Thin Black Table

“The Thin Black table orig­i­nated as part of the ​‘thin black lines’ collec­tion, orga­nized by Phillips de Pury and shown in London at the Saatchi Gallery in autumn 2010. We kept the shape of the table but shrank it to an easily usable size. This allowed us to trim the 10mm thick steel plates to all of 6mm, creat­ing a table that looks like a sketch drawn in midair, and devel­op­ing our orig­i­nal design concept even more vividly than before.” – Oki Sato

Nendo once again deliv­ers a fabu­lously illu­sion­ary table design in three dimen­sions that both creates and mimics geomet­ric optical art draw­ings in two dimen­sions. The Thin Black table is actu­ally the result­ing assem­blage of the inter­sec­tion of two offset cubes; the upper profile L‑shape that is created supports an ultra-thin glass top allow­ing the design to func­tion as a surface. This irony of ​“insta­bil­ity” and its asso­ci­ated visual drama is a recur­ring design element that figures promi­nently in many of Nendo’s designs. The Thin Black table is composed of matte black powder-coated steel. An extra­or­di­nary piece that becomes an instant visual treat in any inte­rior space it occupies.