Eyeful Coffee Table
Though designers Jerad Mack and Shane Pawluck hail from the vast Canadian prarie, inspiration for their Eyeful coffee table came from a well-known landmark in France's capital city. The geometric shapes in the hardwood latticed base hold up the glass plate top, and the piece's low profile should appeal to those unable to scale the real deal in Paris.
Articles
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Dwell Tests: Bialetti Hot Chocolate Pot, Dagoba Hot Chocolate
Coffee gets its percolator and tea has its kettle, but hot chocolate is most often relegated to a mug in the microwave. Why is this warm bev missing out on a maker all its own? Bialetti’s Hot…
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Valerie x Commune Design Chocolates
Little throws the Dwell office into a tizzy of afternoon consumption than some toothsome confection (Full disclosure: Baked goods have a similar effect). Imagine then how popular I became when my…
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My Favorite Thing: David Greene's Mid-Century Coffee Table
In this installment of My Favorite Thing, Dwell contributing editor David Greene tells us about the Heywood-Wakefield birch coffee table he got from a New York flea market. Don't forget to submit…
Dwell Collections
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18 Dining Tables
Pull up a chair and feast on this collection of tables, prepared using only the freshest ingredients from our archives.
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Table for Two
Whether you're planning an intimate tete-a-tete with a friend or just trying to sit down to a civilzed meal in a cramped space, sometimes you need a tinier table. Rather than tempting fate by…
Events
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Slow Food Chicago: Ecuadorian Chocolate
Master chocolate maker Enrique Cerda of Kallari Chocolate will deliver a presentation on the production of Cacao, and the story behind the 850 indigenous Kichwa families from the Ecuadorian Amazon…
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Merchandise Mart's Spring Fling
All right designers, winter is almost over, the weather's getting warmer, and there's no better time for a spring fling, the Merchandise Mart's annual Spring Fling, that is. Jump into the outdoor…
Products
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Edo Coffee Table
Low in profile, the Edo Coffee table could not be more simple. The wide, planked legs are hewn from solid cherry panels, then grain-matched and joined at a compound angle and polished to luminous…
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Ryutaro Coffee Table
Viccarbe founder and design director Victor Carrasco (who partners with design think-tank Coalese in San Francisco) uses a minimalist Japanese approach for the design of his new Ryutaro coffee…
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War Craft Coffee Table
When painted large on the exterior of a warship, the black-and-white stripes on this low table “dazzle” and confuse the eye of the enemy. Uhuru used teak from the deck of an authentic…
Tips
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Tables: Incorporate Storage
Pick something that either has really good lines—like a steel-frame coffee table—or a clear volumetric presence—like a piece with four solid wood sides. I like tables that have…
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How to Find the Right Table Size
Think about scale. If you have a small space, you should only have a coffee table if you have room for it. If you have a large space, then think about how to create a space that feels right for you…
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What's Your Table Made Of?
Go for wood tables—they’re the modern version of a farm table. Wood has a nice warmth to it; it makes everyone feel as though they’re gathering around a harvest table.
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