Fancy That: This Table Will Self-Destruct

Posted on November 13, 2009 
Filed Under Fancy That

There’s nothing like your first crush. And if you’re anything like us, you crush hard and often. This is where we pay homage to all things worthy of lusting after.

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Kay fancies the self-destructing wood and concrete coffee table from Studio 1 a.m. Etched with the warning, “This Table Will Self-Destruct,” every piece is crafted as a series of concrete pixels. Each time the studio produces a new table, the design team removes one pixel from the design. Part eye-catching sculpture, part social commentary on mass production, the idea is that every new table presents a universal pattern of self-degradation, becoming more intricate and multidimensional as it diminishes until, ultimately, it is no longer useful.

One cannot help but embrace the irony that, when placed adjacent to a person’s preferred at-home seating arrangement, it’s a pedestal for serving all things self-destructive. We’ll leave the rest for your imagination to construct.

Studio 1 a.m. is the brainchild of Chicago-based design partners Donna Piacenza and Jody Work. The duo specialize in creating cerebral yet functional objects for home and for you.

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