Korean product designer Ramei Keum has designed a steel table called Gorge.
The top and legs form one piece and create storage for magazines in slots running down two sides.
The metre-wide piece of furniture is made of powder-coated steel.
Here’s a bit of text from Keum:
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Gorge / 2009
‘Gorge’ is a coffee table with a shape of a gorge.
Designing it, I strived to put it in a form so that elements composing of a table such as a top board and legs may become one element, not individual elements.
The shape of a gorge folded in a V shape itself plays a structural role of supporting the top board of the table, and plays a role of holding/keeping magazines or books as well as completing an aesthetic form of the table.
Dimension_W 1000 D 600 H 300
Material_Steel / Powder coated
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Posted by Rose Etherington
June 18th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Its gorgeous … as a corner unit
(I cringe at the thought of walking into the corner of that coffee table … its bound to hurt/inflict pain!)
June 18th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Olive, I have the same idea, haha but anyway it’s a beautiful piece of work, it reminds me a mountain and a valley.
June 18th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
“it reminds me of a mountain and a valley”, I’m sure Mr. Keum is grateful for your insight.
June 18th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
interesting but stupid…
June 18th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
Un objet à la base assez simple devient une sculpture ayant une fonction selon l’imagination de ce designer.
il serait intéressant de voir comment une table de 6 ou 8 personnes pourraient avoir ce langage” edge design ”
Bravo.
June 19th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
delicate and useful!
June 20th, 2009 at 4:38 am
Is this table designed for dwarfs ? It looks too low. Only Koreans and Japanese will seat on the floor.
June 20th, 2009 at 9:44 am
it’s a steel killer application…. as my Mies Van der Rohe Barcelona table in glass
June 20th, 2009 at 11:21 am
There is no beauty or reasonable form… Why did you make it?
Don’t forget saving your money in your pocket. man.
June 20th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Georgeklummy,
Maybe.. It’s a sofa table.
June 20th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
To bet,
Mind your own business.
June 21st, 2009 at 9:49 am
“To bet, Mind your own business.”
Ramei,
good architecture
good art piece
good art design piece
good detail observation:plays a role of holding/keeping magazines or books
BUT please with a low table dunnot kill your client or my children, it’s our own business too…write it’s a corner table as mentionned by Olive.
June 22nd, 2009 at 2:03 am
Dear Prof. Z viZion, deZign
Thanks for your well-meant advice.
Have a good day.
June 28th, 2009 at 9:40 am
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