This school table by industrial design students graduate Arthur Brutter and professor Ido Bruno is specifically designed to form a safe shelter for pupils during earthquakes. More about Earthquake Proof Table by Arthur Brutterand Ido Bruno
Milan 2012: London designer Benjamin Hubert will present an upholstered version of his Maritime chair plus a coordinating dining table called Pontoon for Italian brand Casamania at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile next week. More about Pontoon and Maritime S by Benjamin Hubertfor Casamania
This coffee table by Chilean studio Elemento Diseño is made of a single sheet of plywood, with the legs cut out from its corners. More about Table Vic by Elemento Diseño
Stockholm 2012: London designer Samuel Wilkinson presents a table with legs that are sharpened like pencils at the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, which opens today. More about Hoof by Samuel Wilkinson for &tradition
This coffee table by Rotterdam designer Reinier de Jong can be expanded by sliding the middle sections outwards in either direction. More about REK coffee table by Reinier de Jong
Cologne 2012: German brand e15 presented these side tables that combine marble tops with coloured steel bases at trade fair imm cologne last week. More about CT09 Enoki side tables by Philipp Mainzer for e15
Ready yourself for civil unrest without cluttering your apartment: this coffee table incorporates a handy riot shield. More about In Case of Riot by Max Arlestig and Maximilian Gebhardt
Handles on the tops of these pastel-coloured side tables let you easily move them around. More about TOR by Lambie & Van Hengel for Montis
Qubique 2011: look carefully at these tables by Berlin-based collective llot llov and you'll see that there's a mirror in the wooden under-frame. More about Elias & Son tables by llot llov
Beijing Design Week 2011: golden plates and cutlery become slowly submerged underwater when this table is set. More about Water Table Object by Heng Zhi
Kingston University graduate Hannah Niskanen-Benady presented this series of side tables that incorporate knitted containers at graduate show New Designers in London over the weekend. More about Safety Vase by Hannah Niskanen-Benady
Californian designer Curtis Popp has made a series of round side tables with colourful powder-coated steel legs that pierce each table top. More about Soft side tables by Curtis Popp
Industrial designer Konstantin Grcic presents these tables painted to look like Formula 1 cars at Galerie Kreo in Paris. More about Champions by Konstantin Grcic at Galerie Kreo
UK designer Rupert McKelvie has assembled a table using thousands of pieces from jigsaw puzzles. More about Missing Pieces by Rupert McKelvie
British designer Tom Dixon has added a small wheel to a standard cafe table design to make it easier for staff to move around. More about Roll table by Tom Dixon
Based on a Japanese puzzle, the legs of this table by German design studio DING3000 knot together to create support for the blue glass tabletop. More about Join Table by Ding3000
Japanese designer Jo Nagasaka of Schemata Architecture Office presented this series of wooden tables with fluorescent resin encasing their gouged-out tops at Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan last month. More about Shrine Flat-table by Schemata Architecture Office
Stockholm designer Fredrik Paulsen presented this table with adjustable, folded-metal legs at Venture Lambrate in Milan. More about New Standard Table by Fredrik Paulsen
MAP Studios of Madrid have designed this table with an integrated mirror, vase and candle sticks. More about Plug-In by MAP Studio
Milan 2011: in Milan this week Italian brand Moroso launch this set of low tables by Japanese designers Nendo, where a mirrored lower shelf reveals the patterned underside of the table top. More about Pond by Nendo for Moroso