Master craftsmen in Bangladesh create the award-winning Koroi side table, which is one-of-a-kind
Produced by master craftsmen in Bangladesh, the materiality and composition of the award-winning Koroi side table ensure that each piece is unique. MAJA is a collection of furniture objects designed by Diane Taylor and produced through collaborations with artisans and artists from Bali, Java, and Bangladesh.
Capturing a moment in balance, the Koroi side table juxtaposes weight with weightlessness. The geometric abstraction of the design plays on two distinct profiles, creating an elemental figure; while the base is soft in its curvature, the top is linear. Cut at opposing grains, the contrasting upper and lower profiles reveal unique patterns in the wood, highlighting the confrontation between two objects.
Handcrafted in solid wood, the production process of the Koroi side table observes a resource-efficient approach, both in terms of the natural material and the energy required.
The Koroi side table is designed in a family of two sizes, one elongated Table M and another compact Table S, available in mahogany or teak.
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So Different: Your Place at the Table! project by ADHOC Architects
The team of ADHOC Architects presents the project Your Place at the Table! in Montreal until October 2020, on Sainte-Catherine Ouest, corner Clark. The project was designed with the collaboration of graphic designers Maude Lescarbeau and Camille Blais. The colourful installation was conceived to safely accommodate and attract citizens currently reappropriating the downtown of Montreal after several weeks of confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The layout is designed to offer passers-by a space to promenade or to sit and relax while respecting current sanitation and social distancing norms.
The team from ADHOC architectes was given the mandate to revisit the Hydro-Quebec park designed by Claude Cormier et Associés (2008-2012), which received multiple prizes for its ecological qualities. An enhanced, friendly and safe experience
Vibrant, custom graphic signage and enchanting lighting brighten up this usually quite a shady environment, creating a welcome atmosphere during the day and night. The color yellow is thus celebrated in this tone on tone installation. This festive, joyous, and luminous color palette attracts stares from passers-by and introduces a marked contrast with the monochromatic shades of the existing park. A truly colourful and vivacious oasis in the heart of downtown Montreal, the installation invites curiosity and discovery.
The project was conceived to allow Montrealers to reappropriate this public space while respecting the sanitary regulations defined by public health officials. A large structure and graphic arrow placed at the entrance of the park signals the beginning of the project. The public is then invited to discover the full length of the table and the place settings that punctuate it with eclectic collections of recycled objects. These iconic, gastronomic objects were judiciously placed to subtly foster intuitive social distancing. The redesigned space proposes 80 seats and encourages the direct support of 22 local restaurants reopening in the cafeteria of Le Central.
In conclusion, the project thus proposes for us to imagine a new way of sharing a moment collectively and safely at the same table. Come experience the art of the table, an attraction marrying local culinary offerings with the unique attractions of the Quartier des Spectacles. Your Place at the Table: a moment of reprieve, to eat and drink, night or day, sitting, standing, between friends or alone, as a couple or a family. Welcome!
Photo credit: Raphaël Thibodeau
How about a post-Covid table for food and beverage outlets?
How can designers best help other sectors post-Covid? How for example do you make a post-Covid table for food and beverage businesses, some of whom are clients, struggling with vast compliance issues?
Dubai-based design studio SVENM has created a new product called ‘VOYAGER’. This table is fully addresses each of these key post-Covid hospitality sector.
Social distancing being the need of the hour, With the base structure being asymmetrical [one table leg is extensively recessed] the table’s design is ideal for pushchair accessibility and only fits three guests, at one time.
To reduce surface transmission of microbes the table’s glass has an antiviral polymer finish which actively inhibits bacteria from spreading, supporting Dubai food and beverage businesses facing ongoing hygiene compliance guidelines.
The table’s name ‘VOYAGER’, its skeletal structure and hexagonal table top are nods to design history giants like Carlo Scarpa and Joe Colombo who in the 1960’s set the bar for aesthetics linked to space travel and futurism.
SVEN MÜLLER, founder and designer SVENM, says: ‘The design parameters we set ourselves with this studio project were the following design a post-Covid table which could support social distancing requirements, is easy to wipe clean and disinfect fast, would look edgy and future facing, could be made in small batches, customisable and mid-range in pricing for buyers.”