Intersection Coffee Table by Thomas Merlin

toma — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 07:53:04 +0000

Designer Thomas Merlin about project: “The concept comes from the idea of connection between the two elements which make up a table: the table top on the one hand, and the table leg on the other hand. The particular drawing of the table allows to fix these 2 elements by using a crossbar, which also serves as a carrying handle. This makes the small table easy to move in the house.

The table is easy to take apart. It is composed of 2 identical metal sheets, 3 oak crossbars and and 4 identical oak table legs. When disassembled, the whole does not exceed a bigger volume than 50 x 35 x 8 cm. Relations between flatness and volume, the inside and the outside, mobility and stability are some of the ideas crossing in this table.”

Thomas Merlin | Crest, France

Nota mug by Lee Hae Seung. Scott

toma — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:44:44 +0000

‘넣다’(Neohta) means, put in/ into, insert, slot etc, ‘놓다’(Nohta) means, lay, put, place, set etc in Korean.
This design provides a new experience for the user in that the mug itself holds on to the spoon while the user drinks his ‘teh’ (tea) or ‘kopi’ (coffee) from a cup/ mug with no saucer. When I had my first meal at a hawker centre, I realized that many people around me drink kopi or teh while holding the spoon with the cup and stir making ‘clang, clang’ sounds. They do not have any saucer to put their spoon on and the table is not sanitized. The user simply put his tea spoon in the cup, let it lay naturally while they drink. The NOTA mug is designed to prevent the spoon from moving around in the cup and irritating the user; hopefully it becomes a ‘notable’ cup, different from others.

Lee Hae Seung. Scott | Seoul Korea

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Intersection Coffee Table by Thomas Merlin

Nota mug by Lee Hae Seung. Scott