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Hospitality tables come in all shapes and forms, from those that look conventional to those that give an impression of being wildly eclectic. The café table called Cake and the sideboard called Sun, both designed by Monica Förster and manufactured by Swedish company Nola, certainly do make for beautiful and interesting contemporary bistro tables.

The table tops and bases are made of laser-cut metal sheets, giving them a sharp, clear look. The patterns on these surfaces are another attractive feature of these tables. The Cake table does not actually look like a cake; but with its eyelets and snowflake pattern, what it resembles is the pastry sheet or paper that is sometimes used to line a cake plate. The patterns on the Sun table, on the other hand, were inspired by the rays of the sun. Just simple lines, really, but very effective in the imagery that the designer wanted to convey.

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I was browsing some of numerous furniture design blogs out there and came across this interesting piece of work over at the Reuben Miller blog: a laser-cut table. It still makes me shake my head in wonder at how people use both art and technology together to create something unique and, attractive, and functional.

Made in Germany, the table is the result of a collaboration between Chuck Anderson and Lars Amhoff. The artwork adorning the table’s surface and legs was supplied by Anderson (who runs a company called Nopattern) while the physical creation of the table was done by Amhoff (via his Kinkyform Art and Design group).

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Wobbly tables belong in my list of pet peeves. I just find it so annoying when I sit down at a coffee table and have my drink spill over the mug just because extra weight on the other side of the table or any slight movement makes it tremble as if there had been an earthquake. That’s why I was kind of leery when I came across the Suppenkaspar table, created by German designers Nina Farsen and Isabel Schöllhammer, over at Designspotter.com. (By the way, Designspotter features lots of interesting designs, quite a few of them weird and wacky – but wonderful, nevertheless).

Back to the Suppenkaspar table. At first glance it would appear that it stands only on two legs, and technically that would be right. Only two solid legs, located diagonally opposite each other, support the table: an ideal scenario for wobbliness. But that doesn’t happen because the missing legs are made up for by special weights attached to the table by thin, nearly invisible strings. And somehow the whole setup creates stability.

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