modern housing and workspaces, with balconies overlooking a landscaped courtyard garden with the Gargantua table.

Sweet housing in a sugar factory

At home

People seated at round gargantua picnic tables with circular benches on a paved terrace beneath red-leaf trees, with ornamental grasses and a light industrial building in the background.

Lunch breaks under the trees

At work

High-angle view of the Seibu Ikebukuro rooftop garden in Tokyo, with blue mosaic paving, a round water feature, planted borders, shared tables and white parasols spread across the terrace.

City escape in Tokyo

In public spaces

Spacious school courtyard framed by a modern cream, gray, and orange building, furnished with scattered red, white, and light blue Picnik table-and-bench sets on large pale paving tiles.

Frankfurt International School

In education

A family gathers around a round Gargantua picnic table under a white Inumbra parasol in a lush garden, while someone grills food nearby.

30Y Gargantua - Winner: setting

At home

Modern concrete villa with a large covered patio featuring a round Gargantua picnic table and an Inumbra parasol beneath a circular roof opening that lets sunlight illuminate the terrace.

Concrete villa with impressive patio

At home

Gargantua round table with integrated Inumbra shade on a sandy coffee shop terrace in Shanghai

A beachy coffee shop terrace

In hospitality