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Top 5 Tables
CAT table
Posted March 12th, 2008 by Grunblau_BMO in
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My goal with this piece was to design a beautiful table that could be easily produced using either bent laminations or injection molding. The basic geometry is derived from a ruled surface that originated from lofting two opposing catenary curves. Aside from scalability, the height can be adjusted by choosing the cutoff level of the geometry of the base.
The Hugga: end table, coffee table, kids chair and kids desk/table
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The Hugga evolved from a chair I made for my son. I found he liked to use it as a table when drawing or eating. We also found ourselves using it as an end table for drinks as our living room doesn't lend itself to a coffee table in the middle of the room, especially with two small children running around.
The original Hugga had the spacing rods exposed and cushions were placed on top for seating but it didn't look great as a table with the rods showing, so the version in the photos has fabric laminated to foam which is stretched around the frame and secured out of sight with velcro.
Two huggas can be nested together as a coffee table (ying/yang configuration fits perfectly) and then a child can turn one over to use it as a desk and chair. Sort of reminds me of some of those old school chairs with the built-in desktop.
The Hugga is designed for high sheet utilisation (4 chairs out of a full sheet). Its made from sustainably farmed NZ Pine plywood and rods. It ships flat and the rods are glued in place by the owner. The fabric foam wrap can be easily removed for washing or replaced if damaged (or for a new pattern colour).
I've made this as a production prototype (the dxf files have been made) but I would like to eventually sell it through my online design store (www.vanilladesignstore.com). Rough estimates put it at $USD150 retail. Thanks for checking it out!
Home/Personal use Bar
Posted March 25th, 2008 by Puckettdesign in
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A home/Personal use Bar. Flatpack/knockdown construction with no tools or hardware required. Colored graphic is a cutting board material for limes, lemons, etc... two top heights for bartender and customer. maximum space is provided for storage of bottles, cups, etc... Sections behind bar are interchangeable for accessories of buyers choice.
Interlocking Side Tables
Posted January 23rd, 2008 by designjerk in
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A pair of end tables that, when pushed together, interlock to form a single coffee table (or console). Individually, the tables offer a variety of visually-interesting platforms and nooks on which the owner can place books, artifacts, or other items.
lossless 'saki' table by Cragelmeyer
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This table uses exactly 1/3rd of a sheet of plywood minus the width of the blade that cuts it out. In researching designs that efficiently use plywood, I found mainly rectilinear pieces dominated by the original 'sheet stock' 4'x8' format. Here shapes are created from an offset rectangle within another rectangle to reveal flowing overlap and intersection escaping, to an extent, the sheet stock form. The material used here is 7/8" Plyboo, but it can be produced using any sheet stock with a few minor adjustments to the design. At 43" by 25" by 16", the resulting curvilinear form makes the most of one third of a sheet and is ample size to fill out a living room.
Thanks for looking.
