Blog Posts on table design

Neat Office Table Design Tidies Up Things by The Resident Architect on Feb 10, 2011Office table tops are bombarded with a lot of paper work, personal things, laptops and all the other stuff people like to place on top.  These things usually seem to stay there forever which really reduces the working surface of...

A Semi-Circular Table Transforms by The Resident Architect on Oct 14, 2010When I was a kid, toys that transform, fold, slide in and out to form a shape from another shape really excites me that is why when I saw this table, how simple it may look, really caught my attention. ...

Play with the Rotating Squares Table by The Resident Architect on Sep 26, 2010We're used to seeing a table as this stationary and unanimated piece of furniture which its main purpose is just to hold books or pieces of decorations in the room.  The table above on the other hand would seem to...

Cool Desk from Recycled Books by The Resident Architect on Sep 22, 2010This is a picture of the front desk of the Architecture Library in Delft University of Technology.  It is part of the new library built after one year when the previous library got burned down....

Table that Leaves Off Memories by The Resident Architect on Aug 27, 2010This ordinary looking table is not as ordinary as it seems.  Designed by Mike Kann, this table which he calls the Minos Coffee Table amazingly captures memories and patterns of its use.  Upholstered with leather with thermochromic d...

And The Table Learned To Walk!? by The Resident Architect on Aug 20, 2010So it looks like an ordinary wooden table with extra set of legs and a lot of crazy stuff happening underneath it but obviously, it's far from ordinary.  What seems like another clumsily made furniture is actually a very innovative...

Slide Eat! Table Design by The Resident Architect on Jul 30, 2010Slide Eat! is what they call this table design by Studio Klass.  It's a combination of a lunch table and a slide.  And yes, it is a table designed for children, ideally for kindergarten schools.  This table can be used...

Bubble Gum Table and Bench Set by The Resident Architect on Mar 2, 2010Here's an interesting concept of a table and bench design by French designer Florent Degourc.  This table and bench set which he calls the "Smooth and Smoothie" looks like two large melted bubble gum dripping onto the floor....