An eye-catcher in any setting, the Knoll Saarinen dining table in oval
All appreciative of high-quality design and looking for a new dining or side table should become acquainted with the tables of the American furniture manufacturer Knoll. Founded in 1938 the contemporary Knoll International are among the most important design publishers of the 20th century. Featuring a portfolio designed by international architecture and designers such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen or Marcel Breuer, Knoll tables are leading examples of the design of classic modernism that developed in Europe and the USA from institutions such as Bauhaus.
Knoll Smalto Table
The Saarinen side table shines in the supporting role...
.... or in the main role as a dining table
Every Knoll table is based on a unique design which unmistakably harmonizes form and function and which may only be produced by Knoll International. Consequently all Knoll tables are embossed with the Knoll logo and the signature of the respective designer.
Saarinen Table
Smalto Low Table
Stylish classic, the MR coffee table
Laccio coffee table and Saarinen side table
Outdoor dinner with Knoll? Please take a seat ..
Like all Knoll International furniture, Knoll tables undergo strict sustainability and quality controls during production to ensure they meet the highest quality requirements. And thanks to their timeless design and first-class materials, they will last for generations.
Marcel Breuer's Laccio coffee table was created at the Bauhaus in 1925 and is today produced by Knoll
...The Table - The Beautiful South "This table has four sturdy legs", The Beautiful South inform us, and you think, yeah standard table (ooh-oooh), an impression reinforced as we're informed it is an object which over the years has been sat upon (ooh-oooh), wined upon (ooh-oooh), dined upon (ooh-oooh), treated like a bed (ooh-oooh) and spat upon (ooh-oooh), although honestly who spits on tables... But can tables change, can tables turn (ooh-oooh)...
...Following on from the success of smow Cologne's Passagen Design Week début in 2014 with the USM Haller exhibition Facetten, 2015 sees a presentation of tables from the German manufacturer ASCO... Established in 1998 with the aim of developing tables which radiate a timeless elegance, the ASCO collection combines table tops in a range of hardwoods with bases constructed from wood, metal or concrete to produce objects that are as domesticated as they are rustic and individual as they are universally accessible...
...As the name implies 2tables combines two tables in one object - with the top/lid raised it can be used as a desk, lower the top/lid one not only hides all evidence of work, but gains a homely wooden table - and all packaged in a delightfully formed and elegantly crafted object which is endowed with the sort of attention to detail that separates genuine design from the run of the mill tat that is often presented as design...
...As observant readers may have noticed, during our visit to the ICFF we did spend quite a lot of time complaining about the lack of tables in the press room... Magis had of course delivered tables for the press room...
