Category: Table

Stack

In about two weeks the annual furniture fair in Milan will take place. During the fair, Singapore based industrial designer Nathan Yong will present his latest creation; Stack.

Yong created a set of colored wooden tables, differing in depth, which can be moved around and stacked according to one’s preferred configuration. Such like in 2009, when he created the sidetable named Bolle, he collaborated with the Italian manufacturer Living Divani.

I like the combination of the natural blank wooden feet, created by using a tongue and groove join, and the fresh colored tops.

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Vic

Viña del Mar based design studio Elemento Diseño (Jaime Zuñiga and Emmanuel Gonzalez) have created Vic – a minimal coffee table for Quattria – a Barcelona based design company of contemporary furniture, who’s focus is developing the ideas of young designers.

Made from plywood and lacquered in white, the Vic coffee table, comprising of just three pieces, is assembled without any tools and would literally take seconds for one to do so. Vic measures 1150 x 700 x 402 mm, and is described by Quattria:

Environmental performance is the best definition of this coffee table. In manufacturing there are few losses so that all parts are utilised to build a harmonious whole.

Functional and practical with an attractive simplicity.

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Surface

Surface table and chair collection is a combined effort of two giants, one from the world of furniture design and one from the world of Formula One racing car design. Terence Woodgate and John Barnard teamed up to create this innovative table for British manufacturer Established & Sons, and after the success of the project added a chair to it. Both pieces are made from the same layered carbon fibre material John Barnard famously introduced for the McLaren Formula One car chassis in 1981. Thanks to the lightweight durability of the material, the table can span 3 meters while remaining super thin (the piece has a thickness of just 2mm at the edge).

The Surface chair follows the same trait of delicate form and supreme structural integrity. Its paper-thin seat can withstand even the heaviest occupant. Both Surface items come in black. The table also comes in walnut veneer.

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Half a Table

The hall of most houses and apartments is usually not very big. Half A Table by Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk makes the room look bigger.

Half a table placed against a mirror changes into a whole table. That is the idea behind Half A Table. Van der Lubbe and van Eijk play with optical illusions; although due to the thickness of the mirror it is still clear that it is a small sideboard. However, the size of the mirror will make the space feel bigger.

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The KM Table

The KM Table, designed by french architect Jean Nouvel is a narrow 85cm wooden table, made to measure, with a minimum length of 4m. The example exhibited here measures 6m 35, according to the dimensions of the gallery.

The extraordinary proportions of the table are determined by a constructive principle whereby its span is miraculously supported within the thickness of the material itself, which is a lamination of oak and hornbeam. With this building technique, any length of table is imaginable, even one kilometre…The table is produced in Italy by Unifor.

Like many of his modernist predecessors who worked across related disciplines, Nouvel describes himself as an architect who also makes design.

Jean Nouvel says:

The key word of my work is elementariness. I’m rather looking for singularities and traits linked to simple functions. I have a special affection for tables because a table is a simple thing, but it is not because it’s simple that it is easier to do.

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Mensa6

Mensa6 table is the latest piece by Michael Schougaard Svane, who thinks that maximum strength can be achieved with a minimal use of material and components. The number 6 refers to the thickness of the tabletop (6 mm), while Mensa is Latin for table.

Pleasingly simple, the piece is comprised of only four parts. The slim tabletop is supported by two stainless steel legs attached to the perforated frame, which ensures the stability of the construction. The legs can be moved along the holes in the frame, changing the visual balance of the piece. Even though the table is big enough to accommodate ten people, it is light and can be easily carried and assembled by one person.

The Mensa6 table is the winner of this year’s Reddot design award.

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Dancing Squares

Distinguished Japanese design agency Nendo have created the Dancing Squares collection consisting of a series of minimalist furniture pieces based on the concept of motion.

Nendo describes some of the designs:

One part of the bookshelf is frozen in a tumbling cascade, creating variety in the way books can be stacked. The stool’s twist endows it with rich visual play. Lamps roll about but are stable, thanks to their planes, and cast light in many directions. The table leans as though falling away, but maintains its function as a table, and makes objects placed on it seem to sink into its folds and sways.

The sense of motion, or rather dance is achieved through the clever positioning of the planes, resulting in a combating balance. My personal favourite would have to be the square open basket.

Nendo have also recently introduced the Dancing Squares collection to the NTCRI exhibition in Taiwan as a combination piece.

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Grand Ecart

Grand Ecart is an excellent design by the French architect Jean Nouvel for the Italian manufacturer Palluco.

It is a minimalist table made in painted aluminium and its remarkable points are the extendible models made up of two parts; one fixed, and one you can move as you need, with legs fitted with castors.

What I  like most about the Grand Ecart table is the flexibility to adjust different distances and how well this point is integrated into the design, being almost unnoticed.

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X-Table

Dutch designer Ronald Knol of Utrecht based furniture design studio RKNL has recently completed the X-Table. Based on the the cross-leg refectory table, Knol wanted to strip the structure down to its essentials and reshape the X to introduce a slightly softer appearance, whilst maintaining its stability.

The reduction of any ‘noise’ was an important objective in the design process, fully in sync with the RKNL signature. The first technical challenge was to eliminate the horizontal bar at knee-height, and secondly the reduction of seams. All without compromising the functionality and stability of the table.

Made from plywood and HPL, the combination of these materials create a contemporary version of a classic principle with effortless grace.

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La Cool Vie Bohème

The designer from Valencia, Daniel Gantes had the inspired idea of creating this ingenious minimal dining table called La Cool Vie Boheme.

It is a foldable dining table that can be placed easily in a narrow space because of its minimalist design. Its solid material, the pine wood provides its necessary force to sustain different objects that you need in order to have a real dinner.

It is an ideal piece of furniture for those with a low budget or live in a narrow space and a nonconformist way of having dinner.

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