A small coffee table with a tree and limbs as a base made from a dark gray metal with a satin finish that reflects light, supporting a white polymer table top with a design made from an algorithm of cell growth that resembles membranes of a leaf. The photograph's composition captures the underside of several tables with similar representational tree forms whereas table tops are fabricated of different amorphic forms.

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Coffee Table, Forest small

This is a coffee table. It was designed by Joris Laarman Lab.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Groninger Museum as part of Joris Laarman Lab: Design in the Digital Age.

It is dated 2010. Its medium is aluminum, resin.

This coffee table is the smallest version in the Forest Table series, which is based on the Leaf Table concept. An algorithm mimicking cell division was used to create the pattern on the table top and as a result, the branching pattern differs in each table. The legs evoke branches and tree trunks.

It is credited Courtesy of Groninger Museum, the Netherlands.

Video, Forest table: Algorithm Pattern Forest Table

Video, Forest table: Algorithm Pattern Forest Table
video.
Courtesy of Groninger Museum, the Netherlands.
83.2016.27a

A coffee table carved from a translucent, cloudy marble consisting of two parts elegantly designed using 3D animation software to capture the puffiness and flat bottom of an actual Cumulus cloud formation. The table’s form is inverted so the flat area is on the top and the larger cotton-like formations function as legs. There is a reflection of a window right of center. The table is installed on a solid white backdrop.

Table, Cumulus small
striato olimpico marble.
Courtesy of Groninger Museum, the Netherlands.
83.2016.48

Drawing, Design for Leaf Table
graphite, brush and white gouache, pre-printed with digital code on white paper.
Gift of Marc Benda, courtesy of the artist.
2013-24-9

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 36.5 × 69 × 59 cm (14 3/8 × 27 3/16 × 23 1/4 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Joris Laarman Lab: Design in the Digital Age.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2FYCqK/
Accession Number 83.2016.71
Object ID 1108748923