Furniture

How to design a coffee table?

by DMKA

OK, I really REALLY want a glass coffee table. Not so much because it it glass really, because that can be a hassle. You have to dust it every day, it clinks when you put your glass (or whatever that is a bit hard) down, there will be fingerprints on it as soon as you touch it. The list goes on. But, I have the most gorgeous carpet – and with a glass table you will be able to see it properly. Also when my dog was still around (sadly she passed) I didn´t want legs under the table to restrict her area (she loved staying on the carpet) of moving around, so I settled for one of those tables that has only one leg in the middle. And I have hated it since day one – but what to do, the beloved dog comes first.

But. New times. Back to the glass table wanting. I asked my Mom (who used to design…well, everything furniture wise really) if she could help out. The reply was: – just do it. I replied: but how? And she said with irritation: – you learn.

Thank you Mom! (not) (or maybe, at least now I’ll have to do it myself and I guess I will learn – the question is: how long time will it take me to finally have a new table :)

To be continued…(I don’t know when, but maybe sometime in the future ha ha. Besides: the Glass is not the problem, it is the legs holding it that needs to be designed…)

Vladimir Kagan
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/tables/coffee-tables-cocktail-tables/vladimir-kagan-tri-symmetric-coffee-table/id-f_29272012/

Akiro Coffe Table
https://njmodern.com/akiro-coffee-table-glass.html

I can´t seem to find the designer/seller of this one, I only have this website (where I borrowed the picture from) but it doesn’t seem to be there. However, it is kind of nice, don’t you think?
https://esalesar.life/product_details/31194928.html

Isn’t it interesting that so many designs are inspired by the iconic Isamu Noguchi coffee table?