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I like the coffee table (I'm assuming this is the base for a similar glass top), but I'm surprised that the dining table hasn't been knocked over yet.
I am a little irked, however, that designers keep giving us pretty things that will be impossible to clean and/or my cat will get trapped inside.

I agree - won't this table tip over? Platner and Saarined got the proportions exactly right. Disaster in the making?

The dining table pictured was the prototype version which was photographed for a launch at a design show, which won best in show. It didn't tip over! However the table will be ready for full launch at the Milan furniture fair in April where it will have a few amendments. I am amazed how many people are ruled by pets! The coffee table has just been finalized and will be posted on the website next week.

It's not that we're RULED by our pets so much as we take into account what's going to happen if we get a certain furnishing and our pet encounters it.

Afterthought: I don't see anything on the lazerian site that mentions whether these tables can be compressed for storage or to change the height/width, so I'm assuming they cannot be, but it would be a very interesting feature.

I don't imagine eating while staring down at what looks like the inner workings of an amusement ride would be all that enjoyable for me. This is the hard, cold side of futurism.

Unless held upright by magic, the proportions of the table don't look appropriate for any kind of lopsided load. Place a laptop, a textbook or two, and a pair of elbows on the table as pictured above and it WILL tip over. I'm guessing you are addressing this problem as we speak, but the demands on a piece of furniture during a show are very different from those placed on the same item in the home. If a young child attempts to reach for something on a table and it easily falls on them, there will be liability issues.
Don't get me wrong - I feel that both pieces are very beautiful forms. Unfortunately, I live in a home with a cat and hardwood floors, and I imagine many Saturday mornings would be spent cleaning dust and hair tumbleweeds out of that matrix of plywood.
As for the cat getting trapped inside the coffee table? I was kind of joking, but then again stranger things have happened.

I understand the concern over the table looking as though it may want to tipple over. I shall post pictures of the development of the table since this prototype on the website very soon. This will show the counterbalance of what will stop the table from tipping over. When I said I was amazed by people being ruled by there pets this is mainly from past exhibitions and design shows where many pet owners say "well I couldn't have that with my cat, it would forever be in it". Maybe I should design some cat houses. The range of tables cannot be compressed as the form is to rigid and wouldn't be possible.

love it----trubridge did a studio at my school (california college of the arts) & the students made a lot of similar pieces to the coffee table prototype... is this laser? cnc? diecut?


and yes....cat houses would be fantastic---with some scratching post inside or some components made of feltboard or something....

its cut out via a cnc router then hand finished and built. Ive been drawing up some dog kennels but I think I may do some cat houses!

ummmm feltboard yes they could be something in that.

I failed to mention in my original post that I think the table is gorgeous. It is very elegant, sculptural. Pedestal tables are my favorite and help with maximizing seating. Still concerned about the balance though. One bump in the night and....

Look forward to the modifications.

i think the problem with cnc & felt is that the fibers of the felt will wrap around the bit---maybe laser cut felt in the same shape then adhered to the cnc piece?


i like richard sweeney's models too, ive been his flickr contact for awhile & his work is really inspirational.

revolutionary new tectonics, keep up the good work.