Vincent Leman Hears a Who

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With a wild visual sensibility somewhere between Dr. Seuss and The Mad Hatter, Vincent Leman defies logic with much of his work. Sometimes he crafts two pieces separately and fits them into one another in a jigsaw fashion to make a cohesive armoire. For other pieces, he balances a bold, curved element of movement with leveling feet underneath to trick the eye into believing a nightstand, for example, has taken on a life of its

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Alma Table by Roberta Rampazzo Is Almost Made of Wood

The Alma Table is a simple, but interesting table concept. We’re looking at an acrylic frame in which the designer, Roberta Rampazzo, has placed wood scraps. The name of the table means “Soul” when translated from Portuguese and the soul of this minimalistic furniture item appears to be, in this case, wood. It’s certainly an ingenious design meant to showcase the importance of wood when it comes to furniture creation, not to mention it’s a

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Squareroot Magazine Basket by Aldentro Brings Math to Modern Furniture

The Squareroot magazine basket, designed by Aldentro, is a minimal piece of modern furniture that serves one simple purpose, offering a storage area for your magazines or books spread around your apartment. Based on a similarly simple mathematics principle, as you might have already guessed by now, the Squareroot resembles the square root sign and can act as an improvised coffee table, chair or a bedside table. The Squareroot can be used to help you

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Layer1 Coffee Table by Luca Nichetto Becomes as High or as Low as You Want

The Layer1 coffee table in the images below, designed by Luca Nichetto for Gallotti & Radice comes with an interesting wooden base, which can be adjusted to fit your needs. The overall design, seems quite simple but it’s also intriguing at the same time. We’re looking at a transparent glass top that’s placed on a wooden base that’s made of “superimposed conical rings.” The more rings you have, the higher the coffee table can become.

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Ripple Tea Table by Hannaseo Stresses Cultural Respect

If you’re in the market for a piece of furniture rife with symbolism, look no further than the “ripple effect” tea table from Korean designers Jeonghwa Seo and Hanna Chung. The tea table is designed to hold a thin pool of water on its surface so that, when a saucer is set down on one end, the water surrounding it is disturbed to the point of a ripple effect reaching the other end of the

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