Czech designers Kristýna Mikolášková and Tereza Drobná have developed a set of coloured glass facet tables that may be mixed with smaller steel fashions to alter their look.
The Sweet tables had been designed by Mikolášková&Drobná as nesting items that may perform individually or stack collectively.
Produced in a variety of six stable shades, the cylindrical steel tables tackle a special aesthetic when layered with one of many taller glass parts.
The tables are offered individually in colours together with orange, lilac, pink, yellow, blue and mint inexperienced, which the designers stated had been knowledgeable by pastel sweets.
Providing what Mikolášková and Drobná described as “a brand new method to accent facet tables”, the gathering permits customers to customise the appear and feel of an area by combining colours to supply totally different results.
The glass tables have a gradient impact that’s launched through the manufacturing course of utilizing a spraying method. A layer of matte white is then added to create the translucent impact in direction of the underside.
The tables are made utilizing conventional strategies by glass artisans from the Nový Bor and Železný Brod areas.
“To attenuate materials waste, the glass tables are created by slicing a glass cylinder a number of meters lengthy,” defined the designers. “The highest is then hooked up as a 'lid' and eventually the whole lot is polished by hand to make sure the tables are formally flawless.”
The steel tables are manufactured from laminated sheet steel and have small legs that raise the bases off the ground.
The gathering contains two sizes – a low model the place the glass desk has a diameter of 450 millimeters and a taller dimension with a diameter of 300 millimeters.
Mikolášková and Drobná studied design collectively on the Czech Technical College in Prague earlier than founding their studio in 2021. Their work attracts inspiration from tradition, structure and scenography, typically utilizing colour to provide the items a definite sense of character.
For Sweet Tables, the designers selected to return to their unique specializations: Drobná is a talented glass artist, and Mikolášková often focuses on metalworking.
“For the reason that starting, our imaginative and prescient has been to steadily create varied forms of merchandise and furnishings that visually harmonize with one another and enliven any already furnished house,” defined the pair.
“With the Sweet Tables collection, after wood cushions and screens, we return once more to our signature supplies.”
The tables had been offered on the 26th version of the Designblok design truthful in Prague in an set up known as Sweet Manufacturing facility with acoustic design studio Lappa.
Highlights from earlier editions of the competition embody a wax urn and an internet configurator for modular wood homes.
Cake Manufacturing facility was exhibited at Designblok from October 2 to six, 2024 at varied areas in Prague. Take a look at the Dezeen Occasions Information for an up-to-date record of structure and design occasions occurring around the globe.