Manoteca is an Italian design studio that specializes in one-off handmade furnishings that combine recycled and repurposed materials. Their multi-function, metal framed Door Table can be used as a dining table for 8 or flipped open to reveal a hidden desk that features a wooden drawer and 3 pockets made of recycled rawhide.
You’ve always wanted to design your own furniture, right? Well here’s a way to do so without having to learn or build jack. These Tick table legs are basically giant paperclips that will turn any slab of wood into a table. There you go. Feel free to call yourself a designer now. Source
Though it looks like a stool designed to accommodate the bulk and girth of your mother-in-law’s back-side, this is actually a table made from vintage Japanese motorcycle parts. It was designed and built by the boys at Richmond, Virginia’s Classified Moto, creators of sick, one-off custom bikes, and cycle-themed art.
Bring a bit of the great outdoors right into your home. These tables from mth woodworks combine the raw, organic look of real, salvaged cedarwood tree stumps with the smooth, modern lines of a resin tabletop. Custom shapes, sizes and colors are available.
They had the Cold War, we have the cold drinks. This martini table is made from a real, MK-76 bomb. Yes, disarmed. Bombs and Russian vodka don’t normally go together but in this case they’re a great pair. What better way to celebrate freedom than raising a toast over unused artillery?
Ol’ Dirty Bastard liked it raw and so do the rest of us. ODB surely wasn’t talking about industrial strength artistic metal furniture but we know that if he was still with us, he’d be down for rolling mad blunts on these natural distressed steel tables. Who wouldn’t? Source
A clean, minimalist workspace often means hiding nearby there’s a giant rat’s nest of cables. Or worse, hanging out in plain view. This tricky desktop nixes the nest. This design has an integrated cable storage compartment that you access from the top. No more crawling around on the floor looking for a plug. Its way easier than that.
A British design collective led by artist Chris Duffy created a whole set of furniture in the theme of the Brothers Grimm. As you can see, these scary-fairy tales inspired unique designs. The Woodsman Axe coffee table features Hickory axe handle legs and an Oak or Walnut surface. This collection won the prestigious Peta Levi Memorial Bursary Award 2010.
You can trick them with this desk. Jam your crap into any and all of the drawers lining the perimeter of this five foot long desk-table and Bam! your workspace is clean. People might even think you’re organized. Beneath the translucent, matte-surface glass top your secret of sloppiness will be safe.
