The dish took its form fairly soon, with sketches from Win Assakul. It was to be in six pieces, four interchangeable central sections, and two ends. Both Win Assakul and Amanda Levete loved the look and feel of American walnut. The idea was that it would be nearly flat on one side, for the cold meat and cheeses, and with deeper hollows on the other, to hold fruit. The early sketches are close to the final geometry, although ideas such as having a lip for hanging were superseded by stacking in a box.  The edge is trimmed in brass, which both protects it and adds a little extra excitement and reflects beautiful on the glossy black dining table that it was designed for.