Riva 1920

'The Earth Table' is made from prehistoric Kauri wood set in resin. The table is made by Italian furniture maker Riva 1920. Kauri (Agathis Australis) is a type of conifer that grows only in Sub-tropical New Zealand. They are the worlds biggest tree in terms of trunk volume and grow to a height of 70 meters. Most of them were felled by English Colonists, the remainder are under government and legal protection.

Tom Philipson II

Above is a detail of one of the Space Landing Tables 2014, by Tom Philipson where the legs were carved from individual timber pieces to look like joints.

Below are two more examples from this series of tables where Tom has explored carving other fake joints. 

Fukai Umi I

Fukai Umi is a Japanese woodworker whose furniture looks like it is about to run away with the outward curve of one sides legs.

Phebos Xenakis I

There are problem that most people don't think about, and then there are those who notice and create a solution. Phebos Xenakis noticed the problem, that when visiting cafes and restaurants that there is rarely anywhere to put your belongings.
His solution 'TRAPESI' is made from oak with a steel brace that has curved joints with the legs that curl in a hook for you to wedge or hang items.

Samuel Reis

Samuel Reis's pine collection uses the form and component elements of the pine tree, taking advantage of the natural curve of the trunks and the needles. The curved forms offer great strength and performance due to the integrity of the fibre. Samuel Reis graduated in product design last summer from ESAD. Thank you

James McNabb I

"The City Series is a collection of wood sculptures that represent a woodworker's journey from the suburbs to the city. Each piece depicts the outsider's perspective of the urban landscape. Made entirely of scrap wood, this work is an interpretation of making something out of nothing. Each piece is cut intuitively on a bandsaw. The result is a collection of architectural forms, each distinctly different from the next." James McNabb

James McNabb is a Philadelphia based craftsman who has moved from furniture into sculpture, creating fantastic metropolis from scraps of wood.

Stone Designs

A low level dinning experience designed for the Japanese market by Stone Designs of Madrid. Stone Designs is the studio of Cutu Mazuelos and Eva Prego established in 1995

"The Stick collection meets the Japanese brand Actus’ need of providing the Japanese market with a table that allows people to have meetings, eat and have fun around it, but the difference with this table is that it has lower proportions as usual. The Stick collection was born from this idea of having a space to share and relax. On it we have used a walking stick as an archetype to support the whole table. Due to the reduce height, it could easily look too heavy and that is why all dimensions have been calculated very carefully. As a result we get a light table with natural finishes that inspires and invites to sit down around it, and share a dinner or the best summer anecdote." Stone Designs 

Gonçalo Campos

A coffee table that acknowledges that it may have different users and store different activities. Strangely I found this whilst thinking of a desk that like a computer desktop could have different layers of interface again, storing different projects/ activities. This table is by Portuguese product designer Gonçalo Campos.

Benjamin Hubert

Super strong and super light this is 'Ripple' a corrugated plywood table designed by London based design studio Benjamin Hubert developed with Canadian manufacturer Corelam weighs just 9kg.
Made by corrugating three layers of 0.8 millimetre-thick birch aircraft plywood the tabletop is just 3.5cms thick.

Michele De Lucchi

'Michele De Lucchi and Sibylle Kicherer founded Produzione Privata in 1990 in order to design products to live with in our contemporary society
using man’s basic tools and talents: the hands and the mind. The creation finds its expression and refinement in numerous pencil drawings,
water-colours and studies.'

These tables are made of solid oak by Produzione Privata which is a small scale company founded on ideas of craftsmanship independent of ideas of industrial manufacture,carefully maintaining the identity and innate character of the materials and the dignity and skill of the craftsman.

John Lee I

Storm a table by John Lee made from solid oak with a swirling spiral of spars. The spiral base which has been sandblasted and textured to enhance the natural grain pattern.

Audrone Drungilaite

I love this design of 'Forest' by Audrone Drungilate with the tree forms plugging into the table made of Lithuanian Ash, because it relates to the earth and the great unseen trees (of roots) under the ground. But also because it is beautifully designed and it lends itself to so many other interpretations and possibilities for vases or lamps for instance. (thank you)

Sam Hecht

Mutli functional furniture from combining elements of a stool, bench and chair by Sam Hecht inspired by seating on the Tokyo metro which combined individual seating with benches, made by Established and sons.

Renier Winkelaar

Renier Winkelaar has long had a fascination for wooden cogs and mechanics stemming from a love of traditional windmills. Renier loves the way such old technology and techniques can come alive and automated. He wanted to incorporate these features in his furniture and has thus created this oak extending table.

Vitamin Design: stylus

 

This table is called stylus, and was designed arround a writing utensil. It has beautiful tapered legs and is from hamberg based Vitamin Design.

Jody Koomen

Jody Koomen has made a table that is a love letter to a piece of wood, this is his white ash 'Delven' side table in burr white ash.
Jody is based in Northumberland, using restrained design he pays attention to natural patterns and forms in the wood. His use of sustainably sourced, English hardwoods have resulted in a growing body of work of collectable boxes, cabinets and furniture.

William Blair

William Blair made a laminated bent ply coffee table on which he experimented with image transfer using turpentine and photocopies, in celebration of the mini.

Zee Chilufya II

Zee Chilufya's design for a glass topped table was based on the form of a simplified spider. With walnut and oak inlaid detail on the central apex joint.